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Manipur Guv voices concern for women

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Imphal: Najma Heptulla, Governor of Manipur, on Sunday, said she was taken aback to find that atrocities like molesting, gang-rape, sexual assault has been alarmingly increasing in the state during the last few years.
In such a tiny and beautiful state, blessed with a rich cultural heritage and where women are held in high esteem and enjoy a fair amount of social and economic independence, such crimes are not expected to happen. It is indeed a paradoxical narrative, she said.
However, she was impressed to learn from different sources that all stakeholders belonging to different cross-sections of the society are fighting as one to set right the wrongs against women. A major share of the credit goes to different women associations and organisations spearheaded by the State Commission for Women.
The Governor was addressing the 13th foundation day celebration of Manipur State Commission for Women at Hotel Imphal.
Manipur State Commission for Women has been rendering selfless service to the oppressed and needy women, upholding the dignity of women in the State she said.
Unfortunately, at this juncture when Manipur is trying hard to catch up in the developmental race, the State has also been experiencing a number of cases of gender-based violence such as rape, murder, assault, molestation, kidnapping, date-rape, wife battering, girl child trafficking and so on which happen either in the domestic sphere or in other workplaces, she said.
Women in the state also suffer from other debilitating challenges which put them at a serious disadvantage when compared to others.
HIV/AIDS infected mothers, sisters, widows and orphans are soft targets for social stigma and discrimination, others suffer from the trauma of armed conflict and various forms of related human rights violations, she said.
It is a fact that many innocent women and girls are forced by circumstances to become sex workers and drug addicts. She requested the commission to explore the ways and means on how to eliminate all these man-made social aberrations.
However, the full implementation of laws to protect crimes against women is still hindered or delayed due to lack of awareness of the existence of such legislation, the governor said. (UNI)

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