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‘VAB has ignored women’

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SHILLONG: North East Network (NEN), a city-based NGO working to empower women, has stressed on the need of re-drafting the Village Administration Bill as it did not give any importance to women in traditional institutions.
In a statement issued here, NEN said Section 2(18) of the Bill using the term ‘The Rangbah’ is a blatant dismissal of women participation in the Dorbar. “Therefore, this should be made gender neutral,” it said.
NEN said the VAB, in its present form, lacks a gender approach and is discriminatory as the Executive Dorbar has completely disregarded representation of women.

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