Black Day protest on October 1
DIMAPUR, SEP 25 (EMN): Apex tribe women organisations of the State today resolved to proceed with the petition filed in the Supreme Court against the Division Bench High Court Judgement Order on the issue of 33% women reservation in municipalities and to give full support to the Joint Action Committee on Women Reservation (JACWR).
DIMAPUR, SEP 25 (EMN): Apex tribe women organisations of the State today resolved to proceed with the petition filed in the Supreme Court against the Division Bench High Court Judgement Order on the issue of 33% women reservation in municipalities and to give full support to the Joint Action Committee on Women Reservation (JACWR).
It was also decided that Black Day
protest rallies will be held simultaneously in all eleven district
headquarters/Sub Divisions on October 1 as a mark of strong protest
against ‘gender discrimination, denial of constitutional rights and
grave injustice done to generations of Naga women’ in the passage of
the Resolution against reservation in the just concluded Assembly
session.
These decisions were taken at a meeting of the apex tribe women organisation leaders along with the Naga Mothers Association, Watsu Mongdang, Eastern Naga Women Organisation, Naga Women Hoho Dimapur and Tenyimi Women Organisation in Kohima on Tuesday, informed a communiqué issued by the JACWR which convened the meeting.
It said the meeting deliberated on the latest Resolution passed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to exempt Nagaland from Part IX A of the Constitution, denying Naga women reservation in urban bodies. All women leaders were unanimous in their stand that the Naga Legislators had betrayed Naga women by denying women their constitutional rights of 33% reservation in municipalities without even implementing the same in Nagaland, it said, adding that they strongly questioned the role of the sixty legislators and the Select Committee in subverting Constitutional provisions under the guise of customary and social practice and misinterpreting Article 371A.
The meeting also condemned the fact that the State Government sought the opinion of only men and ignored the 50% of the population - women’s voices as well as numerous representations from apex tribe women organisations in the State over the long drawn issue, the release said.
The House resolved to proceed with the Petition filed in the Supreme Court against the Division Bench High Court Judgement Order and give full support to the JACWR.
The women leaders decided that Black Day protest rallies will be held in all eleven district headquarters/Sub Divisions on October 1 next from 9 am which will culminate in submission of a memorandum to the Governor in the State Capital, as well as district authorities in other areas.
Moreover, to reiterate its political stand for ensuring spaces in decision making bodies, several short term and long term strategies were deliberated and resolved at the meeting to ensure Constitutional rights and International provisions for women were respected and protected in the state of Nagaland.
These decisions were taken at a meeting of the apex tribe women organisation leaders along with the Naga Mothers Association, Watsu Mongdang, Eastern Naga Women Organisation, Naga Women Hoho Dimapur and Tenyimi Women Organisation in Kohima on Tuesday, informed a communiqué issued by the JACWR which convened the meeting.
It said the meeting deliberated on the latest Resolution passed by the Nagaland Legislative Assembly to exempt Nagaland from Part IX A of the Constitution, denying Naga women reservation in urban bodies. All women leaders were unanimous in their stand that the Naga Legislators had betrayed Naga women by denying women their constitutional rights of 33% reservation in municipalities without even implementing the same in Nagaland, it said, adding that they strongly questioned the role of the sixty legislators and the Select Committee in subverting Constitutional provisions under the guise of customary and social practice and misinterpreting Article 371A.
The meeting also condemned the fact that the State Government sought the opinion of only men and ignored the 50% of the population - women’s voices as well as numerous representations from apex tribe women organisations in the State over the long drawn issue, the release said.
The House resolved to proceed with the Petition filed in the Supreme Court against the Division Bench High Court Judgement Order and give full support to the JACWR.
The women leaders decided that Black Day protest rallies will be held in all eleven district headquarters/Sub Divisions on October 1 next from 9 am which will culminate in submission of a memorandum to the Governor in the State Capital, as well as district authorities in other areas.
Moreover, to reiterate its political stand for ensuring spaces in decision making bodies, several short term and long term strategies were deliberated and resolved at the meeting to ensure Constitutional rights and International provisions for women were respected and protected in the state of Nagaland.