Demonstration in Mysuru to condemn ‘honour killing’ in Dharwad and violence against women

Representatives of assorted organisations held a objection adjacent Gandhi Square successful Mysuru to condemn the caller sidesplitting of a large pistillate by her begetter implicit her inter-caste matrimony successful Dharwad and the increasing instances of unit against women.

The participants successful the objection wore achromatic limb bands to registry their protestation against the killings taking spot successful the sanction of “family honour”.

Karnataka Mahila Dourjanya Virodhi Okkoota, Mysuru, successful a statement, said assorted organisations that participated successful the organizations were unanimously demanding that the Government behaviour just and thorough investigations into each cases of unit against women and guarantee justness for the survivors, the aggrieved and the deceased.

The organizations that participated successful the objection included Samata Vedike, Samata Study Centre, All India Democratic Women’s Association, Dhwani Mahila Okkuta, All India Progressive Women’s Association, People’s Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL), Odanadi, near parties and progressive organizations and different individuals.

The Okkuta, successful the statement, expressed interest implicit the steadily expanding incidents of unit against women successful the authorities and antithetic parts of the country.

“Cases of rape are continuously making headlines. Dowry deaths, intersexual battle connected insignificant girls, pack rapes, and different forms of intersexual unit are being reported from schools, hostels, and adjacent spiritual and spiritual institutions. As a effect of profoundly entrenched patriarchal values successful society, it has go hard for women to adjacent wed a idiosyncratic of their choice. In the sanction of alleged “family honour,” parents themselves are committing the brutal enactment of sidesplitting their daughters, a cruelty that has sadly go common”, the connection said.

The Okkuta besides recalled the brutal rape and execution of a nine-year-old nomadic girl, who was selling balloons, adjacent the Dasara Exhibition Grounds successful Mysuru recently. “It is profoundly unfortunate that, barring women’s organisations and progressive-minded individuals, the nine astatine ample has remained passively soundless successful the look of these injustices”, the connection said.

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