Former Jharkhand State Commission for Women (JSCW) member Vasavi Kido representing India in the ongoing 58thsession of Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) at Geneva has raised voice for tribal rights of Jharkhand.
Kido is participating here on behalf of National Alliance of Women (NAWO) along with three other Indian Women including Elina Horo of Adivasi Women’s Network, Kheshli Chisi from Indigenous Women Forum of North East India and Alma Barla of Delhi based National Adivasi Forum.
In an email to The Pioneer, Kido said on Thursday, “Forest rights issue, single women are not getting title over forest land and no disaggregated data is available. lARRA despite this new act 2013 Government of Jharkhand wants to take land without resettlement and rehabilitation.”
“Trafficking has emerged a big issue in displaced area and in forest area from where women are migrating. Tribal medicine must be included in AYUSH as a unit of health and family planning as they are widely accepted, available and affordable,” Kido added.
Following the 2014 provisions of CEDAW, Kido has conveyed her demands to CEDAW Chairperson Nicole Ameline and India She has conveyed her demands according to CEDAW provisions to CEDAW Chairperson Ameline Nicole and CEDAW India Rapporteur Maria Helena. Speaking more about Kido’s presentation, Elina Horo said, “There are some differences within the Adivasi Indian delegates as Vasavi is not raising our prime issues like violence against Adivasi women. She is talking only about new law -Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act as women have been marginalized from this consent process.”