A day-long awareness camp about the legal and fundamental rights of women was organised by the district legal Services Authority on Thursday at women shelter home. The programme was presided over by District legal Services Authority (Principal District and Sessions Judge) Rajiv Dube.
The objective of the camp was to curb dowry system, domestic violence sexual harassment, immoral trafficking and female feticide. On the occasion, District Officer Bhopal Anuj Kumar Sinsoria and District legal Services Authority Bhopal Spokesperson Prashant Pathak spoke on the laws like, dowry, guardians and wards, equal remuneration, immoral trafficking, national commission and domestic violence acts which have been codified to safeguard the status of women and children.
Speakers expressed their views regarding the social life and role of women in society. Speaking on the occasion, Secretary and Family Counselor MP Anusuchit Jati Vikas Evam Kalyan Samiti Samar Agha Khan highlighted the importance of the awareness among the women about their legal rights and Spoke on Maintenance law in relation to the Hindu Marriage Act. Referrals were also made to the not yet fully implemented Domestic Violence Act.
She also said that Indian Constitution has given Right of equality in which all of us are equal irrespective of sex, caste, creed, race, culture etc and so we should fight collectively to bring right to equality in letter & spirit. The occasion was attended by Samiti chairman MP Sher Afzal Khan, vice chairman Vikas Mishra and Samiti Members besides social workers and prominent citizens also participated in the programme.