n The Centre for Advocacy and Research (CFAR), a Delhi-based NGO working for the development of urban poor, organised a consultation on gender-based violence here on Wednesday with the support of IGSSS, New Delhi.
As many as 85 community leaders from different slums of Bhubaneswar joined and shared their experiences.
Welcoming the participants and guests on the occasion, Rosalin Pattnaik, Project Coordinator of CFAR, shared the objective of the consultation. Highlighting issues related to gender based violence she said, “Gender based violence (GBV) means violence committed by man against woman. While nature has created man, woman and transgender (TG) with equal rights and status and considered them equally as human beings, the society sees them with discrimination.
Parilata Mohapatra from NAWO highlighting the position of women in society said, “Gender-based violence taking place in both public and private spheres. It is often under-reported as a result of systemic and social barriers and formal mechanisms to address it remain ineffective.
Pragya Parimita Bastiya from the 181 shared on the status of complaints received from women from different parts of the State while Soma Paikray from Sakhi One Stop Centre shared on the status of various complaints.
Sharing GBV data, they said, “According to the National Crime Records Bureau of India, crime against women increased by 6.4 per cent during 2012, and a crime against a woman is committed every three minutes. The gender based discrimination has badly affected even the woman population in India.”https://ssl.gstatic.com/ui/v1/icons/mail/images/cleardot.gif
Usharani Behera from BGVS talked on the sexual harassment at workplaces and highlighted on the safeguards in the Immoral Trafficking Prevention Act, 1989.