Rural litigation and Entitlement Kendra in collaboration with National Commission for Women (NCW) organised the second two-day legal awareness programme at Bhagwanpur Block Office in Haridwar district for women of surrounding villages. The programme was inaugurated by the Bhagwanpur block development officer Premwati Arora.
The programme is being organised to make women aware of their legal rights and duties. The women were imparted training on the protection of women from Domestic Violence Act 2005, Right to Information Act, rape and sexual assault related laws and rights of victims, MNREGA, Panchayat system and the 73rd Amendment, marriage and divorce related laws and other legal aspects. The camp witnessed the presence of more than 80 participants from various villages of Bhagwanpur block.
The women actively participated in question hour session after each session. One of the women, Yashodha Sharma from Mandawar village enquired as to who all are eligible to work under MNREGA, to which Premwati Arora replied that anyone registered from the village can avail this scheme. Another woman, Umesh from Chudiyala complained that she did not get any work under MNREGA, to which the BDO sought the details of the Gram Pradhan and assured she would take necessary steps. Various other participatory learning strategies games and folk-songs were used to ensure retention of knowledge imparted during the training.