A State-level convention on violence against women was held here under the joint ageis of Oxfam India and Chhattisgarh Mahila Adhikar on Tuesday.
The convention was held at Gondwana Bhawan with the theme “lets Break the Silence”.
Around 700 Women from 8 districts shared their voices with the international fraternity against violence against women are participating in the convention. Addresing the participants, Anand Shukla, Regional Manager, Oxfam India said ‘it is very necessary to talk about the violence against women and come together to end violence against women.”
Durga Jha from CG Mahila Adhikar Manch said ‘unless we women will not be united, we will not be able to eradicate violence against women.’
On the occasion lata Usendi, Chairperson, State Women’s Commission, Sofia Khan, lawyer and Women Activist, Dinesh Mishra, Chhattisgarh Andhshradha Unmulan Samiti, Shashi Sail, Women Movement Activist, Indu Netam, Women Activist, Sulakshna Nandi, Jan Swasthya Abhiyan presented their thoughts.
Speaking on the occasion Usendi said violence is a small word but it has a large implication. We all have to come together to end violence against women. We need to know the various laws, she said.
Indu Netam said right from the birth it is given in the social condition that girl has to endure violence. She said we need to end the discrimination against women in the tribal society. Shashi Sail said that we all need to fight violence and make a violence free society. We also need to eradicate the patriarchal structural system, she said. Sharing her thoughts Ms Sofia said that we all have to resolve that ‘no more violence’. We need to inculcate a habit of questioning.
At the end of the convention the survivors together with other participants formed a Human Chain from Gondwana Bhawan to Pachpedi Naka. The 700 participants stood with a message to end domestic violence against women.