One-third of domestic plaints against men are false: Madurai DSWO
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About one-third of complaints received from women in
Madurai accusing men of dowry harassment, domestic violence and other
such malice are found to be false in enquiries conducted by the social
welfare department, said R. Ananda Valli, District Social Welfare
Officer.
Addressing the inaugural of a five-day
training programme on counselling skills for ‘street educators,’ a term
that refers to people providing support and care to street children,
here on Friday, she said that even petty quarrels and domestic squabbles
between married couples led to registration of criminal cases.
“Human
values are plummeting as the value of money and immovable property is
rising up. I think we should inscribe the words ‘forgive and forget’ in
every wall of our house in order to constantly remind us of the need to
lead a peaceful life especially in the wake of reducing life expectancy
rate,” she said.
Stating that gender discrimination,
child marriage, child labour, sexual abuse and sexual harassment at work
place were some of the ills faced by the society, she said that about
300 women had complained of harassment at work place in a special camp
organised by Collector Anshul Mishra on Women’s Day.
The
training programme for street educators was organised by Madurai
Institute of Social Sciences, an autonomous college affiliated to
Madurai Kamaraj University, in collaboration with the National Institute
of Social Defence under the Union Ministry of Social Justice and
Empowerment.
It was inaugurated by Prema Cariappa,
chairperson, Central Social Welfare Board (CWSB) in a function presided
over by C. R. Saraswathi, chairperson, Tamil Nadu State Social Welfare
Board. In her address, Ms. Cariappa said that sexual violence was one of
the most despicable issue faced by women in the country. Disapproving
the tendency to treat women as commercial objects, she said, that by
doing so, such men were only exhibiting lack of values. She also
recalled the contributions made by CWSB in putting an end to other
social evils like bride burning.
“Every one says God
is great. I think human beings can be equally great if they work towards
creating a better world for everyone,” she added. Ms. Saraswathi said
that domestic disputes could be solved better through counselling rather
than expecting them to be solved in courts and police stations.
K.
Sekar, Head, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore;
programme coordinator D. Janet Vasantha Kumari; MISS chairman Dharma
Venkata Perumal Raja; college’s governing board secretary D.V.
Dharmasingh and Principal M. Kannan spoke.
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