Legal Awareness Workshop for Women
Imphal, 23rd March 2018:
Legal Awareness Workshop for Women at Lamyanba Sanglen, Palace Compound on 23 March 2018
A one-day legal awareness workshop for women jointly organized by Apunba Manipur Kanba Ima Lup (AMKIL), Extrajudicial Execution Victim Families Association, Manipur (EEVFAM) and Human Rights Alert (HRA) was held at Lamyanba Sanglen, Palace Compound. More than hundred leaders from various grassroots women organization from all over the state participated in the awareness program.
Ms. Monika Khangembam of Women and Youth for Peace and Development (WYPD) presented the broad definition of human rights defender and asserted that the Meira Paibis are frontline women human rights defenders. She also stressed the roles to be played by them. The issue of threats and reprisals and ways of responding to them was discussed threadbare.
Human rights defenders who faced reprisals from the state, including Jiten Yumnam, Okram Nutankumar, Haobam Tombi, and Majabung Gangmei shared their personal experiences and strategies they adopted while dealing with state’s reprisals.
Advocate Basantakumar Wareppa made a presentation on leveraging the criminal justice system for protection of women human rights defenders. Renu Takhellambam, President, EEVFAM shared her recent interventions during the 37th session of the UN Human Rights Council.
Edina Yaikhom, Secretary, EEVFAM made an update on the ongoing EEVFAM case in the Supreme Court. Sagolsem Menjor, member of EEVFAM, testified the reprisal he faced from the State.
The participants decided to organize such legal awareness programs in every district of Manipur to reach the masses. The meeting unanimously agreed that the need for the indigenous women’s grass root groups to be equipped with legal and human rights knowledge is the key to stir the society towards the right direction.
(Babloo Loitongbam)
Executive Director
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This Press Release was posted on March 23 2018
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