Majority of NE women do not trust the police, judicial system : Study
Source: The Sangai Express / Ninglun Hanghal
New Delhi, January 23 2014 :
Majority of women from North East India living and working in metro cities across the country do not have faith in the judicial system and the security forces, according to the findings of a study conducted by the Centre for North East Studies and Policy Research, Jamia Millia Islamia in New Delhi.
The study to be submitted to the National Commission for Women was conducted on a Random Survey methodology of women students and professionals aged between 18-32 years during May to December 2013 in the city of Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Kolkata.
In a disturbing finding of the study, majority of the women do not have faith in the police and the judicial system.
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The study reveals that out of 215 women respondents, only 13 of them have actually sought police help but were unsatisfied with the outcomes.
The study finds that North East women would prefer to confide and seek help from friends rather than go to the police stations.
In contrast to poverty being the major push factor for migration in general, the family economic background in terms of income of these women migrants from North East were found to be ranging between Rs 1-5 lakh per annum, the report said.
The study states that over half of the women respondents were engaged in part time jobs.
Approximately about 414,850 people from the North Eastern states have moved to metro cities in India between 2005 to 2010.In Delhi alone, over 2 lakh North Easterners have been estimated to migrate for work and better education.
Unlike the general perception of NE being a conflict region thus forcing its population out of the region, peer pressure was found to be one of the major push for such huge migration of youth, besides jobs and employment opportunity.
The study states that two third of the respondents frequently face discrimination in everyday life.
Most common forms of abuse such as lewd comments, eve teasing, molestation, mistaken identity and physical harassments in public spaces, work places and public transports.
The study also finds that young women working in BPOs and hospitality sectors were comparatively more vulnerable and they mostly do not fight back.