Gerinda plans to set out another trip to promote women safety
Source: The Sangai Express

Imphal, February 16 2019: Gerinda, an ordinary Manipuri woman, set out on a solo car trip to Delhi on January 28 to spread the message of women safety, empowerment and crimes against women.

Driven by her strong desire to prove that women too can travel independently and break the stereotype in the conservative Indian society, Gerinda overlooked all the inconveniences and challenges that she could encounter and began her journey.

Speaking to reporters at Manipur Press Club today, she said "Beginning from answering to the call of nature upto the level of fear psychosis, which have been infused in every Indian women by the routine occurrence of the incidences of crime against women, I evidently felt a lot of insecurity while travelling on the way and when passing through insecure areas.

However, I braved all the challenges and inconveniences just to ensure that women too have the every right to travel independently" .

This 24 year old woman from Lalambung Makhong Takhellamabam Leikai reached out her message to many educational institutions, public areas and on roads, including in Bihar.

She had covered nearly 6000 km to and fro from Imphal to Delhi in 12 days.

When asked about the impact of her journey in the society, she said every Indian woman will liberate themselves from the four-cornered wall when they come out and release themselves from the apprehension of freely travelling in the society with self respect, besides collectively fighting against crime against women.

On enquiring about her future plan, she said that she will organize her second trip for promotion of women's safety and to stop crime against women in all the districts of the State in the future.

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