Career guidance cum awareness camp
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, July 23 2017:
A legal awareness camp cum career guidance was organized by Tangkhul Katamnaonao Long Imphal (TKLI) at TRI, Imphal today in collaboration with the District Legal Services Authority, Imphal West under the sponsorship of the Manipur State Legal Services Authority .
Alek Muivah, MJS, Judicial Magistrate, Ukhrul attended the program.
Susanna Zimik, branch manager, SBI, Thoubal was a resource person and spoke on careers in banking and financial institutions .
She shared knowledge on how to crack different competitive exams, including UPSC.
Another resource person Ngasampam Rungsung, EE, PWD, Government of Manipur spoke on careers in engineering while Aaron Keishing, Advocate, High Court of Manipur shared on POCSO Act, 2012 .
Aaron Keishing informed the students about a number of laws against various social evils including, sexualt assualts under POCSO Act, 2012, domestic violence, child labour, atrocities against children, etc .
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“The POCSO Act, 2012 which was passed in the Indian Parliament in May 2012 and came into force on 14 November 2012 was enacted by Parliament in the Sixty-third Year of the Republic of India and it extends to the whole of India, except the State of Jammu and Kashmir.
It is an Act to protect children from offences of sexual assault, sexual harassment and pornography effectively.
It provides for establishment of Special Courts for trial of such offences and for matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.
The Act defines child as a person below the age of 18 years and is gender neutral and have a clear definition for all types of sexual abuses like sexual harassment, penetrative or non-penetrative sexual abuse, and pornography.With increasing cases of aggravated sexual assault on a Child and child sex trafficking, it is important to know about POCSO Act, 2012”, said Aaron .
Augustine, Member of Ukhrul District Legal Services Auhority also spoke on importance of Legal Services .
Tamyaola Awungshi and Esther Awungshi shared songs in intervals .
The President of TKLI, R Wortam and his executives expressed gratefulness to the Manipur State Legal Services Authority for sponsoring the program.