Dear Jayna and other members, My name is Rada Gungaloo. I am a Mauritian lawyer who, in 1989, launched the movement against violence against women. In 1990, we opened the first legal advice centre for women and at the end of the same year the first battered women's shelter. Since then, we have campaigned and lobbied for laws to protect battered women and their children. Finally in 1997, the Protection from Domestic Violence Act was passed which entitles victim-survivors to apply for a protection order and/or an occupation order. Unfortunately, it is very rare that the magistrate grants an occupation order as the dominant ideology is still that the man is the king of his house, hence he cannot be ordered to move out! In the meantime, of course, women and children are on the streets or in battered women's shelter.
The law does not also provide for civil remedies or training of legal officers, police etc. Hence, I am very interested in the Indian legal proposals. We could exchange views and continue debating this crucial issue. With thanks. Rada Gungaloo ***End-violence is sponsored by UNIFEM and receives generous support from ICAP*** To post a message, send it to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To subscribe or unsubscribe, send a message to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>. In the 1st line of the message type: subscribe end-violence OR type: unsubscribe end-violence Archives of previous End-violence messages can be found at: http://www.edc.org/GLG/end-violence/hypermail/
