Friends, Join us on Monday 12h January 2009, and also endorse the enclosed statement against the recent rape case of a MBA student in Noida. This statement will be printed with endorsements and distributed to public at the site where the incident took place. So please send in your endorsements by Saturday, 10th January afternoon.
Place: Outside Great India Place Mall, NOIDA. This is near Radisson Hotel, NOIDA, Sector 18. Time : 5:30 pm Contact: Kalpana (9212449198), Nidhi (9818241224). In solidarity, Saheli *noida break your silence -- stop violence!* ** We are disturbed by the rising incidents of violence against women in Delhi and NCR. The gang rape of a young woman in NOIDA on 6th January has shocked us all. This is indicative of a sick mentality where rape is used to celebrate victory. And instead of demanding a proper inquiry and punishment for the guilty, the elders of the village as well as teachers give testimonials to the accused "they are from good families their, parents are government officers". Masterji Prem Singh , managing his own private college insists " there is nothing wrong with our boys, the police is harassing them unnecessarily" – thereby condoning crime and giving a baseless clean chit to the accused and abdicating his moral responsibility. A former Sarpanch of the village has stated "she was just raped" making light of a heinous crime. Newspaper reports continue to point to the growing panic among young girls and their parents which prevents them from stepping out, going to college or for that matter to work. Whereas women need to be encouraged to participate in public life the failure of the keepers of law and order and the aggressive and criminal behaviour of men has effectively confined women and girls to their homes. Just two days before this rape case, a girl of 18 was abducted from a crowded market where she had gone with her mother and aunt to buy vegetables. She was also subjected to sexual assault. Both these incidents took place in crowded places but nobody tried to intervene. While it is important that people like us stop being silent spectators it is imperative that the state and police functionaries need to do their jobs and do it well. Justice is the only deterrent to such crimes on women - be they rape, or abduction or honour killings as we have recently seen in NOIDA. ** ** *Sd/-* Saheli, Delhi. -- Saheli Women's Resource Centre Above Unit 105-108 Defence Colony Flyover Market New Delhi 100 024 Please note that our email address has changed. Write to us at [email protected] --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Green Youth Movement" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
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