i endorse -chandrakumar, trivandrum On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:36 AM, Anivar Aravind <[email protected]>wrote:
> I endorse > > Anivar Aravind > Moving Republic > > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 7:23 AM, Ajay <[email protected]> wrote: > > i endorse > > Ajay > > RIGHTS > > > > Abdulkareem U K wrote: > > > > I endorse > > > > Kareem > > Oman > > > > > > > > On Mon, Jan 25, 2010 at 7:58 PM, bharadwaj reshma <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> > >> I endorse > >> Reshma Bharadwaj > >> Dept of Social Work > >> sree Sankaracharya University of Sanskrit > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> From: jenny rowena <[email protected]> > >> To: [email protected]; [email protected] > >> Sent: Mon, 25 January, 2010 11:14:24 AM > >> Subject: [GreenYouth] Urgently Endorse : Petition for Chithralekha > >> > >> We a group of concerned academicians and activists belonging to the > Kerala > >> Feminist Network have come to know that Chithralekha, a Dalit woman who > is > >> making a living as an auto driver, has been harassed by the CITU and > the > >> police in Payyanur, Kannur District, Kerala, on 20th January 2010. It is > >> also extremely disconcerting to note that while the general apathy of > the > >> police continue, the trade unions of the CPI (M) has resorted to other > ways > >> of demoralizing the struggle of a woman for just and equal, civil, > political > >> and human rights. > >> > >> > >> > >> BACKGROUND > >> > >> > >> > >> Chithralekha, a Dalit woman, from Payyanur in Kannur, Kerala, was one of > >> the first woman auto drivers to enter a workplace dominated by men from > >> higher castes. Right from the beginning there was a strong resistance to > her > >> and there was a three month delay in giving her a membership of the > union. > >> Later, when she went on to become an efficient and extremely popular > auto > >> rickshaw driver, the resistance against her took a violent turn. Soon > she > >> was subject to many acts of workplace harassment by her fellow auto > drivers. > >> On one occasion, the hood of her auto was torn off, she was called > >> derogatory caste names, and a fellow driver even tried to run her over > with > >> his vehicle. Chithralekha protested against this, lodging complaints > with > >> the police and even managing to get one of the workers arrested with the > >> help of a local Dalit activist. In the course of her protest, she also > >> brought to light the fact that her district and locality still practiced > >> untouchability, albeit in modern forms. Once the issue went outside the > >> purview of the local auto stand, the CITU and the local CPI (M) goons > >> adopted a new tactic and started tarnishing her image with wide spread > >> poster campaigns. Through these posters, Chithralekha was branded as a > >> sexually loose woman, a woman who drinks, whose mother was a sex worker, > who > >> talks like a man, who does not listen and who does not know how to > behave. > >> With such a campaign, Chithralekha lost all support in the locality. > >> > >> > >> > >> On December 30th, 2005, they burned down her auto, depriving her of her > >> only source of livelihood. However, Chithralekha continued with her > struggle > >> and managed to procure a new auto through her association with various > >> Dalit, Feminists and Citizen’s initiatives in June 2008. Chithralekha > had > >> been slowly trying to get on with her life, though she and her husband > were > >> often being attacked in various ways by the local CITU. It was at this > point > >> that the current incident occurred. > >> > >> > >> > >> THE CURRENT INCIDENT > >> > >> On the morning of 20th January 2010, Chithralekha (along with her > husband > >> Shreeshanth) who was about to park her auto rickshaw in front of a > medical > >> shop, was asked to move her vehicle from the parking spot by one Mr > >> Ramachandran who is an office bearer of the CITU auto rickshaw Union in > >> Payyanur. When Chithralekha protested, an altercation followed between > them > >> and the CITU workers started beating her up. Soon, a police jeep arrived > and > >> bundled the couple into the vehicle. They were taken to the police > station > >> and severely beaten up. Later she was allowed to go without even > registering > >> a case!! She has visible wounds all over her body and has had to go to > the > >> hospital twice after the incident. Moreover, she is unable to move out > of > >> her house or drive her auto as she is afraid of further violence. > Shockingly > >> there is very little media coverage of this issue and no local support > >> available to her in defending against the attack. > >> > >> > >> > >> In this context, we strongly demand the State Government to: > >> > >> > >> > >> Ø Take immediate steps to ensure the fundamental rights of > >> Chithralekha to be able to work and live in her own native place, free > of > >> mental and physical torture. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ø Implement the provisions of the Vishakha Guidelines on Sexual > >> Harassment at the Workplace for Chithralekha, an auto rickshaw driver. > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Ø Take stringent actions against the CITU workers and police > officers > >> on duty who inflicted violence on Chithralekha during the incident. > >> > >> > >> > >> Ø Constitute an Independent Judicial Commission to conduct thorough > >> investigation into the whole issue > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> Chithralekha Solidarity, > >> > >> Kerala Feminist Network > >> > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google > Groups > >> "Green Youth Movement" group. > >> To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<greenyouth%[email protected]> > . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >> http://groups.google.com/group/greenyouth?hl=en-GB. > >> > >> ________________________________ > >> Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. 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