Dear all I know its short notice and its a working day but please try to be there, and go to work a bit late if possible
Mumbai Solidarity Protest with J &K women on Sexual Violence m PROTEST OUTSIDE , DADAR EAST,STATION (usual protest place ) 9th july ,11. AM I hope some of you can come there for sometime and go to work . do share FB event page as well https://www.facebook.com/events/305630596265729# SIMILAR protests is being organized at same time by Nurses and students' associations from Delhi and Kerala . and some more places as well Of late we have witnessed increasing instances of sexual violence against women in Kashmir, especially by close acquaintances such as teachers, employers and relatives. We have also witnessed blatant violations of the rule of law, flouting of legal procedures, denial of justice and character assassination of complainants with an intent to subvert justice. The most glaring example of this is the case of a nurse employed in J&K Health Department who complained of serial harassment over years by several health department officials. Similar cases have been reported from Bihar, Jharkhand, Kerala, Bangalore, Delhi and so on. In the J&K Health Department case, an illegally constituted one-man committee called the complainant for "investigation" but her statements were not recorded. The committee was in complete violation of Supreme Court guidelines which require that the committee should be headed by a woman, at least half of the members should be women and that an external member who has understanding of these issues should be on the committee. When the illegal, one-man committee gave a "clean chit" to the Director, the J&K Health Minister, Mr. Taj Mohiuddin said, on record, that, from day one he knew that the Director Health was innocent. This statement is nothing but a blatant admission of bias. Furthermore, on the 18th of June, 2014 when the so-called "enquiry" was still underway, the accused Director who had been an Assistant Director till then was promoted to the post of Deputy Director; (he continued to hold the post of 'Incharge Director', as earlier). Interestingly, the person who issued the order is none other than the person who headed the one-man enquiry committee! Under such circumstances, can it really be said that the departmental enquiry was fair? On top of that, a case of perjury (lying) was registered against the complainant even though there was no fair enquiry. We, therefore, ask that a committee under Vishakha guidelines be constituted. A fresh, High Court monitored probe should be initiated in this case. Workplace anti sexual harassment committees should be constituted by all workplaces in J&K and the State Women's Commission should overlook the formation of the same within a reasonable time frame. In cases against highly placed officials, it should be made a norm to remove the accused till the time enquiry is pending. The Union Health Ministry should ensure compliance in all states with the sexual harassment at workplace act. Adv Kamayani Bali Mahabal +919820749204 skype-lawyercumactivist Hey folks, coined this term " Kracktivism ", check out my blog *http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/ <http://www.kractivist.org/kracktivism-2/>* Blog for girl child- http://fassmumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for Kashmir -http://kashmirsolidaritymumbai.wordpress.com/ Blog for KKM defence Committee- http://kabirkalamanch.wordpress.com https://twitter.com/#!/Kracktivist https://www.facebook.com/kamayani *I carry a torch in one hand And a bucket of water in the other: With these things I am going to set fire to Heaven And put out the flames of Hell So that voyagers to God can rip the veils And see the real goal....... Rabia (Rabi'a Al-'Adawiyya) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "humanrights movement" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/humanrights-movement. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
