Legal awareness program on 15th March 2022 at Borbil, Sonitpur

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    Legal awareness program on 15th March 2022 at Borbil, Sonitpur

  • Place of event:

    Borbil, Sonitpur

  • Date

    2022-03-15

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Event Description

Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University, Napaam organized a legal awareness program on 15th March 2022 at Borbil, Tezpur. The program aimed at highlighting the laws related to women and discussing many issues related to them, which is very important and helpful for a better life of women. The program was conducted by Dr. Mousumi Mahanta, Assistant professor, Tezpur University and Dr. Ivy Daimary, Research Associate, Tezpur University. 64  women have attended the program. The program was started at 3.30 PM in an open ground. Dr. Mousumi Mahanta commenced with a warm welcome speech. After that the participants introduced themselves one by one. Most of them were from Boro community and Kurmi community. Then they were divided into groups to accomplish some tasks. The name of the first group was Jeuti ,led by Meera. The name of the second group was Heuti, led by Janoki. The name of the third group was Monalisha, led by Pushpalata. The name of the 4th group was Maloti , led by Junali. They enjoyed a lot in the sessions. Some members from each group performed drama.  After that Dr. Mousumi Mahanta talked about Domestic Violence Act 2005. The women were guided about how to complain against domestic violence. Dr. Mousumi Mahanta interacted with them and discussed about their problems. Some common issues of the women are physical and mental harassment by their husbands and other family members, preference for boy child, burden of married girl child, alcoholic husbands etc. At last prizes were given away to those who participated in performing skits. The vote of thanks was proposed at the end and more such informative program were requested by the women for the future.