DIBRUGARH, Sept 26 - During an interface meeting with women stakeholders in Maud tea estate, a legal awareness programme was conducted on Friday on the theme �Empowering women through legal awareness� by District Legal Service Authority in collaboration with SEWA, a non-profit organisation and Save the Children.
The awareness programme was supported by National Legal Services Authority and National Commission for Women where 70 women workers and adolescent girls greatly benefited on the basic awareness and education on law and their applicability.
During the inaugural session, Rani Boro, secretary, District Legal Service Authority of Dibrugarh spoke on the importance of law education among women in the tea gardens. She said that there are many issues in tea gardens which are not addressed because a very few cases are reported, therefore, legal awareness among women are mandatory. She explained the various options where women can access facilities on the rights of women and children through tele call, written application submission and information sharing to the important stakeholders for immediate action.
The technical session was taken by Anu Dey Chiring Phukan, advocate from District Legal Service Authority. She emphasized on the family law, marriage, divorce and women�s right to property. She explained to the participants how family law is affected in a family when the social norms are broken, when the marriageable age is not maintained, reasons for domestic violence in the family and other rights that women can inherit when the menfolk break the traditional norms in a family.
Sudipta Ghosh Biswas, an advocate from District Legal Service Authority laid stress on the family maintenance and judicial separation. She stressed on children who are vulnerable due to the technology update through mobile phones and internet facilities. Child marriage cases are alarmingly increasing in the tea estates which we need to check especially by the parents so that girls are not victimized and lured, She said.
Biswas also explained to the participants on child marriage cases, child labour and POCSO Act applicable for children and how compensation is given to the victims, a release stated.
