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ज़ुल्म, ज़ख्म, आज़ादी… कश्मीरी औरतों की आवाज़ें : प्रेस विज्ञप्ति

4 अक्टूबर 2019

प्रेस विज्ञप्ति

ज़ुल्म, ज़ख्म, आज़ादीकश्मीरी औरतों की आवाज़ें

कश्मीर घाटी में बंदी का आज 60वां दिन है।

यौन हिंसा व राजकीय दमन के खिलाफ महिलाएं (WSS) की चार सदस्यीय टीम (किरण शाहीन, नंदिनी राव, प्रमोदिनी प्रधान, शिवानी तनेजा) ने 23 से 28 सितंबर 2019 तक कश्मीर घाटी का दौरा किया। इस दौरे का मकसद भारत सरकार द्वारा अनुच्छेद 370 को निरस्त किए जाने के बाद से लोगों, खासकर औरतों व बच्चों, के साथ बातचीत करना, उनकी आवाज़ सुनना और मौजूदा परिस्थितियों को समझना था।

टीम ने श्रीनगर, दक्षिण में शोपियां और उत्तर में कुपवाड़ा व बारामूला ज़िलों की यात्रा की। हम विभिन्न क्षेत्रों के लोगों से बात कर पाए – अपनेअपने घरों में कैद बूढ़ी और युवा औरतों, स्कूल शिक्षकों, अस्पताल के अधिकारियों, फेरीवालों, सड़क किनारे के विक्रेताओं, दुकानदारों, बाग मालिकों, कबाड़ियों, टैक्सी ड्राइवरों, ऑटो चालकों, वकीलों पत्रकारों, एक्टिविस्‍टों और स्कूल व कॉलेज के छात्रों से। हमने गांवों व मुहल्लों के साथसाथ स्कूलों, अदालतों और अस्पतालों का दौरा भी किया। यात्राएं बिना किसी योजना के की गईं और किसी के द्वारा निर्देशित नहीं थीं। हमारा मानना है कि हमारे द्वारा साझा किए गए विचार पूरी तरह से स्वतंत्र हैं। Continue reading

Zulm, Zakhm, Azaadi … The Voices of Kashmiri Women

Press Release

Zulm, Zakhm, Azaadi … The Voices of Kashmiri Women

Today is sixty days of the clampdown in the Kashmiri Valley.

A four-member team from Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) (Kiran Shaheen, Nandini Rao, Pramodini Pradhan and Shivani Taneja) visited Kashmir Valley from September 23-28, 2019. The aim was to interact with people, especially women and children, to listen to their voices and understand the present conditions since the abrogation of Article 370 by the Indian government.

The team traveled across the districts of Srinagar, Shopian to the South and Kupwara and Baramullah to the North. We were able to speak to people of various walks of life – older and younger women stuck in their homes, school teachers, hospital functionaries, hawkers, scrap-dealers, roadside vendors, shopkeepers, orchard owners, taxi drivers, auto drivers, lawyers, journalists, activists and school and college students. We visited villages and mohallas as well as schools, courts and hospitals. The visits were made at random and were not guided by anyone. We consider the views we share as being fully independent. Continue reading

Open Letter To The Woman Complainant In The CJI Sexual Harassment Case

To the complainant in the CJI sexual harassment case:

We stand by you and your demands to seek justice

Dear friend,

For the past month, we have been public witnesses to the unjust harassment faced by you and your family since the sexual harassment complaint against the current Chief Justice of India (CJI) Ranjan Gogoi went public.

As women and people belonging to marginalised castes, classes, communities, genders, sexualities and nationalities; as survivors of everyday gendered discrimination, harassment and violence, we at WSS write this open letter to you to say that we will work with you to ensure that due process is followed and that all institutions are held accountable, even at the highest court of the country. Continue reading

WSS Statement On The #MeToo Violence In Bihar – Hindi

Please access the statement at following link:

Hindi WSS Statement #MeTooViolence in Bihar

 

WSS Perspective Document On Sexual Harassment And Mechanisms For Redressal Of Complaints

This document is the outcome of a series of discussions within WSS in Delhi that began in late 2016 and picked up pace early in 2017. The purpose of this process was:
A. To share experiences of and develop a perspective on sexual harassment, sexual
violence and a range of other ways in which women are undermined (which we
have grouped under the term ‘gender discrimination’) in different kinds of
institutions, including spaces of progressive political interaction.
B. To outline our political perspective on how these questions may be approached
and dealt with, including but not limited to redressal mechanisms.
C. To propose a redressal mechanism for WSS.

Please click  on below link to access the full document.

WSS Perspective Document on Sexual Harassment