After 73rd Amendment, 33% women have been elected in Panchayat level elections, but they are acting as only rubber stamps. Their husbands or father are handling the authority and real power. What is your comment?
I do not agree to this statement. Biju Patanaik had started “Tri Stariya Panachayat Raj” to empower the rural women. Our main aim is to empower the women, who are staying within four wall of the house and are deprived of basic rights. They are completely unaware of their duties, rights and responsibilities. If the husband, father or brother helps to achieve this goal in this regard, what is wrong with it? After one or two year she learns automatically how to shoulder the responsibilities.
In your opinion, who is more responsible for gender discrimination and female atrocities, man or woman?
I don’t think so. Both male and female have equal responsibility in the society in all aspects. I can’t say that she is the cause of torture. It depends and varies from situation to situation. But in some cases, women are also responsible.
Do you feel any requirement of Male Commission at par with Women Commission in the Society?
There is no doubt that men are also tortured and humiliated by the women in the society. But their statistics is very negligible i.e 4-5 % only. The assembly had given one question to me regarding viability of Male Commission. But I refused the question because there is Human Rights Commission to look after such sporadic cases of male torture.
The general people have a notion that this Commission is operative only in Metros like Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, and is not for the rural mass. What do you say about this?/strong>
After 73rd Amendment, 33% women have been elected in Panchayat level elections, but they are acting as only rubber stamps. Their husbands or father are handling the authority and real power. What is your comment?
I do not agree to this statement. Biju Patanaik had started “Tri Stariya Panachayat Raj” to empower the rural women. Our main aim is to empower the women, who are staying within four wall of the house and are deprived of basic rights. They are completely unaware of their duties, rights and responsibilities. If the husband, father or brother helps to achieve this goal in this regard, what is wrong with it? After one or two year she learns automatically how to shoulder the responsibilities.
In your opinion, who is more responsible for gender discrimination and female atrocities, man or woman?
I don’t think so. Both male and female have equal responsibility in the society in all aspects. I can’t say that she is the cause of torture. It depends and varies from situation to situation. But in some cases, women are also responsible.
Do you feel any requirement of Male Commission at par with Women Commission in the Society?
There is no doubt that men are also tortured and humiliated by the women in the society. But their statistics is very negligible i.e 4-5 % only. The assembly had given one question to me regarding viability of Male Commission. But I refused the question because there is Human Rights Commission to look after such sporadic cases of male torture.
The general people have a notion that this Commission is operative only in Metros like Cuttack and Bhubaneswar, and is not for the rural mass. What do you say about this?/strong>
I do not favor this statement. We have already made an agenda to visit every district of Orissa. We go to interior rural areas in regular intervals. Recently we had gone to interior part of Bhadrak District.
After 73rd Amendment, 33% women have been elected in Panchayat level elections, but they are acting as only rubber stamps. Their husbands or father are handling the authority and real power. What is your comment?