[Gcap-mujeres] Fw: 17 Oct- Outcomes of the WOMENS TRIBUNAL AGAINST POVERTY- NEW DELH

[ana]

Dear all,
queridas amigas,
I am resending the message sent by Lysa about the tribunal in India, and 
congratulations to Lysa and to Pam for the hard work and the succesful 
tribunal including the handing in of conclusions to the president of India (a 
woman). She has also sent some pictures that I will be sending in a separate 
message.

Amigas, les reenvio information que mando Lysa sobre el tribuanl de India, y 
aprovecho a felicitarla a ella y a Pam por el trabajo y el exito del 
tribunal, y la entrega de las conclusiones a la presidenta de India.
Tambien mando fotos en otro mensaje que les reenviare.\
Saludos,
Ana

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Subject: 17 Oct- Outcomes of the WOMENS TRIBUNAL AGAINST POVERTY- NEW DELH

Wada na todo Abhiyan	
 	Date: 18/10/2007	
17 October 2007, New Delhi	 
	
 	 	 "Women's concerns should be focal in all major policies
& programs", said women from across marginalized communities while
briefing the President of India, Pratibha Patil on the occasion of the
International Day for the Eradication of Poverty. They were representing
the experiences of more than 400 women from across 20 states of India
who had come together to mark this occasion by sharing their personal
experiences of poverty and deprivation, and resolving to join hand to
ensure that the women's agenda is central to the efforts of the
government to end poverty & social exclusion	 
 	  	  	 
 	 	 A Jury comprising of academicians, political thinkers
and social activists noted that while the country is growing at
phenomenal rates, the lives of the most marginalised women are further
impoverished. Poverty is no more secular. The process of exclusion and
discrimination particularly affect women from Dalit, Adivasi, Muslim
communities & Nomadic Tribes - and these identities have their right to
life, security, dignity, livelihood and development. Within these
communities, women who are single or disabled experience a further
disadvantage. The Jury consisted of Annie Raja, Dr. Ruth Manorama, Dr.
Gopal Guru, Kamla Bhasin, Nikhil Dey, Dr. Rose Dzuvichu, Dr. Rose
Kerketta & Sheba George	 
 	 
Chunmun Devi of Khagaria district, Bihar was among the 50 women who
recounted their personal experienes of poverty and exclusion as part of
the Tribunal. She narrated her desperation in sustaining a household of
four children and her disabled husband on a handful of grain every day.
In the context of the recent floods in North Bihar, she stated that her
family has lost even the meager belongings that they earlier had. Relief
and rehabilitation have not reached the Dalit hamlet where she belongs.

 	 
Prabhasheela Besra of Jharkhand spoke of the need to revive some of the
positive 'Santhal' traditions that protected the right of women to own
land and assets. She lamented that the earlier tradition of the family
gifting women with a piece of land or plot for farming to ensure that
she was able to fend for herself across all stages of her life, is fast
diminishing and needs to be reinstated and 'replicated' by the
government by ensuring agricultural land entitlements for women who
currently form a significant part of the landless agricultural labour in
the country.	 
 	 
 	 	 Nijhula Kachua drew attention to the labourers and
their families residing in the tea gardens of Assam. She highlighted
that there is little awareness and almost no access for these
communities to the national government schemes such as NREG (National
Rural Employment Guarantee) and NRHM (National Rural Health Mission)
that are operational in other states of India.	 
 	 
Noor Jahan from Hyderabad, Andhra drew attention to the victimization
faced by youth from Muslim communities as they are constantly tagged to
terror, further increasing their exclusion from socio-economic
opportunities and arousing a feeling of mistrust among other
communities.	 
 	 
The Jury recognized that without a focus on reaching women and
marginalized communities development is not possible within the country.
There is a need to recognize and institute the independent identity of
women as independent citizens, not just linked to their families. Land
is critical to addressing poverty and right to cultivable land for women
from these marginalized communities is a must. Appalling occupations
like manual scavenging – which is mostly carried out by women - needs to
be eliminated urgently and the persons involved should be rehabilitated
on priority basis. The process of displacement related to development,
SEZ and forced eviction need to stop immediately. Post conflict in
Gujarat, there has been more or less a complete failure of restorative
justice issues and rehabilitation. The apathy of the state and bias of
the bureaucracy against the minorities is apparent.	 
 	 
- Pam Rajput (0172-2545425 / pamrajput en yahoo.co.in
<mailto:pamrajput en yahoo.co.in> )	 
- Lysa John (011-46082371 to 74 / lysa en wadanatodo.net
<mailto:lysa en wadanatodo.net> )	 
 	 
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