Workshop on ‘women’s rights are human rights’

A workshop on “women’s rights are human rights” was organised by North East Dioscean Social Service Society (NEDSSS) in collaboration with Peace Channel (PC) on August 13 at 7th Mile, Chümoukedima.
A press release by PC desk stated that in a keynote address, PC director and principal, Dr. Fr. C.P Anto spoke on the importance of knowing one’s own basic human rights and not using it on other’s expense but expressing them in complementary to one another. He also appealed the participants to stand for ones right steadily with peace and to avoid forceful means and methods to usher peace in the society.
In the first session, Childline Dimapur, centre coordinator, Lozua Kape spoke on “women’s human rights”, where she focused on eight major rights of women such as right to maintenance, right to equal pay, right to dignity and decency, right against domestic violence, right at workplace, right against dowry and right to self- defence protection. She further encouraged women to be aware of their rights and freedom and avail themselves to the emergency helpline 112 and women helpline 181.
Speaking on “challenges women face today and how to ideally respond to”, in the second session, Childline Dimapur, team member and district support person, Rangdouliu Rolnu mentioned some of the key areas where women faced challenges and discrimination in their daily life and how to ideally respond to such challenges and discrimination.
In the third session, MSW NET, liaison officer for NEISSR and PC cum assistant professor Dimapur, Susan Lotha spoke on “role of women in peace building” and explained that peace needs to start from oneself and from there to locality, village, district and state level. She gave examples of how Naga Mother’s Association (NMA) has been in the forefront of peace building in Nagaland and played active role as mediators in situations of conflict.