Introduce women’s rights as subject in school: Manisha Gulati

Tribune News Service

Amritsar, October 27

Punjab State Women Commission’s Chairperson Manisha Gulati, while condemning the rape of a 6-year-old girl, said the government in the centre and state level should amend the education policy and make women rights education compulsory in schools in order to educate the girls about their rights early in life. She said they should also be trained in self-protection. “Unfortunately, even the educated women are not aware of their rights in the society,” she said, while stressing on organising more awareness camps in this regard.

She said the rape convicts should be hanged and urged the political parties to join hands and make stringent laws to ensure the safety and security of girls and women. She added though there a number of laws for the safety of women, they are still not secure. She said different political parties make women safety a major poll issue, but once they come to power, conveniently forget the same.

Gulati was here to hold a two-day Lok Adalat in which the women commission settled 21 cases with the mutual consent of two parties. While addressing the media, she said the pendency of cases in the women commission had increased to 30,000 during the Covid-19 pandemic. She said therefore, Lok Adalats were being organised all over Punjab to settle these cases.

She said she would also meet DGP Punjab Police requesting him to meet the shortage of staff in women police stations. He said a data of women related cases would also be procured from the police department and appropriate action would be taken.