[Reader-list] WHO WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIAN MUSLIM WOMEN??

[abshi at vsnl.com]

INVITATION

 

July 21, 2005

 

 

INVITATION

 

July 21, 2005

 

 

?WHO WILL PROTECT THE RIGHTS OF INDIAN MUSLIM WOMEN??

 

Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR (Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s Research and Action Group invite you support and attend a mass demonstration being organized by women?s groups to express our discontent and anger with the rise in strength of extra-judicial forces like the shariah jamaats, as has been evident in the recent Imrana case in Muzaffarnagar in U.P, and the increase in the number of anti-women fatwas being issued by local panchayats and self-styled religious leaders. 

 

In most of these cases not only are the interests and rights of Indian Muslim women being trampled upon but there?s also a total disregard for the rule of law. 

 

We, a collective of organizations supporting women?s rights, believe that we simply cannot have parallel judicial systems running in this country. We demand that the State play a more active role in protecting and advancing the rights of Indian Muslim women.

 

The demonstration will be on Saturday, July 23, 2005. It will start at 2.30 pm at Nagpada junction (near Sagar Hotel/Nagpada police station) and go via the JJ Hospital junction down Mohammed Ali Road and end at Azad Maidan. 

 

Thanking you 

Yours sincerely,

 

Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR (Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s Research and Action Group

 

For further information, contact: 

* Awaaz-e-Niswaan: 9819106124 (Farhat and Smita)

* Women?s Research & Action Group: 9833072690 (Noorjahan and Shabana) 

* Forum Against Oppression of Women: 9820833422 (Sandhya Gokhale) 

* India Centre for Human Rights & Law Network: 9820022614 (Chetna Birje)

* PUKAR Gender & Space Project: 9820290402 (Sameera Khan) 



 

Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR (Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s Research and Action Group invite you support and attend a mass demonstration being organized by women?s groups to express our discontent and anger with the rise in strength of extra-judicial forces like the shariah jamaats, as has been evident in the recent Imrana case in Muzaffarnagar in U.P, and the increase in the number of anti-women fatwas being issued by local panchayats and self-styled religious leaders. 

 

In most of these cases not only are the interests and rights of Indian Muslim women being trampled upon but there?s also a total disregard for the rule of law. 

 

We, a collective of organizations supporting women?s rights, believe that we simply cannot have parallel judicial systems running in this country. We demand that the State play a more active role in protecting and advancing the rights of Indian Muslim women.

 

The demonstration will be on Saturday, July 23, 2005. It will start at 2.30 pm at Nagpada junction (near Sagar Hotel/Nagpada police station) and go via the JJ Hospital junction down Mohammed Ali Road and end at Azad Maidan. 

 

Thanking you 

Yours sincerely,

 

Awaaz-e-Niswaan, Akshara, Forum Against Oppression of Women, Hukook-e-Niswaan, Mahila Sanghatana, India Centre For Human Rights, PUKAR (Gender & Space project), Special Cell for Women and Children, Women?s Research and Action Group

 

For further information, contact: 

* Awaaz-e-Niswaan: 9819106124 (Farhat and Smita)

* Women?s Research & Action Group: 9833072690 (Noorjahan and Shabana) 

* Forum Against Oppression of Women: 9820833422 (Sandhya Gokhale) 

* India Centre for Human Rights & Law Network: 9820022614 (Chetna Birje)

* PUKAR Gender & Space Project: 9820290402 (Sameera Khan)