More Dalit women victims of post-marriage violence
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KATHMANDU, DEC 07 -
Dalit women are increasingly becoming victims of different forms of
social violence after they inter into inter-caste marriages, Dalit
women said on Tuesday.
In an interaction organised by the Feminist Dalit Organisation (FEDO),
Radha Dhakal Sunar of Surkhet said she had a love marriage with Bimal
Rana Magar in 2006. Her mother-in-law kicked her and her husband out
of the house after seven days of their marriage. They didn't have
shelter and food, she narrated.
Subsequently, her husband went to India to look for jobs. However, as
he was uneducated and unskilled, her husband's hands don't work now
after he got an electric shock while working in India.
Currently, Sunar is in Kathmandu while her husband is in India.
Sunar's husband had asked his brother to take Sunar to India. However,
the brother has not accepted Sunar as his sister-in-law and refused to
obey his brother.
"What can I do in such a situation?" Sunar, who has two children, said.
Other Dalit women shared similar experiences at the programme.
Kamala Pariyar of Chitwan also had a love marriage with Shree Ram
Lamichane in 2008. As soon as they got married, Lamichane's family
members kicked the newly-wed couple out of the house saying Pariyar
belonged to an "untouchable" social group. Pariyar, her husband and
their son are now living in her maternal home.
According to Durga Sob, president of FEDO, Dalit women have become
victims of social violence after they engaged in
inter-caste marriages. They have been tortured and often kicked out of
the house.
Sob further said different laws have been formulated to promote
inter-caste marriage, but they have failed to ensure Dalit women's
rights.
"We want effective laws from the government," Sob added.
At the programme, Home Minister Bhim Bahadur Rawal committed to bring
in effective laws. "Laws are not enough to end this kind of
gender-based violence. What we need is social awareness. Women are
suffering from violence due to social stigma in the name of tradition
and social values and norms."
Posted on: 2010-12-08 09:16
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