Consultative programme on violence against women and children

Bhojpur. Ramprasad Rai rural municipality in the district held a legal consultative programme in a bid to reduce violence against women and children at local level. The programme was organized to ensure the access of impoverished, marginalized and minority communities to justice.

The rural municipality informed that the programme would also contribute to spread public awareness from legal lens. Especially the women representatives and the students are its beneficiaries. Rural municipality Chairman Tham Bahadur Rai informed that the local level was facing problem due to dearth of knowledge on legal provisions, which has deprived citizens of their rights to State entitlements.

Legal consultation have various sessions to bring to fore the issues of domestic violence where women and children whet knowledge on legal aspects- domestic violence, complaint mechanism, crime and punishment, he said, adding that the consultative programme that lasts for three days empowers children and women to reduce domestic violence.

Once the people’s representatives become aware of legal provisions, it would help spread further awareness in the respective villages. In addition to constitutional and legal provisions relating to violence, the participants were oriented on how they could file complaint, the legal process and punishment provisions in case of such need. Similarly, Vice Chairman Birendra Rai informed the event was organized with the coordination of Helping Women Society, Kathmandu.