PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2013 ID-54860
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SF Panel for JNUSU Elections 2013-14 .
Councilor Candidates.
Central Panel .
sss Sll&CS SIS.
Presidem Ishan Kingshuk Anand Chimat.
Vice President Zeeshan Mansi Bibek Fayaz.
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General Secretary Sudeep Pratim Hamid Nemkim.
I Joint SecretW)J Sona1n Shubhanshu Jawaid -Pranjal.
Tejashi Riya Pushpika .
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DSF AGENDA FOR 2013-14: GENDER JUSTICE The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh embarrassed himself withhis "theek hai" remark in front of camera while the Leader ofAnti-Rape Movement: December 2012 Opposition Sushma Swaraj declared that rape survivors were no .
Over the past one year. the JNU student community has been in more than "zinda lashM. The Justice Verma Committee further the thick of continuous activities and debates 6n-rising violence noted that in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections political parties gavetickets to 6 contestants who were charged with rape -one each.
against women. The spontaneous protests started by theJNUSU against the December 16, 2012 gang-rape was from RPP, RCP, BSP. JMM and two independents. Additionally, instrumental m triggering off a massive people's movement in · 34 candidates contested with other charges of violence againstwomen-including 2 each from CPI (ML) Liberation, TMC and.
Delhi to resist rising crimes against women. which foundresonance across the country. The participation of students and BSP. No wonc;ler. that the political establishment has been.
reluctant in acting against the likes of Asaram Bapu on charges.
youth. both men and women. gave a new impetus to the .
of sexual assault of aminor. Gender insensitivity and patriarchal.
demands for justice for women. Despite repression, these .
attitudes continue to dominate Indian polity. across party fines..
protests were unprecedented in recent decades. The slogan of'azaadf given in JNUSU protest actions reverberated on the lips .
The anti-rape movement also provides.
of thousands of students and youth across the country. The us cause for.
introspection. The movement was afflicted by some internal.
government was compelled to institute the Justice Verma .
problems within progressive sections. During the protests, the.
Committee in 2012, enact the Sexual Harassment of Women atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act by 'Justice for Women Now' platform was formed comprising of.
different organizations of students. youth and women alongside.
February and The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act in March 2013.
that gave recognition to a spate of neglected crimes against cultural groups, dalit organizations. concerned citizens and otherrights groups. However, rather than uniting for a common cause..
women like acid attack, stalking, public stripping, voyeurism, .
the CPI(M)-affiliated AIDWA boycotted this platform and worked.
trafficking and gang rape. The existing laws on rape werestrengthened and many punishments enhanced. overtime to try and ·isolate the JNUSU because its President wasfrom the DSF. In repeated programmes of vJOmen'sorganizations, including the Women's Day programme on March.
Despite these advances, a reluctant government did notimplement the full recommendations of the Justice Verma 8. other mmen activists had to persuade the AIDWA to agree toallow the participation of the JNUSU..
Committee regarding changes in the Constitution, governance.policing and initiate electoral ana educational reforms for .
The AISA representatives in the JNUSU were also more.
prevention of crimes against women. The government fell short .
interested in organizing AISA programmes under.
of making laws against marital rape and refused to prosecute 'bekhauf.
azaadi'. rather than undertaking collective initiatives.under the.
security forces for sexual crimes·in AFSPA.governed areas. It·also increased the age of .consent for sex from 16 years to 18 . JNUSU banner. During that period, the JNUSU made several years, thereby~ providing-·legal sanction to khap pancl1ayats and written submissions to the Government functionaries, theJustic~ Verma · Commission. objections.
moral poficing brigades for sexual regulation and victimization of to the faultyyoung people even for consensuai sexual activrty. Despite over · Ordinance as well as a submission to the Lok Sabha Speaker1 lakh rape cases pending in the criminal justice system. the and Minister of Women and Child Development forgovernment is yet to .Provide sufficient mechanisms for fast-. safeguarding the autonomous and democratic character oftracking all.cases. Most importantly, the. government and the the GSCASH. TheAI SA representatives in the JNUSU did notpolice ganged up in denial of therr responsibility and culpability shoulder any resp'onsibility in this regard.for the rising crimes against wom~n in the country. The struggle· . . .to resist·crimes against women ·and ensure justice for womeh · When the cause became secondary to organizational bannerstherefore needs to be carried forward with zeal and and flags. the mass participation of the wider public witnesseddetermination. a decline. Unless we collectively develop a cu!twe of buildmgbroad-based unity in struggles and movements, liberatingThe country also witnessed the shameless sexist rants of ourselves from the sectarian trappings arising out of narrowpatriarch~! elements across political parties: .
organisational interests..Powerful movements cannot be builtor sustained. This is a lesson that the DSF has drawn from.
® Congress MP Abhijit Mukhe~ee mocked the protesting .
the anti-rape movement. That is why the DSF is emphasizing.
women in Delhi as "dented and painted" .
the need to build an indep·endent and autonomous studentmovement..
@ RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat justified rapes by declaring.
that they happened only in westernised "India" and not .
.
The continuing incidents of brutal violence against women.
in traditional "Bharat" and children including the recent incident of the gang-rape of @ Trinamul. Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Oastidar a 20 year old dalit student in Jind, Haryana give us cause todiscounted the Park Street rape incident as "a integrate the struggle tq·r gender justice with the strugglesmisunderstanding between alady and her clients" against other forms of social discriminations based on caste.region. religion etc. which often overlap with gender violence.® CPI(M) MlA Anisur Rahman inquired about the "rate" of The recent death of. lllavarasan in Tamil Nadu also showsraping Mamata Banerjee how the menace of 'honour' crimes is spreading in our .
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PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2013 ID-54860
.
-.
SF Panel for JNUSU Elections 2013-14 .
Councilor Candidates.
Central Panel .
sss Sll&CS SIS.
Presidem Ishan Kingshuk Anand Chimat.
Vice President Zeeshan Mansi Bibek Fayaz.
.
..
General Secretary Sudeep Pratim Hamid Nemkim.
I Joint SecretW)J Sona1n Shubhanshu Jawaid -Pranjal.
Tejashi Riya Pushpika .
.
DSF AGENDA FOR 2013-14: GENDER JUSTICE The Prime Minister, Manmohan Singh embarrassed himself withhis "theek hai" remark in front of camera while the Leader ofAnti-Rape Movement: December 2012 Opposition Sushma Swaraj declared that rape survivors were no .
Over the past one year. the JNU student community has been in more than "zinda lashM. The Justice Verma Committee further the thick of continuous activities and debates 6n-rising violence noted that in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections political parties gavetickets to 6 contestants who were charged with rape -one each.
against women. The spontaneous protests started by theJNUSU against the December 16, 2012 gang-rape was from RPP, RCP, BSP. JMM and two independents. Additionally, instrumental m triggering off a massive people's movement in · 34 candidates contested with other charges of violence againstwomen-including 2 each from CPI (ML) Liberation, TMC and.
Delhi to resist rising crimes against women. which foundresonance across the country. The participation of students and BSP. No wonc;ler. that the political establishment has been.
reluctant in acting against the likes of Asaram Bapu on charges.
youth. both men and women. gave a new impetus to the .
of sexual assault of aminor. Gender insensitivity and patriarchal.
demands for justice for women. Despite repression, these .
attitudes continue to dominate Indian polity. across party fines..
protests were unprecedented in recent decades. The slogan of'azaadf given in JNUSU protest actions reverberated on the lips .
The anti-rape movement also provides.
of thousands of students and youth across the country. The us cause for.
introspection. The movement was afflicted by some internal.
government was compelled to institute the Justice Verma .
problems within progressive sections. During the protests, the.
Committee in 2012, enact the Sexual Harassment of Women atWorkplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act by 'Justice for Women Now' platform was formed comprising of.
different organizations of students. youth and women alongside.
February and The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act in March 2013.
that gave recognition to a spate of neglected crimes against cultural groups, dalit organizations. concerned citizens and otherrights groups. However, rather than uniting for a common cause..
women like acid attack, stalking, public stripping, voyeurism, .
the CPI(M)-affiliated AIDWA boycotted this platform and worked.
trafficking and gang rape. The existing laws on rape werestrengthened and many punishments enhanced. overtime to try and ·isolate the JNUSU because its President wasfrom the DSF. In repeated programmes of vJOmen'sorganizations, including the Women's Day programme on March.
Despite these advances, a reluctant government did notimplement the full recommendations of the Justice Verma 8. other mmen activists had to persuade the AIDWA to agree toallow the participation of the JNUSU..
Committee regarding changes in the Constitution, governance.policing and initiate electoral ana educational reforms for .
The AISA representatives in the JNUSU were also more.
prevention of crimes against women. The government fell short .
interested in organizing AISA programmes under.
of making laws against marital rape and refused to prosecute 'bekhauf.
azaadi'. rather than undertaking collective initiatives.under the.
security forces for sexual crimes·in AFSPA.governed areas. It·also increased the age of .consent for sex from 16 years to 18 . JNUSU banner. During that period, the JNUSU made several years, thereby~ providing-·legal sanction to khap pancl1ayats and written submissions to the Government functionaries, theJustic~ Verma · Commission. objections.
moral poficing brigades for sexual regulation and victimization of to the faultyyoung people even for consensuai sexual activrty. Despite over · Ordinance as well as a submission to the Lok Sabha Speaker1 lakh rape cases pending in the criminal justice system. the and Minister of Women and Child Development forgovernment is yet to .Provide sufficient mechanisms for fast-. safeguarding the autonomous and democratic character oftracking all.cases. Most importantly, the. government and the the GSCASH. TheAI SA representatives in the JNUSU did notpolice ganged up in denial of therr responsibility and culpability shoulder any resp'onsibility in this regard.for the rising crimes against wom~n in the country. The struggle· . . .to resist·crimes against women ·and ensure justice for womeh · When the cause became secondary to organizational bannerstherefore needs to be carried forward with zeal and and flags. the mass participation of the wider public witnesseddetermination. a decline. Unless we collectively develop a cu!twe of buildmgbroad-based unity in struggles and movements, liberatingThe country also witnessed the shameless sexist rants of ourselves from the sectarian trappings arising out of narrowpatriarch~! elements across political parties: .
organisational interests..Powerful movements cannot be builtor sustained. This is a lesson that the DSF has drawn from.
® Congress MP Abhijit Mukhe~ee mocked the protesting .
the anti-rape movement. That is why the DSF is emphasizing.
women in Delhi as "dented and painted" .
the need to build an indep·endent and autonomous studentmovement..
@ RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat justified rapes by declaring.
that they happened only in westernised "India" and not .
.
The continuing incidents of brutal violence against women.
in traditional "Bharat" and children including the recent incident of the gang-rape of @ Trinamul. Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Oastidar a 20 year old dalit student in Jind, Haryana give us cause todiscounted the Park Street rape incident as "a integrate the struggle tq·r gender justice with the strugglesmisunderstanding between alady and her clients" against other forms of social discriminations based on caste.region. religion etc. which often overlap with gender violence.® CPI(M) MlA Anisur Rahman inquired about the "rate" of The recent death of. lllavarasan in Tamil Nadu also showsraping Mamata Banerjee how the menace of 'honour' crimes is spreading in our .
~~ .
1:> ue3ope £ uo .
ua~ .
UO:> .
sua -ew..
P\f .
ua.
?d .
tV .
) :I I f':>....
~~ .
.
.
.