PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2013 ID-54793
.
SF Panel for JNUSU Elections 2013-14 .
Councilor Candidates Central Panel sss Sll&CS SIS .
President Ishan Kingshuk Anand Chimat .
Vice Presidenr Zeeshan Mansi Bibek Fayaz .
Pratim Hamid Nemkim.
.
General Secretary Sudeep .
Shubhanshu Jawaid Pranjal.
Joint Secretary Sonam .
Tejashi Riya Pushpika .
The Prime Minister, Manmol1an Singh embarrassed himself with.
DSF AGENDA FOR 2013·14: GENDER JUSTICE .
his "theek hai" remark in front of camera vmile the Leader of Opposition Sushma Swara1 declared that rape survivors were no.
Anti-Rape Movement: December 2012 .
more than ··zinda lash" The Justice Verma Committee further Over the past one year, the JNU student community has been in noted that in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections political parties gave the thick of continuous activitie-s and Clebates on rising violence tickets to ?contestants Who were charged with rape -one eacn against women. The spontaneous protests started by the from RPP. RCP, SSP, JMM and two independents. Additionally,. JNUSU against the December 16, 2012 gang-rape was .
34 candidates contested With other charges of v1olence against instrumental in triggering off a massive people's movement in women -mcluding eac rom 1era 1on. C and Delhi to resist rising crimes against women, which found 8 P. No won er. at the political esta lis ment has been resonance across the country. The participation of students and reluctant in acting against the likes of Asaram Bapu on charge youth, both men and women, gave a new impetus to the of sexual assault of a minor. Gender insensitivity and patriarchal demands for justice for women. Despite repression, these .
attitudes continue to dominate Indian polity, across party lines. protests were unprecedented in recent decades. The slogan of 'azaadt' given in JNUSU protest actions reverberated on the lips The anti-rape movement also provides us cause for of thousands of students and youth across the country. The 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 at 'Justice for Women Now' platform was formed comprising of Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act by different organizations of students, youth and women alongside February and The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act in March 2013 cultural groups, dalit organizations. concerned citizens and other that gave recognition to a spate of neglected crimes against rights groups. However, rather than unitJng for acommon 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 were overt.ime to try and isolate the JNUSU because its Pres1dent was strengthened and many punishments enhanced. from the DSF. In repeated programmes of women's organizations. including the Women's Day programme on March .
Despite these advances, a reluctant government did not 8, other women activists had to persuade the AIDWA to agree to implement the full recommendations of the Justice Verma allow the participation of the JNUSU.Committee regarding changes in the Constitution, governance. policing and initiate electoral and educational reforms for The AISA representatives 1n the JNUSU ~-ere also more prevention of crimes against women. The government fell short interested in organizing AISA programmes under 'bekhauf of making laws against marital rape and refused to prosecute azaadi' rather than undertaking collective inrtialives under the security forces for sexual crirnes in AFSPA governed areas·. It JNUSU banner. During that period, the JNUSU made several also increas~d the age of consent for sex.from 16 years to 18 written submissions to the Government' functionaries, the years, thereby, providing legal sanction to khap panchayats and Commission. objections to the faulty.
Justice Verma.
moral policing brigades for sexual regulation arid yictiruization of Ordinance as well as a submission to the Lok Sabha Speaker .
young people even for consensual sexual activity. Despite over and Minister of Women and Child Development for 1 lakh rape cases pending in the criminal justice system, the safeguarding the autonomous and democratic character of.
government is yet to provide suffiCient mechanisms for fast-the GSCASH. The AI SA representatives in the JNUSU did not.
tracking all cases. Most iry1portantly, the government and the · .
shoulder any responsibility in this regard..
police ganged up in denial of their responsibility and culpability .
. . .for the rising crimes against women in the covntry: The struggle When the cause became secondary to organizational bannersto resist crimes against women and ensure justice ·f~r women .
and flags, the mass participation of the wider public witnessedtherefore needs to be carried forward with zeal and lop a culture of building.
a decline. Unless we collectively ~eve.
determination. .
broad-based unity in struggles and movements. liberating .
The country also witnessed the shameless sexist rants of ourselves from the sectarian trappings arising out of narrmv.·.. 'organisatiqnal interests. powerful movements cannot be built.
patriarchal elements across political parties: .
or sustainea. This is a lesson that the DSF has drawn from .
t ® Congress·MP "Abl1!jit Mukl1e~ee·mecJ<.ed· the·protesting the anti-rape m·ovement. That is why the OSF is emphasizing women in Delhi as "dented and painted" the need to build an independent and autonomous student .
.\ movement. .
® RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat justified rapes by declaring.
\ that they happened only in westemised "India" and not The continuing incidents of brutal violence against women .
in traditional "Bharat" and children including the recent incident of the gpng-rape of .
.
'.
a 20 year old dalit student in Jind, Haryana give us cause to .
® Trinamul Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar integrate t_he struggle for gender justice with the struggles.
discounted the Park Street rape incident as "a against other .forms of social discriminations based on caste..
misunderstanding between alady and her clientsu region, religion etc. which often overlap with gender violence. .
.
The recent death of lllavarasan in Tamil Nadu also shows.
® CPI(M) MLA Anisur Rahman inquired about the rate of .
how the menace of 'honour' crimes is spreading in our.
raping Mamat<:l Banerjee .
.
~ .
.
PaRCha - JNU - All Organisations - 2013 ID-54793
.
SF Panel for JNUSU Elections 2013-14 .
Councilor Candidates Central Panel sss Sll&CS SIS .
President Ishan Kingshuk Anand Chimat .
Vice Presidenr Zeeshan Mansi Bibek Fayaz .
Pratim Hamid Nemkim.
.
General Secretary Sudeep .
Shubhanshu Jawaid Pranjal.
Joint Secretary Sonam .
Tejashi Riya Pushpika .
The Prime Minister, Manmol1an Singh embarrassed himself with.
DSF AGENDA FOR 2013·14: GENDER JUSTICE .
his "theek hai" remark in front of camera vmile the Leader of Opposition Sushma Swara1 declared that rape survivors were no.
Anti-Rape Movement: December 2012 .
more than ··zinda lash" The Justice Verma Committee further Over the past one year, the JNU student community has been in noted that in the 2009 Lok Sabha elections political parties gave the thick of continuous activitie-s and Clebates on rising violence tickets to ?contestants Who were charged with rape -one eacn against women. The spontaneous protests started by the from RPP. RCP, SSP, JMM and two independents. Additionally,. JNUSU against the December 16, 2012 gang-rape was .
34 candidates contested With other charges of v1olence against instrumental in triggering off a massive people's movement in women -mcluding eac rom 1era 1on. C and Delhi to resist rising crimes against women, which found 8 P. No won er. at the political esta lis ment has been resonance across the country. The participation of students and reluctant in acting against the likes of Asaram Bapu on charge youth, both men and women, gave a new impetus to the of sexual assault of a minor. Gender insensitivity and patriarchal demands for justice for women. Despite repression, these .
attitudes continue to dominate Indian polity, across party lines. protests were unprecedented in recent decades. The slogan of 'azaadt' given in JNUSU protest actions reverberated on the lips The anti-rape movement also provides us cause for of thousands of students and youth across the country. The 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 at 'Justice for Women Now' platform was formed comprising of Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act by different organizations of students, youth and women alongside February and The Criminal Law (Amendment) Act in March 2013 cultural groups, dalit organizations. concerned citizens and other that gave recognition to a spate of neglected crimes against rights groups. However, rather than unitJng for acommon 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 were overt.ime to try and isolate the JNUSU because its Pres1dent was strengthened and many punishments enhanced. from the DSF. In repeated programmes of women's organizations. including the Women's Day programme on March .
Despite these advances, a reluctant government did not 8, other women activists had to persuade the AIDWA to agree to implement the full recommendations of the Justice Verma allow the participation of the JNUSU.Committee regarding changes in the Constitution, governance. policing and initiate electoral and educational reforms for The AISA representatives 1n the JNUSU ~-ere also more prevention of crimes against women. The government fell short interested in organizing AISA programmes under 'bekhauf of making laws against marital rape and refused to prosecute azaadi' rather than undertaking collective inrtialives under the security forces for sexual crirnes in AFSPA governed areas·. It JNUSU banner. During that period, the JNUSU made several also increas~d the age of consent for sex.from 16 years to 18 written submissions to the Government' functionaries, the years, thereby, providing legal sanction to khap panchayats and Commission. objections to the faulty.
Justice Verma.
moral policing brigades for sexual regulation arid yictiruization of Ordinance as well as a submission to the Lok Sabha Speaker .
young people even for consensual sexual activity. Despite over and Minister of Women and Child Development for 1 lakh rape cases pending in the criminal justice system, the safeguarding the autonomous and democratic character of.
government is yet to provide suffiCient mechanisms for fast-the GSCASH. The AI SA representatives in the JNUSU did not.
tracking all cases. Most iry1portantly, the government and the · .
shoulder any responsibility in this regard..
police ganged up in denial of their responsibility and culpability .
. . .for the rising crimes against women in the covntry: The struggle When the cause became secondary to organizational bannersto resist crimes against women and ensure justice ·f~r women .
and flags, the mass participation of the wider public witnessedtherefore needs to be carried forward with zeal and lop a culture of building.
a decline. Unless we collectively ~eve.
determination. .
broad-based unity in struggles and movements. liberating .
The country also witnessed the shameless sexist rants of ourselves from the sectarian trappings arising out of narrmv.·.. 'organisatiqnal interests. powerful movements cannot be built.
patriarchal elements across political parties: .
or sustainea. This is a lesson that the DSF has drawn from .
t ® Congress·MP "Abl1!jit Mukl1e~ee·mecJ<.ed· the·protesting the anti-rape m·ovement. That is why the OSF is emphasizing women in Delhi as "dented and painted" the need to build an independent and autonomous student .
.\ movement. .
® RSS Chief Mohan Bhagwat justified rapes by declaring.
\ that they happened only in westemised "India" and not The continuing incidents of brutal violence against women .
in traditional "Bharat" and children including the recent incident of the gpng-rape of .
.
'.
a 20 year old dalit student in Jind, Haryana give us cause to .
® Trinamul Congress MP Kakoli Ghosh Dastidar integrate t_he struggle for gender justice with the struggles.
discounted the Park Street rape incident as "a against other .forms of social discriminations based on caste..
misunderstanding between alady and her clientsu region, religion etc. which often overlap with gender violence. .
.
The recent death of lllavarasan in Tamil Nadu also shows.
® CPI(M) MLA Anisur Rahman inquired about the rate of .
how the menace of 'honour' crimes is spreading in our.
raping Mamat<:l Banerjee .
.
~ .
.