Gender-based Violence awareness camp held at Kewal Budhal

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BUDHAL/RAJOURI  NOV 30:–As a part of the ongoing month-long National Campaign against gender based violence 2023, an awareness campaign on Elimination of Gender-based Violence, organised by the JKRLM, Block Budhal was held at Halqa Panchayat Kewal Lower today.

Sarpanch Gram Panchayat Kewal Lower Mohammad Farooq Inqlabi, BPM NRLM Qamran Hanief, Mohida Choudhary from Special Cell for Womens Rajouri, Block Health Officer Budhal Latif Dar and representatives from different line departments like Police, J&K Bank Budhal-Samote, Social Welfare, Legal Services, Education, ICDS besides PRI members, Self-Help Groups, Director of The Budhal Walnut & Horti Producers Cooperative Ltd (FPO), Officers of The UNATI Agri Allied and Marketing Multistate Cooperative Society Ltd and public of the area were present on the occasion.

All the dignitaries spoke at length about the various issues surrounding gender-based violence, various causes and reasons along with the different types of discrimination and violence based on gender, effective and proactive measures to eliminate such violence, legal remedies and mechanisms available to the victims, need for reporting and highlighting cases of gender-based violence and the utmost importance of awareness about the same among the public. A rally against gender violence was also conducted with slogans

The speakers also spoke about Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, necessary mental and emotional support to the victims, providing effective agencies to the women to uplift themselves socially and economically.
Sarpanch Farooq Inqlabi appreciated the initiative of Govt of India towards gender based violence and said that this campaign will definitely end the discrimination and gender based violence against women’s.