The Hindu : Women told to overcome repression

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Tuesday, Mar 09, 2004

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Andhra Pradesh - Cuddapah

Women told to overcome repression

By Our Staff Reporter

CUDDAPAH, MARCH. 8. The A.P. Mahila Samakhya district president, P. Sanjeevamma, on Monday called upon women to overcome the repression and gender bias that were in vogue owing to religious and traditional considerations.

Addressing the International Women's Day celebrations at Kalakshetram here, she lamented that women were still treated as second-rate citizens and subjected to gender bias right from birth to their marriage, when they were facing dowry harassment. Women were yet to gain an equal social status on par with the men folk and even denied equal work for equal pay despite waging scores of agitations for their rights, she remarked.

Dr. Sanjeevamma lamented the tardy implementation of some legislations enacted to protect the interests of women. Emphasising on the need to ensure one-third reservations to women in the legislative bodies, she alleged that the Central and State Governments lacked commitment on it, but were viewing women as vote banks. She called upon women to exercise their franchise judiciously. The burden of maintaining families fell on women in Rayalaseema region, she lamented. A retired lecturer, B. Padmavathi, said women would be free from repression, if they gained economic independence.

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