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Consider women's hardship before framing policies: AIDWA

By Our Staff Reporter

DINDIGUL, SEPT. 13. Members of All-India Democratic Women's Association insisted that the Central and State Governments consider hardship faced by women before taking policy decisions. Most of the Centre's policies had adverse impact on women. This was highlighted at a State-level conference held here today.

The State Government should immediately withdraw ban on recruitment act.

R. Vasanthi Devi, Tamil Nadu Women Commission chairperson, pointed out that globalisation, liberalisation and privatisation had wiped out a majority of jobs done by women. ``The present growth in our country is jobless growth.'' The worst affected were families headed by women.

A recent survey by the commission found that Cuddalore, Villupuram, Tiruvannamalai and Dharmapuri had the highest number families headed by women. Tamil Nadu stood fourth in the country with the highest number of women-led families. Abject poverty was one of the major reasons for foeticide.

Mechanisation

While mechanisation of construction activities wiped out jobs meant for women, failure of agriculture also affected them. Besides failure of monsoon, man-made factors destroyed almost all water resources. The State Governments led by various parties did not take efforts to rehabilitate and maintain water resources in Tamil Nadu. The Government's investment in agriculture was reduced drastically.

Ms. Vasanthi Devi said 63 out of 67 women inmates in the Nilakottai prison had taken to illicit distillation, as there was no other alternative for their survival. She met them during a public hearing recently.

The Dindigul MLA, K. Balabarathi, spoke.

The conference condemned ``police'' atrocities on women.

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