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``Atrocities against women increasing''

Iboyaima Laithangbam

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BANNERS SAY IT ALL: A rally being staged in Imphal on Wednesday protesting violence against women.

IMPHAL: A procession was taken out on Wednesday here to highlight atrocities against women.

The Union of Action for Development (UAD) and 50 other NGOs organised the procession to observe the International Fortnight for Protection of Violence Against Women.

More meetings planned

More processions and public meetings are planned during this fortnight. M. Sobita, UAD secretary told The Hindu that like other states in Manipur too atrocities were being committed on women. Sixteen complaints of atrocities had been received in 2003 by her organisation. In 2004, there were 17 complaints. Till May this year there were four complaints.

24 women died of torture

Thirty per cent of the complaints had been disposed of and two cases of maintenance were pending in the competent court. At least 24 women had died of torture in the State.

The UAD was started in 2002 and Ms. Sobita claimed that it had been rendering a yeoman service to downtrodden women.

She called for a women's commission to address the grievances of the harassed women.

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