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Domestic Violence Act offers protection: NCW member

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Complaints from women pouring in, says Nirmala Venkatesh

TOUCHED: NCW South India incharge Nirmala Venkatesh interacting with differently abled children at RASS Sevanilayam in Tirupati on Monday. — Photo: K.V. Poornachandra Kumar

TIRUPATI: The National Commission for Women (NCW) is flooded with complaints of domestic violence, ranging from verbal abuse to sexual harassment, on a daily basis ever since the Domestic Violence Act 2005 was enacted, according to South India incharge Nirmala Venkatesh.

"The act is giving women a lot of protection from beating, slapping, and sexual, emotional and even economic violence under Sections 18 and 19, she said speaking at a seminar on `Protection of women from domestic violence,' on Monday. The seminar was organised jointly by Sri Shakthi Development Society and Rashtriya Seva Samithi (RASS) on the latter's Sevanilayam premises.

NCW's role

Ms. Venkatesh elaborated on the role of NCW in drafting the act and its steps towards redressal of complaints with the help of the police, legal authorities and voluntary organisations. She emphasised the role of NGOs, social activists and mahila mandalis in removing chronic hunger among women and improving their status.

V. Hemalatha Devi, professor of Law, SV University, appealed to the NCW to bring all acts pertaining to women under a single roof and fix a timeframe to try all such cases in fast track courts. M.R.V. Santhamma, regional organiser, Department of Women Development and Child Welfare, urged the NCW to take stringent action against those who neglect their elderly parents after usurping their property.

Sri Shakti Development Society president K. Prameelamma and RASS general secretary G. Muniratnam also spoke.

Earlier, Ms.Nirmala Venkatesh interacted with differently-abled children and other inmates of Sevanilayam.

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