Gender-based violence promoting impunity

Wednesday, 14 September 2011 08:49

At least 17 incidents of gender-based violence (GBV) occurred in Saptari district over the past eight months, informed Samagra Janautthan Kendra Lahan and HimRights crusading against GBV.

Human Rights Saptari Coordinator, Dilip Singh, told RSS, among the incidents of GBV occurred during the period from January to August, 2011 are murder (4), rape (6), misbehave on the charge of practicing witchcraft (5), manhandle (1) and threat (1).

Participating speakers at a social dialogue programme on 'Stakeholders' Role for Reduction of Gender based Violence' noted that the magnitude of GBV will not be lessened until and unless key stakeholders including local police and administration are not sensitive to the incidents of violence based on gender.

It is informed that women victims in most of the cased are not dispensed with justice, which has been key to promote impunity thereby gender-based violence.

The local administration has made nominal progress in the act of guaranteeing human rights and accountability and putting impunity to end, according to the GBV monitoring report released on the occasion. nepalnews.com

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