Ms. Vibha Parthasarthy

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  Vibha Parthasarathi, ex-Chairperson, National Commission for Women

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  Those who are trained and licensed to nurture life are being used to snuff the light out,'' said Vibha Parthasarthy, chairwoman of the National Commission for Women.

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  The NCW Chairperson , Mrs. Vibha Parthasarthy said the rally was guided by the slogan Empowerment for Peace. She said those participating in the rally will form human chains.The rally will start from Rashtrapati Bhavan at noon with the support of the First Lady it will be attended by the Congress President and the RS Deputy Chairperson.A millennium pledge will also be taken at the end of the mass mobilization program.
  
  The activists will pledge to make peace a creed , renounce war , work for the empowerment of women and children , the deprived , the discriminated against , and the oppressed , and to work for equity , justice , love , and liberty.She said the NCW planned to meet the Speaker , Mr. G.M.C. Balayogi to ensure that the Millennium Pledge for Peace was taken in the ongoing session of Parliament.

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  NCW chairperson Vibha Parthasarthi, member Syeda Hameed and member-secretary Binoo Sen also attended the workshop, which is the first of a pioneering series of regional workshops being organized by the NCW this year.

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  The Chairperson Ms. Vibha Parthasarthy did promise to put the matter before the full-Commission and get a Committee set up to enquire into the matter.

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  The inaugural speech was by Ms. Vibha Parthasarthy, Chairperson of the National Commission for Women.She had prepared a formal speech, which she abandoned to speak extempore, referring to the relevance of the play to the current social scene.Ms. Parthasarthy emphasised in her speech that we have to get rid of the idea that ‘investing in a girl is like watering a plant of the neighbours…'

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  The inaugural speech was by Ms. Vibha Parthasarthy , Chairperson of the National Commission for Women.She had prepared a formal speech , which she abandoned to speak extempore , referring to the relevance of the play to the current social scene.Ms. Parthasarthy emphasised in her speech that we have to get rid of the idea that ‘investing in a girl is like watering a plant of the neighbours…'.
  
  This focus on taking out dowry related violence by the root , by changing the mindset of the people in a society with an explicit son-preference , set the tone for the panel debates on day 2 and 3. Sessions covered : ‘Indian marriage traditions and dowry abuse' , ‘Son-Preference , female infanticide – foeticide' , ‘Dowry Related Violence as a Medical and Psycho Social Issue' , ‘Economic analyses of dowry abuse' , ‘Legal Improvements in Anti-Dowry Legislation and its implementation' , ‘Remedy Focussed and Action Centred Approaches' , ‘Dowry and Religion'.
  
  Rather then putting on trial the dowry system , we agreed to concentrate our efforts on the abuse.Generally it seems that the abusive behaviour is mostly triggered off by the incapacity of the father of the bride to meet inflationary demands of dowry , increasing after the wedding.The intent is to find out which factors exactly are responsible for the violent derailments of the dowry system.We have to search for the lethal combination.

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  National Commission for Women chairperson Vibha Parthasarathi hailed the Akal Takht head's initiative in issuing a directive to the Sikh community to stop female feticide and called for such appeals by other religious leaders.
  
  The Akal Takht has described female feticide as immoral and irreligious.The sex ratio in Sikh-dominated Punjab has decreased from 882 females per 1,000 males in 1991 to 874 in 2001.In Haryana, the figure is down to 802 females from 879 for every 1,000 males.
  
  The average sex ratio in India, which was once 972 to 1,000 in 1901, has reached an alarming low figure of 933 in the 2001 census.Indian cities are no better.

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  At least 200 girls and women enter into prostitution each day, two-thirds of them hailing from drought-prone areas of the country, National Commission for Women (NCW) Chairperson Vibha Parthasarthy stated thursday.
  
  Speaking at a National Consultation on Trafficking of Children here, she noted with concern that aggressive advertising on consumer products is also luring school girls to engage in part-time prostitution to buy these envied products.
  
  Observing that the fast moving liberalisation era is ushering in new and more complex factors in the growth of trafficking in children, Ms Parthasarthy cited tourism as one factor."The scale of tourism is going up and with it new forms of entertainment are coming in", she pointed out.
  
  Justice J S Verma, Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), presiding over the consultation said the main hurdle in tackling this grave social injustice is the lack of political will."We have never lacked in rhetoric and precept.It's only when it comes to practising it that we falter", he stated.
  
  The Constitution has many safeguards for the protection of children such as Article 23 which guarantees against trafficking in children and Article 39 which stipulates that children be given an opportunity to develop in a healthy manner, Justice Verma informed.
  
  He underlined the need to create an enabling environment which protects children against exploitation."We need a coordinated plan of action between parents, the community and State.Public opnion should be built up for eradicating social evils like child marriage", he added.The two-day consultation is being organised jointly by the Delhi-based NGO Joint Women's Programme (JWP) and UNIFEM.
  
  The NCW Chairperson advocates realistic and achievable short-term targets to address this issue.At the same time, one could prioritise the different dimensions of human trafficking into long-term plans of action, she added.
  
  Earlier JWP Director Jyotsna Chatterji giving estimated figures on the magnitude of the problem, said incidence of child prostitution through abduction is about 40 per cent.The percentage of devadasis is between 15-20 in Mumbai brothels, ten per cent in Nagpur, Delhi and Hyderabad, 50 per cent in Pune and up to 80 per cent in urban centres around Belgaum district, she said.

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  Published on: 12/9/2001    Last Visited: 12/9/2001  

  Two lawyers have filed a complaint against The Times for printing the ad and Vibha Parthasarathi, the head of the National Commission for Women, an independent body established by Parliament, denounced the product as unethical.The Times replied to its critics today in an unsigned editorial entitled "Sophie's Choice" contends that Indian laws do not prohibit sex selection techniques used before conception.
  
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