By : What an unfortunate situation for the world’s biggest democratic country, India. It is a country which deprives men of their basic human rights! Owing to such arrangements against men, fathers who are being alienated from their kids have declared they will go on a hunger strike on March 7th and 8th 2015 in Freedom park Bangalore!
Let me reiterate the reasons why men have decided of such a step:
Fathers, the silent victims and sufferers of gender bias in the family court system and society, are now voicing their concerns.
Apart from being sent to jail men are harassed in CAW (crimes against women) cells, which are meant for young married women only. Why I say so is evident from an RTI reply from west Bengal women’s commission and CAW headquarters in Delhi, which clearly states that helping elderly women and registering their cases is not on their agenda. I fail to understand the so-called “Agenda” behind the fact that CAW cells and the women’s commission are unable to even file a complaint from elderly women from accused families. From CAW cells to mediation centres and then the bail process, men are bound to shell out huge sums of money on pretext of getting bail; which again is their basic human right.
The Judiciary and police department are actively involved in this extortion business in the name of “bail.” After shelling out huge sums of money in the name of bail starts the never-ending process of trial and finally after some 5 to 15 years of rigorous fighting the person is acquitted of all charges. The acquitted is lucky enough to see the day, because thousands of men are unable to handle the undue pressure from every corner and they give up by ending their lives. This fact is evident from the data collected from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Data clearly states that the number of married men who commit suicide has always been higher than women. 63K+ married men unfortunately ended their lives alone in 2012 owing to this undue pressure.
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Data Source: NCRB
Interestingly, family problems are highest across all heads due to which men commit suicide. The percentage is 25.6%.
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Data Source: NCRB
Owing to all the above stated reasons and all the injustices happening to men, SIFF-FRW goes on a hunger strike. Anyone and everyone who wish to be a part of the hunger strike can join SIFF.
Rohit Girdhar is Head of the Father's Rights Wing at Save Indian Family Foundation. He is a blogger and a citizen journalist. He is part of the team that operates the Delhi office of Confidare. Rohit handles the calls for Uttar Pradesh as well. He is also instrumental in taking the campaign for men’s rights forward on various social media like Twitter and Facebook. Rohit has been proactively reaching out to MPs and providing them with research material related to men’s rights.
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Let me reiterate the reasons why men have decided of such a step:Fathers, the silent victims and sufferers of gender bias in the family court system and society, are now voicing their concerns.
- Tired of being treated as FREE AUTOMATIC TELLER MACHINES and SPERM DONORS, they speak up.
- Tired of being treated as a visitor in their own child’s life, they come forward.
- Exasperated with the high-handedness of a gynocentric family court system, fathers in Bangalore now say, “Enough is Enough.”
- Having knocked many doors and having approached the temple of justice and returning high and dry, now victimized and distressed fathers come down to the streets.
- With no one listening to the woes and plight of these grieving fathers and supported by the Father’s Rights Wing of Save Indian Family Foundation, these fathers have decided to sit on a hunger strike in Bangalore in order to take their voices forward.
Apart from being sent to jail men are harassed in CAW (crimes against women) cells, which are meant for young married women only. Why I say so is evident from an RTI reply from west Bengal women’s commission and CAW headquarters in Delhi, which clearly states that helping elderly women and registering their cases is not on their agenda. I fail to understand the so-called “Agenda” behind the fact that CAW cells and the women’s commission are unable to even file a complaint from elderly women from accused families. From CAW cells to mediation centres and then the bail process, men are bound to shell out huge sums of money on pretext of getting bail; which again is their basic human right.
The Judiciary and police department are actively involved in this extortion business in the name of “bail.” After shelling out huge sums of money in the name of bail starts the never-ending process of trial and finally after some 5 to 15 years of rigorous fighting the person is acquitted of all charges. The acquitted is lucky enough to see the day, because thousands of men are unable to handle the undue pressure from every corner and they give up by ending their lives. This fact is evident from the data collected from the National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB). Data clearly states that the number of married men who commit suicide has always been higher than women. 63K+ married men unfortunately ended their lives alone in 2012 owing to this undue pressure.
Data Source: NCRB
Interestingly, family problems are highest across all heads due to which men commit suicide. The percentage is 25.6%.
Data Source: NCRB
Owing to all the above stated reasons and all the injustices happening to men, SIFF-FRW goes on a hunger strike. Anyone and everyone who wish to be a part of the hunger strike can join SIFF.
About Rohit Girdhar
Rohit Girdhar is Head of the Father's Rights Wing at Save Indian Family Foundation. He is a blogger and a citizen journalist. He is part of the team that operates the Delhi office of Confidare. Rohit handles the calls for Uttar Pradesh as well. He is also instrumental in taking the campaign for men’s rights forward on various social media like Twitter and Facebook. Rohit has been proactively reaching out to MPs and providing them with research material related to men’s rights.
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