IMPHAL, May 4: The All Manipur Women Voluntary Association (AMAWOVA) organized an awareness campaign today at the Manipur Dramatic Union hall regarding the rising incidence of violence against women in the state.
Speaking at the awareness campaign, Shielaramani Lecturer of Dhanamanjuri College said that since women have been identified as the weaker section of the society a long time back, there is the ever increasing number of crimes against them.
Even stern laws cannot eradicate crimes against women and only a proper education system can eradicate all such crimes, she said.
She continued that removing all gender biased texts from the school curriculum would also help a lot in the fight against the rising number of crimes against women.
Women should be careful of crimes committed by family members, security forces under the AFSPA and of discrimination and mental abuse at their workplaces, she said.