04 Sep 10 Press Release: Chandigarh observes first anniversary of AIMPF; launches local chapter

Chandigarh observes first anniversary of AIMPF; launches local chapter

All India Mother-in-Law Protection Forum (AIMPF), a first ever social forum created to protect the rights and interests of the mother-in-law today inaugurated its Chandigarh Chapter. AIMPF was launched by Neena Dhulia in Bangalore on the same day i.e. 6th Sept 2009, and Chandigarh is observing the first anniversary by launching the same, which will cater to the city and its counterparts.

Announcing the launch, coordinator for the Chandigarh Chapter Mrs. Manjit Puri said, “The mothers-in-law will not bear the harassment any further. Mothers-in-law, especially those having daughters-in-law, are being discriminated against inspite of their generosity”. “Enough is enough”, we together will campaign and create awareness about the rights of the Mothers-in-laws. We even will help the effected sister in laws, she said.

It has been scientifically and also statistically established fact that mothers-in-law are unnecessarily maligned and subjected to judgmental attitudes by society

National Family Health Survey (NFHS) (http://www.nfhsindia.org Vol-1 Page 500) has conclusively established that a woman in the age group of 15-49 years of age faces 8 times more violence from her own mother compared to mother-in-law. 13.7% women have faced violence from their own mother as compared to 1.7% women who have faced from their mothers-in-law.

“Rather than the mother of the woman, it’s the mother-in-law who gives her son to her daughter-in-law and her property as well and at the end of the day, it is the mother-in-law facing the brunt of the fallacy. She is the one who is held responsible in case the marriage does not work and the blame is conveniently passed on to the mum-in-law”, added Mrs. Puri.

International studies have also proved that daughters-in-law are programmed to hate their mothers-in-law. When the relation is onset with hatred it can never blossom into a healthy relationship, it will always be strained and poisoned. Moreover, due to the adverse social hardwiring, it is the mother-in-law who is projected negatively and made responsible for everything.

National Family Health Survey’s third report (available at http://www.nfhsindia.org) has some interesting statistics to share. It was a survey done on 30000 women from different parts of India and social strata. It says that in the age range of 15-49, it is the mother of the woman who does more violence on her rather than her mother-in-law.

Typically in the age range of 15-49 the woman will mostly stay with her mother-in-law and at least away from her mother most of the time, even then the mother does more violence on the woman compared to the mother-in-law and yet it is the mother-in-law who is projected as a villain. One can only imagine the plight of those women who bear sons and get them married.

AIMPF will work towards upliftment of these mothers-in-law by creating awareness and giving them moral support. The helpline number of the All India Mother-In-Law Protection Forum’s Chandigarh Chapter is 9569563161. Mothers-in-law facing harassment from their daughters-in-law can contact this number. Besides, Mrs. Manjit Puri,  Suman Nayyar,  Nisha and Jaswinder Kaur Saini will be looking after the affairs of the Chandigarh Chapter.

AIMPF is a non-funded non-profit organization with its headquarters in Bangalore. The forum was started last year and fights against the problems faced by mothers-in-law and also against the de-facto villainous projection in the socio-legal arena. It can be reached at http://www.aimpf.org .