26 Oct 09 NEWS IN DANIK BHASKAR ON AIMPF
Tags: Bahu, Daughter-in-Law, domestic violence, Harassed, Indian Family, Marriage, mother-in-law, violence against women, Women, Women's Rights
19 Oct 09 Kyunki saas apni rights maangti hai
Members of the Andhra Pradesh Mothers-in-law Protection Association perform a skit at Public Gardens on Monday.
HYDERABAD: It was a saas drama to the fore at Public Gardens in the city on Monday.
A ‘social forum’ which goes by the amusing nomenclature of Andhra Pradesh Mothers-in-Law Protection Association (APMPA) was launched on Monday to protect the rights of harassed mothers-in-law in the State.
The APMPA is the AP chapter of already launched All India Mothers- In-Law protection forum.
Several women, supported by their sons, against whom cases of dowry harassment and domestic violence are pending put in an appearance. The women had a common complaint — the IPC 498 A or the Dowry Harassment Act was being misused by their bahus. Venugopal, a private IT employee against whom one such case is pending said, “In our society, there is a preconceived notion that mothers-in- law are bad. Finding the loopholes in the law, some wives are creating legal terrorism. The IPC 498 A is grossly misused for taking revenge or inciting hatred against the in-laws by the wives. According to statistics, 1,25,000 people are jailed because of complaints filed by daughters-inlaws and 98 per cent of them acquitted at a later stage. This shows how the Act is being manipulated with.” A member of the organisation and a mother-in-law, B Kowsalya shared her ‘bitter experience’. “My third son got married a few years back. After a while, the girl started beating him up and fought with the womenfolk of the house. She filed Sec 498 A against us. My son had to go to the police station frequently and we had to face a lot of mental trauma.” Another mother-in-law joined in to say that she lost her husband because of the “torture” they were subjected to as a result of the complaint filed by their daughter-in-law. She claimed that her daughter-in-law did not want to stay with the in-laws and so filed a police complaint. (more…)
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14 Oct 09 Lauch of AIMPF in Nagpur
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06 Oct 09 Mothers-in-law fight back
For years they have been the butt of jokes and regular figures of fun for comedians across the world. But in India, mothers-in-law are fighting back for a different reason. A new campaign group, the All India Mother-in-Law Protection Forum, has been set up not only to fight negative stereotyping but also push for greater legal protection of their rights.
“What’s happening in India is that mothers-in-law are getting persecuted at the hands of daughters-in-law. This is very rampant everywhere. But it’s not come out in the open,” said founder member Neena Dhulia.
“It’s always happening within the four walls of the house, so the mother-in-law is reluctant to tell anyone because society doesn’t accept her… There’s no one to listen to her. They are suffering in silence,” she told AFP.
The group’s chapter in the southern city of Bangalore has some 50 members and since it launched earlier this month has attracted interest from women in Mumbai and New Delhi who want to set up branches, she added.
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06 Oct 09 The actual news as in print – Mothers-in-law of the world, unite!!!
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06 Oct 09 Mothers-in-law of the world, unite!!!
NAGPUR: Exactly a month ago, when the All India Mother-in-law Protection Forum (AIMPF) started work, it had been greeted with expressions ranging from disbelief to a matter-of-fact nod of the head. However, here is some news for those who felt this was just a gimmick: since its inception on September 6, 30 mothers-in-law from the city have joined the forum!
The AIMPF, which is an initiative of the Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF), operates across the country and inaugurated its Nagpur unit recently. Interestingly, SIFF has often been described as an organisation of ‘women-haters’. That myth goes pop with the success of AIMPF.
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04 Oct 09 Mother-in-law of all unions
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New Delhi, Oct. 3: What do you do when you miss your mother-in-law? Reload and try again.
Mothers-in-law are sick and tired of jokes like this and have decided to take the bull, not the bahu, by its horns: they have formed a national platform to fight for their cause.
The All India Mother-in-Law Protection Forum (AIMPF), said to be the first-ever social forum floated by the much-maligned and lampooned tribe, has vowed to fight against negative stereotyping and push for greater legal protection of their rights.
“Our primary aim is to raise awareness in society about the state of mothers-in-law. It is time we changed the stereotyped thinking — it has to happen immediately. We cannot bear this any more. Enough is enough,” said Neena Dhulia, the co-ordinator of the forum.
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30 Sep 09 Ninety-two-year-old beaten up by family in Mumbai
Mumbai: Ninety-two-year-old Laxmibai Paleja is scarred physically and mentally. The bruises on her face are a stark reminder of the violence that she has been allegedly subjected to by her daughter-in-law Darshana and grandson Vinay. Laxmibai says she has been constantly harassed by the two since her son died of a paralytic attack in December last year.
“My daughter-in-law hit me on my chest and my grandson kicked my face,” an inconsolable Laxmibai said, who lives Darshana and Vinay in Mulund, a Mumbai suburb.
After the battering, she was allegedly dumped at her daughter’s house who then rushed her to a nearby hospital.
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28 Sep 09 The unfortunate mothers-in-law of today
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The Honorable Minister for Law and Justice
Sub: The unfortunate situation of today’s mothers-in-law
Today we are celebrating the Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi in the whole nation. Gandhiji has quoted that. “Our nation will truly be independent when the women our country is free”. But are the women really free? It is paradoxical because in the present day, the “Mothers-in-Law” are “most unfortunate” lot of women especially those who have a daughter-in-law.
Today’s mother-in-law had been dominated by their orthodox mothers-in-law but they’d suffered silently because she was a responsible and caring woman. But now the same mother-in-law suffers the ordeals of a “Daughter-in-Law” who is an “Empowered Woman” because she has the support of 15 laws protecting her, the society, and the whole Government system at her disposal. But the mother-in-law has not a single law for her protection from such daughters-in-law. Even the National Commission for Women (NCW) discriminates in the spirit with which they acknowledge a mother-in-law’s and a daughter-in-law’s complaint. Mothers-in-law are often ignored or at best counseled when they approach the NCW with their grievances but no action is taken against the errant daughter-in-law.
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