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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29 Sep 09 India’s mothers-in-law fight back against ‘persecution’
BANGALORE — 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.
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23 Sep 09 Now they saas so
New Delhi: The tables seem to be turning with the hands of the clock. Or so some would have us believe. As a bunch of beleaguered mothers-in-law — those feisty creatures who are supposed to strike the fear of God into nervous, newly-wed lassies — join hands to launch India’s (and the world’s) first All India Mothers-in-law Protection Forum (AIMPF) in Bangalore, one can’t help but wonder if Lalita Pawar would have survived the 21st century.
Well, the idea behind this coming together of misunderstood Mummyjis is the belief that they have been given a rotten deal by society, popular culture and, worse, by a legal system that turns a blind eye to their plight, ever-ready to believe the real villain of the domestic peace: the ‘downtrodden’ daughter-in-law. (more…)
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11 Sep 09 What about the evil bahu?
Mumbai: For years they’ve been haunting television and movie screens, making life miserable for their daughters-in-law — but now a group of real mothers-in-law have decided they’ve had enough of this lopsided depiction. And it might just trigger a movement. The idea took root over a cup of chai on an ordinary Bengaluru afternoon when a group of friends decided to do something about the one common thing they were all subject to — daughter-in-law abuse!
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09 Sep 09 Mothers-in-law band together to fight ‘cruel’ stereotype
Written by Gulf Times
New Delhi : Hundreds of mothers-in-law have come together to form an organisation to fight harassment and abuse by their sons’ wives, news reports said yesterday. Between 500 and 700 women from across India launched the All-India Mothers-in-Law Protection Forum (AIMPF) in Bangalore on Sunday, local newspapers reported yesterday.
The organisation will be supported by the Save India Family Foundation, a non-governmental agency set up recently for husbands who allege harassment by their wives, the Times of India newspaper reported.
The new group will work to break the “cruel woman” stereotype reinforced by Indian TV soap operas and demand protection against torture and abuse by daughters-in-law.
AIMPF members include forensic experts, lawyers, doctors, teachers, other professionals and housewives.
“It has been statistically established that mothers-in-law are unnecessarily maligned and subjected to judgmental attitudes by society. On television, we are shown as vamps, while in reality we are the victims,” said coordinator Neena Dhulia.
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07 Sep 09 We are Victims, not Vamps: Moms-in-law
We are victims, not vamps: Mums-in-law
New Delhi: It’s official. The saas-bahu soaps have got it wrong. Contrary to what reel households portray, mothers-in-law are seldom the villain of the piece in real domestic settings.
The latest round of the National Family Health Survey (NFHS) shows that young women face maximum domestic violence from their own parents rather than in-laws. Armed with the data, over 700 women have joined hands to launch the All-India Mothers-in-law Protection Forum (AIMPF) to break their stereotyping as vamps, and demand protection against violence and abuse by daughters-in-law… (read more)
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