1. Para legal training:
Conducted 130 one day Panchayat level Para Legal trainings benefitting 4472 women
on the basic women's Rights laws such as
Protection of women from Domestic violence Act
Dowry prohibition Act
Right to Information Act
Conducted 17 District level campaign on protection of women from domestic violence
in collaboration with State Women Commission - Tamil Nadu and Social Action Movement
Tamil Nadu & Pondicherry. 2030 women participated in the seventeen programmes held
at Nagercoil, Palayamkottai and Tuticorin.
2. Capacity building trainings on Counseling:
Conducted eight one day each capacity building workshop for 470 leaders of Women's
Rights violations monitoring committees on counseling
3. Capacity building training on women's rights violations monitoring strategy:
4. Capacity Building training on Advocacy skill:
Conducted 18 days capacity building training on Advocacy skills benefitting 664
persons.
5.Conducting of legal aid awareness camps:
Organized twenty one Legal Aid Camps in collaboration with District Legal services
authorities, District administration, police department, NGOs namely Rural Women's
Development Society - Nagercoil, Kottar Social Service Society - Nagercoil, Legal
aid Ministry - Kottar Diocese, Social Action Movement - Kanyakumari District and
community based women's organizations. 2413 grievance petitions were received during
these legal aid awareness camps.
Established four legal aid assistance cells at Nagercoil, Nanguneri, Mudaloor &
Tuticorin to provide legal aid. Grievances are prepared and helped the victims to
present it before the Legal Services Authorities, Courts, Police stations, Executive
magistrates and other human rights protection institutions for redressal. The RUC
panel of advocates supported 211 victims in the process .
• Fact finding missions were commissioned on encroachment of water resources, sand
mining, corporal punishment, child sex abuse and coastal environment protection.
The fact finding reports were submitted to appropriate authorities for initiating
actions
6. Policy advocacy initiatives:
• Conducted thirty two conferences jointly with Women's Association for enacting
the bill on 50 percentage reservation to Women in central and state Legislative
bodies, four campaigns against dowry harassment, seven campaigns for "Stop Violence
and Poverty on women and children" ,one campaign and public hearing against corporal
punishment and one campaign against torture. There are 14479 women participated
in the above campaigns and conferences.
Organised annual campaigns against torture and custodial justice in support of UN
day on Torture.
Publication of legal resource materials in simplified form:
Prepared and published the following Laws in simplified regional language for the
benefit of the ordinary people.
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Protection of women from domestic violence Act
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Poster on rights of the victims during arrest
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Protection from sexual harassment at work places.
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Abolition of usury system
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Women's rights violations monitoring guide.
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Resource materials on Fundamental Rights, PIL, State responsibilities, Human Rights
Standards, Human Rights Institutions, Laws on local Governance, Criminal Justice
system.
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Resource materials on Constitutional Rights for women, Women's laws and Judgment
Responsibility of Women's commission, International Human Rights instruments and
bodies, Need for Reservation to women in Legislative bodies.
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Reservation for Backward Communities in Higher Education.- Book ( Tamil, English)
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Hand book on labour rights
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Rights and privileges of persons with disability
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8. Result
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NGOs, Women's organisations and people's movements in Kanyakumari, Tirunelveli &
Tuticorin Districts, Tamil Nadu are able to assert the rights of the victims through
their own associations.
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51 Panchayat level women rights monitoring committees having 805 members were formed.
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Women's Rights awareness trainings enabled to acquire the capacity to participate
in the Panchayat at various levels.
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45 women victims asserted their rights and got back 1642 gms of gold ornaments and
Rs.10, 15,000/- cash.
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50 women victims received back their household articles worth Rs.4, 07,500/- as
per the direction of the court.
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Rs.16, 65,000/- cash was awarded in the consumer cases filed by 7 victims.
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2 families were awarded with a monthly maintenance of Rs.5000/ and Rs.2000/- maintenance
to one family.
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One woman got back her child under her custody.
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Two family disputes were settled peacefully, out of court.
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Ten succession certificates were received.
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6 persons were released from false cases.
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Land title deed obtained for 42 dalit families worth Rs.24 lacs.
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The counselling courses made eleven separated couples to joint again for peaceful
life.
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2413 grievance petitions had been submitted to District Legal Services Authorities
and only thirty percentages of the grievances were solved.
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211 women victim beneficiaries benefitted with the guidance of expert advocates
& paralegal staff of RUC.
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Nine disputes were solved out of court proceeding through counselling.
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Five victims of domestic violence got justice and are free from their disputed husbands
(divorce).
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One of the victims got 50 percentage share of the property.
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