Men's rights movement in India

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In India, men's movement have brought forward by various men's right organizations. At present, men's movement is limited to opposition of various laws like Section 498a of the Indian Penal Code, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act 2005 etc. There are significant number of women who are involved in men's movement.

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[edit] History

Indian men's rights movement was started by Ram Prakash Chugh in Delhi in early 80s in response to domestic violence legislation was passed in Indian parliament and the alleged misuse of these laws. Later on, in 1997, Purush Hakka Sanrakshan Samiti was formed in Nasik to campaign against the imprisonment of husbands and their family in allegedly false dowry cases. In Bangalore, Sangyabalya was formed in 2003 and many women joined in the campaign.

Save Indian Family was founded in March 9, 2005 by unification of a number of family's rights organisations across India. Many women joined the organisation.

Asha Kiran was formed in March 2005 in Bangalore with 13 founders including 7 techies (Software engineers).

In 2005, Pariwarik Suraksha Sanstha was formed in New Delhi. Many Non-resident Indians also joined in.

Indians in United States started a protest website www.498a.org to create awareness and campaign against the alleged harassment of men by Indian laws.

Mumbai NGO Protect Indian Family spun off from the SIF umbrella in March 2006.

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[edit] Issues

[edit] Male Suicide

The men's rights movement points to the increase in male suicides, particularly those of married men. Based on the analysis of the study done by professor K Nagaraj of Madras institute of Development Studies every year 22000 to 23000 married men can be said to have been driven to suicide by wives.[citation needed]

They campaign for suitable counselling services for men.

[edit] Laws

The men's right movement campaign against the alleged misuse of section 498a of the Indian Penal Code, which they claim has led to the imprisonment of innocent men, their families and friends based on false accusations from their wives. One men's rights of organization, Save Indian Family, claims that 80% of the 58,200 lawsuits filed in 2005 were false. They seek to have section 498a made bailable and compoundable and non-cognizable, and point to the Supreme Court bench presided by Justice Arijit Pasayat and Justice H.K.Seema who warned against misuse of 498a and expressed concern that it could lead to legal terrorism on 20th July, 2005.

[edit] Criticism

The men's rights movement has been criticised for being anti-feminist,[1][2] and for ignoring the need for legislation to protect women against widespread domestic violence.[1] Critics agree that more men than women commit suicide but note that the Crime Bureau's conclusion was that "social and economic causes have led most of the males to commit suicide whereas emotional and personal causes have mainly driven females to end their lives", in contrast to the men's rights movement's claim that unhappy domestic lives are the main cause.[3]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ a b Gupta, Monobina. "Malevolence for women’s law - Men go to PM against female ‘terrorist activity’", The Telegraph, Calcutta, 2006-10-27. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. 
  2. ^ Bhattacharya, Chandrima S.. "What are men scared of?", The Telegraph, Calcutta, 2006-10-30. Retrieved on 2007-01-27. 
  3. ^ Karnad, Raghu. "Now, Is That Malevolence?", Outlook magazine, 2007-12-03. Retrieved on 2007-12-12. 

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