Wednesday, August 31, 2016

About initiative of PVCHR for right of weavers in varanasi

http://www.craftrevival.org/VaranasiCrisis/Discussion-Lenin1.htm

Dr. Lenin (Ashoka Fellow)
Convener
People’s Vigilance Committee for Human Rights (PVCHR), Varanasi
June 13th, 2006

On 23 May 2006, a Round table meeting was organized under joint aegis of PVCHR, Malviya center for peace research and Bunkar Dastkar Adhikar Manch. The topic of Round Table Meeting was "Banarasi Sarees: Crisis and Solution". In the meeting representatives of different political parties and weaver's organizations expressed their concern over the situation of centuries old weaving industry pitiable conditions of millions of weavers of Varanasi district.

PVCHR and Bunkar Dastkar Adhikar Manch have been working to help the weavers. FIAN INTERNATIONAL, a human Right organization based in Germany and Asian Human Rights Commission are working with PVCHR to redress the problems of weavers in India.

PVCHR has proposed the concept of 'Varanasi Weavers Trust'.

Dr.Sayeeda Hamid, a member of planning commission visited Varanasi to have a talk with PVCHR and with the representatives of different weavers organizations.

On 25 May 2006 Handicraft Development Commissioner visited Varanasi and declared that the policy of 'Handloom Mark' would be implemented in favour of weavers by July 2006. It would be greatly helpful for weavers, as the quality of weavers' goods would not be suspected in foreign countries. Further he told that the central Government has given her consent to start Credit Guarantee Scheme in favour of Handloom weavers. Under this scheme weavers can get up to Rs 25000/ without any Guaranty. He also exchanged his views with weavers over the demand of 'Yarn Depot'.

Tuesday, August 16, 2016

“साईकिल फार फ्रीडम”


बालिका शिक्षा व बालिकाओ को सम्बल प्रदान करने के उद्देश्य से “साईकिल फार फ्रीडम” की शुरुआत मानवाधिकार जननिगरानी समिति व राजदुलारी फाउंडेशन द्वारा २०० स्वीडिश दान दातावो के सहयोग से पिछले वर्ष से शुरू की गयी थी | जिसके तहत अभी तक 80 लड़कियों को जो आर्थिक रूप से कमजोर थी लेकिन इसके बावजूद अपनी शिक्षा जारी रखने के प्रति दृढ संकल्पित थी उनको साईकिल प्रदान की गयी | इसी क्रम में 16 अगस्त 16 को 5 लडकियाँ जिनमें सेक्सुअल एब्यूज (sexual abuse) एवं आर्थिक रूप कमजोर तबके की पीडिता हैं जिन्हें साईकिल प्रदान किया जायेगा |सेक्सुअल एब्यूज (sexual abuse) की पीडिता अपने साथ हुई इस दर्दनाक हादसे से उबरकर अपने आगे की पढाई जारी रख कर अपने साथ हुई घटना के विरोध में संघर्षरत हैं | ऐसे में मानवाधिकार जननिगरानी समिति इन बच्चियों के हौसले को सलाम करते हुए इनको सम्मानित कर इनके संघर्षो में खड़ा है और इनके न्याय की लडाई में अपना सहयोग दे रहा है|

यौनिक हिंसा पर लगातार अपने फोटोग्राफी व डाक्युमेंन्ट्री बनाकर यौनिक हिंसा की पीडिता के संघर्षों को लोगो के सामने लाकर उनको न्याय दिलाने में हमेशा संघर्षरत रहने वाली मशहूर फोटोग्राफर / पत्रकार सुश्री स्मिता शर्मा के सहयोग से मानवाधिकार जननिगरानी समिति द्वारा 5 साईकिलों का वितरण किया जा रहा है | स्मिता शर्मा ने 19 महीने लगातार कार्य करके उत्तर प्रदेश , तेलंगाना, झारखण्ड, हरियाणा, पश्चिमी बंगाल के 35 यौन हिंसा व बलात्कार के पीड़ितों पर फोटो डाक्यूमेंट्री तैयार किया है. स्मिता ने मानवाधिकार जननिगरानी समिति के वाराणसी, सोनभद्र, व जौनपुर के अनेको केसों का दस्तावेजीकरण किया |
स्मिता शर्मा ने यौन हिंसा की शिकार बच्चिवो के सहयोग के लिए kickstarer.com पर अभियान चला कर धनराशी एकत्र किया है. जिसके पहले चरण के तहत वाराणसी में भारत के स्वतंत्र दिवस के दिन बाद यह कार्यक्रम कामेश हट होटल जगतगंज में आयोजित किया गया है |
इस कार्यक्रम में महिला अधिकार पर एक दशक से ज्यादा सक्रिय मशहूर फोटोग्राफर श्री. रवि मिश्रा व मानवाधिकार कार्यकर्ता श्री. अमित सिंह को जनमित्र सम्मान से नवाजा जायेगा और देश में महिलाओ पर हो रहे अत्याचार व हिंसा के विरोध में जन जागरूकता के लिए राष्ट्रीय साईकिल यात्रा पर निकले श्री. राकेश कुमार सिंह इस कार्यक्रम के मुख्य अतिथि थे | इनके द्वारा 9 राज्यों में 28 महीनो से चल रहा है आज कल वाराणसी में है |
कार्यक्रम का सञ्चालन अनूप श्रीवास्तव ने किया और गवर्निंग बोर्ड के अध्यक्ष डॉ महेंद्र प्रताप, मुख्य कार्यकारी अधिकारी डॉ लेनिन रघुवंशी आदि उपस्थित रहे. धन्यवाद ज्ञापन डॉ राजीव सिंह ने किया |

Monday, August 15, 2016

Discrimination against Dalits in India- Can Social Movement Provides Solution?

Eminent Dalit rights activist Lenin Reghuvanshi has called for a neo-Dalit movement to overthrow feudalism, neo-fascism, neo-liberalism to establish a society based on equal dignity for human kind. To eliminate Caste system, Lenin has suggested the creation of a ‘Neo-Dalit’ movement– combining Shudras and ati-Shudras (untouchables of all kinds) from all regions, which would formulate popular movement against the ‘culture of impunity’ through mobilisation of opinion among leaders from all communities. Interestingly Neo-Dalit movement involves all progressive people from all sectors of life-who believe in social CHANGE. Lenin, argue that that social movements are the only solution, and stress the need for the change in attitude among the ruling classes. In his words, “Neo-Dalit movement will improve their (Dalits) political, economic and social conditions. First, we may fight against political repression and impunity by legal process. Secondly, the social impunity should be challenged by changing cognitive weakness (inferiority complex of Dalits), We need to create commons forums for Neo-Dalit, in order to break the wall of silence”.

#pvchr #dalit #neodalit #humanrights

Friday, August 12, 2016

India: State of impunity

A crippled National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) and its state subsidiaries with limited recommendatory control and a dysfunctional Legal Aid System depict a gloomy picture indeed. In a system of defunct legal procedures, the economically weaker and socially backward sections often fall victim, languishing in legal tangles where only money talks.

#nhrc #pvchr #u4humanrights

Monday, August 08, 2016

Rights activist Lenin Raghuvanshi wins M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award 2016

http://www.indiatomorrow.net/eng/rights-activist-lenin-raghuvanshi-wins-ma-thomas-national-human-rights-award-2016

Varanasi, August 08: Well-known human rights defender and social activist Lenin Raghuvanshihas been selected for the prestigious M.A. Thomas National Human Rights Award 2016 of the Vigil India Movement, Bangalore.

A three-member Jury consisting Justice Santosh Hegde, (former Judge, Supreme Court of India), Akbar Mirza Khaleeli, (former Ambassador of India to Iran and other countries and Board of Trustee of VIM) and Dr. Cherian Thomas, (Director of Ecumenical Christian Centre and Secretary & Trustee of VIM) unanimously selected Raghuvanshi for the award from among the nominations received from various parts of the Country.

The Vigil India Movement instituted the M. A. Thomas National Human Rights Award in 1994 in memory of its Founder President Late Dr. M.A. Thomas. The award carries One Lakh Rupees and a citation. In the past, Swami Agnivesh, PUCL, Medha Patekar, Harsh Mandar, Vithal Mahadeo Tarkunde and Justice V R Krishna Iyer were also honoured with this award. Raghuvanshi will receive the award in September 2016 in Bangalore.

Lenin Raghuvanshi, who has been working among the most downtrodden and marginalized community in Varanasi for about two decades, is the founder of Peoples Vigilance Committee on Human Rights. He has won several awards.

He is also recipient of 2007 Gwangju Human Rights Award from May 18 Foundation of South Korea and ACHA Star Peace award from Association for Communal Harmony in Asia USA.

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