Ban posters, web sites, publications and television programmes which show women in poor light: Confederation of Women Organisations

The Confederation of Women Organisations in this district has urged the State and Central Governments to ban posters, web sites, publications and television programmes, "which show women in poor light."

TIRUNELVELI: The Confederation of Women Organisations in this district has urged the State and Central Governments to ban posters, web sites, publications and television programmes, "which show women in poor light."

It has also appealed to the governments to introduce Bills in the legislative bodies to give 33 per cent reservation for women. In a resolution passed at a meeting held at Palayamkottai on Thursday after a rally, they said women law-enforcers in plainclothes should be deployed wherever movement of women was high.

All cases against women pending in police stations and Revenue Divisional Offices should be disposed of in time and the culprits involved in the crime against women should be given maximum punishment. People, who dare to defy Dowry Harassment Act, should be given the utmost penalty. More....

The Hindu, Mar. 10, 2006.