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- We've heard testimonies of several women. We've seen that women want protection against being beaten, the right to continue living in a shared household and often temporary relief. We need a new civil law to address this issue.
- WE WANT FREEDOM!!!
- The definition of domestic violence should include physical, economic, sexual and verbal and economic abuse.
- Esteemed members of the Parliamentary Standing Committee..the present Bill must be changed. We do not agree with the definition of the domestic Violence being propsed
- In 1999, Lawyers Collective, law students and activists, after nation-wide consultations took the lead in drafting the Domestic Violence(Prevention and Protection) Bill. This bill was widely circulated.
- The law should cover any women living within a shared domestic space. They should be protected from being evicted from the shared household.
- Meetings were held with different organizations.
- The women's movement want a new law on Domestic Violence. The Government should introduce it in the parliament soon
- The bill has none of what we have been suggesting.
- We must oppose the bill in its present form.
- Several women's organizations, National Commission for Women made submissions to the Parliamentary Standing Committee. (The press meet conntiuse after this).
- Now begins another long journey...
- After the bill is changed and now includes all that women have been suggesting.
- Yes, now the government has to ensure that this law is implemented and enforced!
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