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DIMAPUR, Aug. 25 -- 'Only when the basic human rights of the Naga women get due acknowledgment from the family, clan, village and the overall societal framework, can we say that the process of gender sensitisation has truly started in Nagaland'.
This message was underscored by perhaps the most respected Naga writer and chairperson of Nagaland State Commission for Women, Dr Temsula Ao here yesterday at a seminar on gender sensitisation among police personnel, judiciary and civil society members at the Police Complex in Chumukedima.
'Time and again, we hear of incidents where justice is denied to women on account of cultural and traditional norms prevalent in our society which often impinge on women's right, for being of different gender,' she said.
Dr Temsula pointed out, 'the vital question of women's identity inevitably fluctuates according to her marital status while under similar circumstances the status and identity of a male remains constant and unchanged.'
'This is the fundamental issue...