A woman MP speaks on the plight of divorcee women

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A woman's ordeal doesn't end at a divorce. And this Lok Sabha MP brought it to Parliament's notice.

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00:00From the counselling centre to going to the court,

00:03different things in the court, taunts from the society.

00:06Men have to tolerate very little.

00:10Women have to tolerate a lot, sir.

00:30First of all, we should pay attention to the building of family courts.

00:55It is very important to separate it.

00:58Whenever there is a family court,

01:00if small children come with them,

01:03the other criminals who come to the court,

01:06a different mindset is created in the children.

01:10And in the coming time,

01:12there are chances of many problems in that family.

01:16So, if we separate the premises of the family court,

01:20because there is no place to sit,

01:22no place to go to the washroom.

01:24If the children are small,

01:26someone brings a one-year-old,

01:27someone brings a baby,

01:28someone brings a three-year-old,

01:29someone brings a four-year-old.

01:31So, all those facilities are necessary there.

01:34And this is a family court.

01:35If a child sees a criminal or comes in front of the family,

01:38then there are many issues.

01:40Now, one of our senior leaders said

01:43that there was a party here,

01:45that's why so many divorce cases are coming to our country.

01:50In any life, in any family,

01:53there should not be such a painful topic.

01:56Because our culture teaches something else about this country.

01:59We are women living in a country of sati.

02:02Here, women used to be sati.

02:05We lived in such a country.

02:06And our culture also teaches that

02:08till the last moment,

02:10we eat half of the food,

02:12we live in that family,

02:14we live with that life partner.

02:15But in everything,

02:16we should not leave that family.

02:19Our culture teaches us that.

02:20And we do that too.

02:22One person in our country,

02:23such women,

02:24the way they are telling,

02:26it is from the party to whom I support in this parliament house, sir.

02:32But sometimes such things come,

02:34which you cannot digest.

02:36If you say,

02:37they were people of a communist mind,

02:39or they were people of a congress mind,

02:41that's why,

02:42today, divorce has got such a boost.

02:44No, sir.

02:45Our constitution has given us liberty,

02:47for our rights,

02:48for our struggle.

02:49If we can fight,

02:50we are fighting for those rights.

02:52But along with that, sir,

02:53I would like to make a request to the minister.

02:56Sir, the counselling centres that have been made in every district,

02:59before going to court,

03:01the pain that women go through,

03:03no one believes it.

03:05Sir, we say,

03:06we are very strong to speak,

03:07we can fight,

03:08we are fighting with our strength.

03:10But if you talk,

03:11when it comes to divorce,

03:12when it comes to going to court,

03:14when the family leaves you,

03:16when your own mother,

03:17parents,

03:18your own brother,

03:19your own family leaves you,

03:21when it comes to fighting in court,

03:23at that time,

03:24the real pain,

03:25that woman gets to know,

03:27how will I go to court,

03:29who has not even heard the name of court in her dreams,

03:31who has not even heard the name of a counselling centre.

03:33So, for such women,

03:34when they go to counselling,

03:36a lot of NGOs are working.

03:38I am not saying that NGOs are not doing a good job.

03:40Sir, NGOs are doing a good job.

03:42If in their place,

03:43any expert,

03:44advocate,

03:45who has experience,

03:46if they do counselling,

03:47then I feel,

03:48the time that takes 10 years in court,

03:50Sir,

03:51if anyone's marriage breaks,

03:53if there is a divorce,

03:54at that age,

03:55at the age of 30,

03:56and if it takes 10 years in court,

03:58half of his life is gone,

04:00it is very difficult for him to remarry,

04:02to start a new life.

04:04So, for that too,

04:05it is right for us to think,

04:07that the pain they have,

04:08from the counselling centre,

04:09to going to court,

04:11different things in court,

04:12in the society,

04:13in the society,

04:14in the society,

04:15men,

04:16have to bear a lot less.

04:18Women have to bear a lot more, Sir.

04:21If we think about that,

04:23this is not related to this bill,

04:25but I would like, Sir,

04:27that in the counselling centre,

04:28if you have experienced experts,

04:31if you have retired advocates,

04:33then they will be able to give counselling,

04:35in a correct way,

04:37and women will be able to benefit a lot,

04:38for their future, Sir.

04:40This is a very good bill.

04:42It belongs to Nagaland, Himachal Pradesh,

04:45but Sir, yes,

04:46female from whole India,

04:48you can see,

04:49that there should be a lot of discussion on this too,

04:52the problems that come in the lives of women,

04:55whether they are young age,

04:56or middle age,

04:57or cross 50,

04:58we all have to take care of that,

05:01because yes,

05:02women are the power of this India,

05:04and we cannot let women,

05:05become weak like this.

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