ADECOM Network

• Incoming of women to the police station is depending on police approach; they have to treat them politely and have to build confidence among them. Police should be ready to file FIR in needed circumstances without any uncertainty. This workshop really used to discuss with police officials that important information. –Inspector Mr. Balachandran

• Police official role and Protection officer role is very essential to decrease violence against women. This workshop gave valuable ideas to participants. We need more group discussions on that – Protection Officer Mr. Ravisankar.

• “This is first time we were participated such debate with Police officials. It is useful to know about difficulties of police officials and impacts of lack of legal knowledge of women survivors”
• Jothi (Leader of “Ariur Pengal Pagutharivu Paralumandram”

• This sensitization programme was given satisfied information, we request you to give such awareness for agricultural also”
• Santhosh

• “This workshop really teaches us about gender discrimination at various levels. We should want to change to protect our women”
• Sathish

• We people came to know about the Domestic Violence act. If we have awareness on that earlier we can lost our life, but now it is very useful for my children’s for future. It is useful meeting you conducted here.

• We were got very useful information regarding gender equality here. We people were should understand the social status of women for creating healthy nation. We thought it is very useful day for us.

• We contact many times police officials for our violence, but their action was very low and nil. We people were believing you to change our life from violence. Kindly provide your services continuously for us.

• Here every people have domestic violence problem. Even though we have protection laws and policies for women it should reach to male members in the family. Men only change their behavior to decrease violence against women.

• “Even though I am taking tuition in this village for students I used gender discriminating words. I realized my mistake through attended this meeting. Here after I never use such words”
  • Thaas – Cuddalore.

• “We people are living at interior places, sometime our collector also not having knowledge about this village. We thank to you for choose such village and provide such knowledge for us. We request you to provide such knowledge continuously because here women getting too afraid to express their domestic violence”
  • Mullai. – Kanchipuram.

• “I will give full freedom to my girl child hereafter. We will avoid our domestic violence in front for our children. Then I got knowledge of PWDVA it is very useful and it is a powerful tool for women”
• Selvi – Karaikal

• “This meeting give different dimension of domestic violence, we don’t know about this kind of remedies available in our society. I should approach you for my violence”

–  Ms.Aruna – Thanjavur

• “This workshop give different thinking perspective about gender discrimination. We people not think like that. We really enjoyed and learned from this workshop”

–  Anbu, Volunteer

• “This is very new for us to hear about Domestic Violence Act, we don’t think so such act is available for us. Here we have lot of domestic violence issues. So it is very useful to resolve it”
  • Kalai, Karaikal

• “God only send to you here. I phased everyday domestic violence in my home. I Thank to you so much for given such knowledge to us” she said
  • Sasikala.

• Here after we will treat our children equally such as will provide equal freedom, equal education and equal food for them. We also try to decrease the violence situation in home
  • Basker.