10 Questions for International Men's Day

Dear Readers,

Women get equal education and more privileges than men. Then why are husbands legally forced to carry wives financially?

• If husband ask money from wife it is termed as dowry and has made a crime. Why is it called Alimony and has made a right, if wife does the same?
• Adultery is legal for wives; Why are men jailed for the same act?
• If mother take away kid, courts say kid needs mother. Why are fathers jailed for child abduction if he does the same?
• If women dress like hookers its liberation; If men show any sort of sexual interest why is it called sexual harassment?
• Why are men taxed more than women for the same pay?
• Why are men banned from contesting in panchayat/municipal elections in certain constituencies?
• Why are men denied protection under Domestic Violence Act and Sexual Harassment at workplace Bill?
• Why do crime reports publish full name and adress of the man but change the name if it is women?
• Why do women child and animals have ministries but not one for men?
  

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Cheers! Men too have their day- AIMWA

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/bangalore/Cheers-Men-too-have-their-day/articleshow/5245479.cms

BANGALORE: There are days to celebrate women, children, father, mother and a million other things. Until recently, the idea of raising a toast to men on a particular day was not high on anybody's agenda. That is, until former USSR President Mikhail Gorbachev came up with the idea of celebrating 'being men' in 1999, an idea supported by the UN. Since then, International Men's Day is celebrated on November 19.

The All India Men's Welfare Association (AIMWA) it appears, has a series of grouses to be addressed by society at large: that men have always been portrayed as the tough sex, and so boys are trained to hide their emotions; men are treated as ATMs and 'sperm donors' and are thus exploited, the world persistently asks women what their problems are, but doesn't bother about men....

Ever since Independence, women have been mollycoddled by ministries and commissions, but none have been instituted for poor Adam. Statistics have it that a man commits suicide every nine minutes, double the ratio of women ending their lives, worldwide - which shows that they have reached the end of their tether. It is these issues that AIMWA will address, say men's activists.

Demand father's rights

It also has more serious issues on hand: the taxation disparity and unfavourable custodian rights of fathers. Vivek Deveshwar, counsellor and founder-member of AIWMA, said: "Most fathers are deprived of custody of their children and only mothers get the right. Even after that, mothers feel insecure and snatch visitation rights from men. Where is the justice? There is not even a quasi-constitutional body to hear our problems and protect us."

Men demand fair play- Save Indian Family Foundation

http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/chandigarh/Men-demand-fair-play/articleshow/5248823.cms

CHANDIGARH: On the occasion of International Men's Day, Save Indian Family Foundation (SIFF) and 'Parivar Raksha Samiti', an NGO that provides moral and legal support to men and their families who have suffered partner violence, organised an awareness programme at Press Club, Sector 27, on Thursday.

The NGO members have submitted a list of demands to the PM, the president, and the law ministry. Elaborating on the type of discrimination faced by men, Nitin Gupta, an activist of SIFF, said, "Men pay more taxes than women at the same salary level. There is no protection for them against sexual harassment at workplace. Also, no schemes are being furthered by either government or eminent social celebrities for boys the way these are done for girls. This has led to more boys dropping out of school."

The key areas of concern deliberated upon were – men's welfare, promotion of gender equality, abolishment of biased and in-human laws and modification in maintenance laws. The participants were told about the misuse of anti-dowry laws and other woman protection laws.