EMN
Dimapur, April 22
The Governor of Nagaland & Assam Governor, PB Acharya, has urged the womenfolk in the state to ‘come out from the inferiority complex’ and choose to play pivotal roles in the creation of a society where they are ‘equal, strong, spiritually and economically.’ However, to accomplish that objective, Acharya said, women of the state need a clear decision on objective, unity, and organization of their goals and action first.
The Governor was attending a local summit of the Lotha Naga community in Wokha today. The Lotha Eloe Hoho (Lotha women’s organization) conducted a summit in collaboration with the department of Women Resource Development, on April 22.
For the first time, PB Acharya said, an independent organization, the Lotha Eloe Hoho, has had undertaken a bold step to ‘fighting for equality and parity’ for women.
‘We are living in civilized society for thousands of years and we are all equal and second to none... that women cannot be discriminated as they are the mothers, daughters and sisters and there is no life without them,’ he said. He urged Naga women to ‘come up with a clear goal and to stand up and organise themselves to strengthened our economic system.’
‘India being a democratic and secular country, where we respect diversity, it should not be difficult to strengthened and empower ourselves and the methods required are the 3 E’s: education, electricity and empowerment. Our education system should be a centre of knowledge with skills and for prosperity electricity is required, as without out electricity there cannot be empowerment, he added.
Earlier, President of the organization, Mhonchumi Humtsoe, said in her keynote address that this Summit is organised in continuation of the LEH continues effort towards socio-economic uplift of the women and in line with the International Women’s Day theme ‘Pledge for Parity’.
The organization aims to create a platform for women to interact directly with Policy makers, Government officials of various departments and provide opportunity to avail all information about Government schemes and policies, she added.
Joint Director of the Women Resource Development department, Vilone Sakhrie, also spoke during the programme.
