Dimapur, November 8 : The Nagaland GBs Federation has issued a statement explaining what they called the “women’s position in Naga society”, as part of the organisation’s ‘reflection on women’s reservation controversy.’ The GBs have urged the Naga people to “uphold our customs and traditions as it is our only identity as Naga people.”
“Unlike other states in India, where women folk are subjected to discriminations, like Sati system, dowry, Pardha system, caste system etc. The Naga society has a different story to tell. The NGBF takes this privilege to elaborate based on customary law and traditional usages in regard to women’s rights in Naga society,” the organisation said in a press release on Tuesday.
“Nagaland is the land of many tribes and each tribe practices their own customs and traditions brought down from their ancestors as customary law. There is no such common customary law for all tribes in Nagaland but the customary Laws of every tribe is brought under the name and style as Naga customary law,” the GBs stated.
The organisation also stated that the ‘since the time immemorial’ the “classification of work and responsibilities between man and woman” had been “clearly distinguished by nature which had been practiced till date.”
There had been “no confusion but it clearly identifies man with external affairs while woman with household responsibilities,” it claimed.
“No Social Evil against women and children had been seen or prevailed in our Naga society yet if there seems any obstacles for the betterment, matters should be discussed from the grass root level to the state, individual household to the apex tribal hohos for the best solution as ever been practiced in our tradition,” the press release stated.
