Men are human, too

Legal discrimination against men is worse in India than in western countries. "The men's right movement in India campaigns against the alleged misuse of section 498a of the Indian Penal Code, which they claim has led to the imprisonment of innocent men, their families and friends, based on false accusations from wives of the accused. One men's rights organization, Save Indian Family, claims that 80% of the 58,200 lawsuits filed in 2005 were false." I believe there's much we can learn from them. Just to show how similar the issues we face are, I'm copying and pasting an article from here:

MRA works in all areas of Men's welfare, salient ones, being the ones given below:

  • Spreading Awareness on Men's Rights.

    • Breaking the Myths of Protector and Provider role.
    • Fair Understanding of Men's (3R’s) - Roles, Responsibilities and Rights.
    • Protest against incorrect representation of men in media.
    • Making people aware of the fact, that Men are human too.

  • Giving a Quality life for Men.

    • Breaking the false myth of Male dominated society.
    • Spreading awareness on unfair treatment by society to Men throughout his lifetime- As a child, as a young boy, as a married man, and when he is old.

  • Fighting against misandry (male-hatred) prevailing in society.

    • Rebel against social mindset of assumption of Men being born criminals.
    • Train men's emotion and groom for a better life.
    • Media representation highlighting the plights of Men.

  • Providing legal guidance and emotional support to distressed Men.

    • Tactics and tricks to fight matrimonial disputes and false accusations.
    • Working towards lowering suicide rate of men.
    • A ray of hope for improving Quality of life for men.
    • Organizing Men and formation of support groups.

  • Working towards, betterment of men's health.

    • Conducting awareness camps for discussing medical problems of men.
    • Sponsoring treatment of male-specific medical ailments for the needy.
    • Identifying, understanding and fighting stress-points in a man's life.

  • Forming Men’s Welfare ministry

    • Men contribute 82% of taxes to the government, yet there is no Commission or Welfare ministry for men.
    • Even animals have Ministry, women have National Commission for women and a separate Welfare Ministry, Why not for Men?
    • Sustained campaigns and pressurizing government to form Men’s Welfare Ministry and National Commission for Men.

  • Fighting for Father's rights.

    • Securing minimum of shared child custody and living life with dignity.
    • Shared parenting concepts with sharing proportionate child support and maintenance by both the parents commensurate with time spent with the child.

  • Establishing old age home for Men.

    • Elderly abuse by daughter-in-law is rampant in society.
    • Endeavour to support the aged men and establish old-age homes. With more than 95% of the homeless being males, this is very much needed.

  • Analysis and Research on Men's issues in various aspects of life.

    • Train Men to think towards identifying various aspects of Men issues which society is not aware of and not well recognized.
    • Conducting research on gender specific problems faced by men.

And here's another list from MyNation:

  • eMpower Family : In today’s India, there is no respect for elders, senior citizens and old aged parents; with one word of Daughter-in-Law, they are dragged to jail, in the name of eMpower Women. We oppose Biased Section 498A, and Domestic Violence Act, and strongly support New laws on Family Harmony. Scrap Gender Based Ministries like WCD/NCW and make ministries work for Whole Family.
  • No Reservation :There Should not be any Reservation, just because they born in some caste, Region and strictly not at all based on Gender; Everyone should get what they deserv based on Merits and their efforts only. All are Born equal, and they have to earn their living out of their capacity, and Reservation for unfortunate handicaped and Elders only.
  • Give our Childern, both Parents Love : We demand Equal rights to Both Parents in Custody, Our Future Generation, our children’s are separated from Father, and denied love and affection from their Fathers of no fault of their, with Biased laws of Divorce and custody. Todays Custody laws totally biased against Fathers, Even Father is natural guardian, no one is getting Even Visitation without fighting in Court for decades, Make laws which gives equal share in Visitation without fighting in court till Custody us decided.
  • BAN fetus Killing : Abortion / Fetus killing in the name of sex determination, Many Indian women are forced to Abort, unborn children. As per catholic doctrine Abortion is a SIN and in India it’s a CRIME, still many women are forced to kill Fetus. Not only women are forced but we also found many modern women abort without husband consent too.
  • No Dowry Demand, STOP Dowry Law Misuse : Dowry is Abolished in 1983, still its widely in use in many parts of India; for a Girl Family, she is termed as burdon. At the same time we found many of modern women misuse this law to take revenge on their husband.
  • Speedy Trial : All Family based litigations should completed within a Year, Because of many loop holes and Gender biased laws Many Families suffer. Make Default rules for all Family related laws like Divorce, Custody, Maintenance, Property etc
  • Property Rights on Marriage : Many Feminists demand Husbands as well as his ancestor Property rights to Wife on Marriage; This is another Property grabbing biased Law; We Strongly denouce it and demand Equality and Share to Husband in Wifes Property too; Spouse is entitled to have Rights in property acquired after Marriage Only.
  • Ministry for Men : There are Ministry for Women, Child Even Dogs but Men have none; We demand Ministry for Men too, or scrap Gender based ministries and Make Ministry for Family Only.
  • Sexual Harassment : There are Many incidents Men are subjected to sexual Harassment and Rape, We demand Gender nuetral Sexual harassment Act.
  • Divorce Laws : Divorce Law should be Gender nuetral; as Women has many options to apply for Divorce, and Men have very few, Todays women committe all sort of crimes, in some cases more than men.
  • Make Judges / Police responsible for their Action : Many Approch Higher court when they do not get proper justice, When in Higher Court with proper investigation and trail when lower Court Verdict is over turned, then make Lower court judges responsible for their negligence, same applies to Police too.
  • One National Policy :There Should be one National Policy, it should not be based on one parties views or Agenda, Ruleing Party Should follow set of rules in the best Interest of Nation.
  • Politicians On Merits :No Religion / Caste Based Politicians or parties allowed. Politicians Should be Elected Based on their Contribution to Nation, Social Service and Education; not based on their Money or Influence. No dynasty rule, no Politician with Criminal background.
  • No Puppet Presidents :No Rubber Stamp or Puppet Presidents selected by Political Parties, President to be by Populare Vote for His / Her contribution, Service to the Nation

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