Equation impossible. Help! Qui peut me répondre?
Pourquoi l'Inde, considérée comme beaucoup comme prochaine superpuissance mondiale, et qui a su devenir un géant des technologies de l'information, n'a pas encore compris que le problème du respect de la femme ne pourra être résolu que par l'éducation, et que ses lois n'ont aucun sens?
Pour exemple: le port du casque non obligatoire pour les femmes en deux roues, l'obligation de porter une tenue "descente" pour les professeurs féminins à fin de ne pas tenter les élèves masculins, le besoin de compartiments et lignes réservés aux femmes dans les transports...
Et si on commençait par éduquer les enfants - filles et garçons ensemble - à se respecter dès le plus jeune âge? Non, cela, malgré l'évidence de la chose et le haut niveau d'éducation des politiciens, le gouvernement ne semble toujours pas l'avoir compris...
Helmets for women: Delhi govt faces contempt plea
Harish V Nair, Hindustan Times
New Delhi, July 10, 2012
New Delhi, July 10, 2012
A petition, filed in the Delhi High Court on Monday, sought
initiation of contempt proceedings against the Delhi government for not
amending the rules to make helmets compulsory for women two-wheeler
riders within the deadline specified by the court.
The deadline set by the court for the
government to decide if to make helmets compulsory for women
expired on June 25, 2012. The court had on April 25 recorded the
statement of the Delhi government lawyer, who had said that the issue
was being "relooked" into by the transport department and necessary
amendment to Rule 115(2) of the Delhi Motor Vehicles Rules will be made
after holding discussions with all the stakeholders.
The court had then given the government two months' time for the
task. "I am forced to move a contempt petition as Delhi government is
keeping mum despite the court direction on April 25 to take a decision
within two months after amending the rules," said Ulhas PR, a social
filmmaker who had raised the issue through a PIL and filed the contempt
petition.
"I have information from the transport department that the government has decided to keep the issue in cold storage. But they are answerable to the court," said Ulhas.
A day after it assured the high court it would consider amending the rules to make helmets mandatory for women, the government did a U-turn. The transport department said the motor vehicle rules make it optional for women to wear a helmet and it intends to keep it that way. But the government is yet to inform the court about it.
According to sources, the government is in no mood to stir up a controversy, given the sensitivities of the Sikh community on the helmet issue.
This meant that the government still stood by Rule 115(2) of the
Delhi Motor Vehicles Rules, 1993, which empowered it to make helmets
optional for women and has no plans to amend it.
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Although the government circular on dignified dressing is not gender specific, lost in the debate is the dress code for male teachers. Senior officials from the Education Department say "this is not an attempt to clamp down on women teachers but a genuine attempt to ensure decorum on campuses". They claim "parents have complained of inappropriate dressing by few teachers" and this action is to ensure things don't go out of hand.
Experts say the government should not generalise issues like this and instead focus on other crucial issues concerning quality of education in schools. Most institutions they say don't have enough teachers, library or even hygienic toilets for girls and women teachers. Teachers are poorly paid. And certainly they say this is not the way to look at women teachers in a state that boasts of a woman Chief Minister.
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Delhi Metro
"I have information from the transport department that the government has decided to keep the issue in cold storage. But they are answerable to the court," said Ulhas.
A day after it assured the high court it would consider amending the rules to make helmets mandatory for women, the government did a U-turn. The transport department said the motor vehicle rules make it optional for women to wear a helmet and it intends to keep it that way. But the government is yet to inform the court about it.
According to sources, the government is in no mood to stir up a controversy, given the sensitivities of the Sikh community on the helmet issue.
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Tamil Nadu teachers asked to wear clothes that don't tempt students
NDTV - Updated: July 11, 2012 09:57 IST
Chennai: A controversial circular on dress code for school
teachers by the school Education Department has led to murmurs among
women teachers in Tamil Nadu. The circular asks teachers to come dressed
"in a dignified way, in line with their noble profession and culture."
It adds, their outfits "should not promote inequality and temptation
among students". Women teachers say it's actually a tacit message for
them "to cover themselves up properly" and that they would be held
"responsible for the unacceptable behaviour of students, especially
boys".
Sujata Vijay, a renowned academician says "as teachers we know what to wear and there is no need for the government to interfere." She says "senior students in classes IX to XII are sometimes curious, we hear comments, they laugh, but these are fine and has to be tackled and dealt with in a different way if they misbehave. These rules for teachers would only discourage many from becoming teachers; already we face a severe shortage of good teachers."
"Blaming or even suggesting that the outfits of lady teachers induce inappropriate behaviour among male students is unfair, ridiculous and it smacks of male chauvinism" says Usha, another teacher. She adds, students ought to be instead taught to "respect any women for what they are and not for what they wear."
However there are others like Vatsala Bhaskaran, Headmistress of a
school who welcomes the guidelines. She says "any woman teacher can
carry herself well only in a formal wear like a sari. T shirts and denim
trousers are a big no. Students wouldn't respect teachers if they are
casually dressed and now a days many teachers are fresh from college;
class XII students even make proposals to them."Sujata Vijay, a renowned academician says "as teachers we know what to wear and there is no need for the government to interfere." She says "senior students in classes IX to XII are sometimes curious, we hear comments, they laugh, but these are fine and has to be tackled and dealt with in a different way if they misbehave. These rules for teachers would only discourage many from becoming teachers; already we face a severe shortage of good teachers."
"Blaming or even suggesting that the outfits of lady teachers induce inappropriate behaviour among male students is unfair, ridiculous and it smacks of male chauvinism" says Usha, another teacher. She adds, students ought to be instead taught to "respect any women for what they are and not for what they wear."
Although the government circular on dignified dressing is not gender specific, lost in the debate is the dress code for male teachers. Senior officials from the Education Department say "this is not an attempt to clamp down on women teachers but a genuine attempt to ensure decorum on campuses". They claim "parents have complained of inappropriate dressing by few teachers" and this action is to ensure things don't go out of hand.
Experts say the government should not generalise issues like this and instead focus on other crucial issues concerning quality of education in schools. Most institutions they say don't have enough teachers, library or even hygienic toilets for girls and women teachers. Teachers are poorly paid. And certainly they say this is not the way to look at women teachers in a state that boasts of a woman Chief Minister.
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Delhi Metro
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