Press Release

Save Indian Family Foundation – Bangalore, the single largest group of NGOs dedicated to promote the cause of Gender Equality and Family Harmony in India, is celebrating International Men’s Day on 19^th November 2008 in Bangalore. International Men’s Day, referred to as IMD henceforth has been celebrated since 1999 in the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago. It was celebrated in India for the first time in 2007 and this is the second year of its celebration in India by partner NGOs like Protect Indian Family – Mumbai, Indiya Kudumba Pathukappu Iyakkam – Chennai, Save Family Foundation – Delhi, Save Indian Family – Nagpur and Bharat Bachao Sangathan – Kolkata. All of the above mentioned NGOs are organizing events in their local chapters to mark IMD 2008.

Save Indian Family Foundation, Bangalore is organizing a bike rally on the Outer Ring Road from Bellandur Gate to Madivala post from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM. At least 30 bikers are expected to participate in the rally and express their solidarity. The rally is being organized as a mark of tribute to

1. The great inventions that men have made over the past several thousand years to make technological advances. Some of the prominent ones being the telephony, telegraphy, computers, internet, electricity, automobiles to name a few. These inventions, over the past hundreds of years, have revolutionized the society around us reducing communicational and organizational latencies.
2. The sacrifices that men have made over the past several thousand years for either running their households or the country or its defenses. Men do the most risky jobs, have taken the financial responsibilities for years compromising on their own aspirations / wishes and have been at the forefront in defending their country land from enemies. The lives that men laid down for the sake of martyrdom are often gone unheard and unsung.
3. And the issues that men in general and Indian men in particular have been facing and that have sadly fallen on deaf ears so far.

Here are some figures just indicative of the grim situation men in India are facing currently with no redressal mechanism in sight.

1. As per the Labor and Employment ministry more than 13 lakh men have lost their jobs in the five years span of 2001 to 2005.
2. As per suicide statistics provided by National Crime Records Bureau (NCRB), for the years 2005 and 2006, more than 52,483 and 55,452 married men, respectively, have committed suicide as opposed to 28,188 and 29,869 married women. Yet whenever a married woman dies due to any reason, be it accident, illness or commits suicide due to any reason unknown, it is converted into dowry death and yet such large scale suicides by men are not even noticed let alone imparting justice to them.
3. As per NCRB records, in the year 2005, more than 2,264,000 crimes have been registered against men (which is 92.8% of total registered crimes but still this fact has never been highlighted in media reports.
4. Men in India are responsible for 82% of taxes, yet not a single rupee is spent for men’s welfare despite the fact that 192 men are ending their lives daily.
5. More than 98% of men have faced Domestic Violence at some point of time in their lives at the hands of their wives and in-laws in terms of verbal abuse, physical abuse, economical abuse, relationship cheating, and mental harassment on an average in 3 years of marriage.
6. More than 22,000 men have ended their lives in reverse dowry harassment by their wives, either being forced to accept dowry or a threat of filing a false dowry harassment case.
7. Men pay more taxes than women at the same salary levels.
8. In the last 10 years at least 1, 50,000 men have committed suicide due to domestic abuse, threats and family reasons as per records of NCRB. Also suicides of men have increased by 30% in the last 10 years.
9. False allegations should they be related to dowry harassment, sexual harassment, relationship cheating or any other form of social abuse, has become a norm to be used as a tool against any man by the unscrupulous women, supported and pampered by the society, to realize their vexatious designs or hide their own follies / crimes.
10. All the gender neutral laws under IPC have a clause of punishment for abusers of those laws, whereas there is no such clause in any of the women centric laws, which is a clear violation of the article 14 of the Indian Constitution and discrimination against the male gender.
11. Adultery is a crime for Indian men but not for women, which also depicts direct discrimination against men.

Last year Save Indian Family Foundation and its associate NGO’s had celebrated men’s day with their demands. As those demands have fallen on deaf ears and men have been left high and dry, those demands are again repeated this year. Save Indian Family Foundation, on International Men’s Day demands that:

1. A separate Men’s Welfare Ministry and a National Commission of Men should be setup to specifically cater to the men’s issues in the country.
2. Section 498A of the Indian Penal Code and Domestic Violence Act should be suitably modified to accommodate cruelty and Domestic Violence against men as well so that the aggrieved men can also make complaints under the laws and get appropriate and suitable relief.
3. Large scale suicides of men should be viewed seriously and suitable measures be taken to contain and prevent the same.
4. Suicides of husbands within seven years of marriage should be considered as “death due to cruelty” and Section 113A and 113B of The Indian Evidence Act, 1872 should be suitably modified to accommodate the same.
5. Men should be provided with unemployment benefits and every unemployed man should be given at least Rs. 600/- per month till employment.
6. Men should not be forced to work for more than 9 hours in office and after office work they should not be expected to lend their helping hand in domestic chores as well, because there should be a limit to expectations from a man and an acceptance of limitations of a man.
7. University Grants Commission should sponsor studies for disciplines dedicated to men as 82% of the taxes are paid by men.
8. Ministry of Information & Broadcasting should ban anti-male advertisements in Television displaying physical, financial and verbal abuse on men, especially by women.
9. Single men should have right to adopt a child.
10. Prevention of “male child labor” and rehabilitation of these child laborers.
11. Men should not be forced to work for late night shifts.
12. Article 51 A (e) of the Indian Constitution be suitably modified to contain “and men” at the end of the sentence. Presently it stands as,

“To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women;” which needs to be modified to

“To promote harmony and the spirit of common brotherhood amongst all the people of India transcending religious, linguistic and regional or sectional diversities; to renounce practices derogatory to the dignity of women and men;”

Save Indian Family Foundation feels proud to launch its helpline for men trapped in false sexual harassment cases and unwarranted departmental actions initiated against them on frivolous complaints as we have received quite some complaints in that area. The helpline numbers are 9880763790 and 9449835612.

Save Indian Family Foundation is also happy to announce its association with other international men’s rights organizations like Dads4Kids Fatherhood Foundation, Australia who have mentioned about Save Indian Family Foundation movement in their press release attached as ANNEURE A. We share our concerns with them regarding contributions and sacrifices men have made to the world so far.

With an ending note it is imperative to mention here that if the Government fails to recognize the issues of men and does not provide any redressal mechanism, the agitations against the government are only going to increase.

Thanks and Regards

Virag
Public Relation Officer
Save Indian Family Foundation, Bangalore

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