The Naga Women’s Union has condemned and denounced the threat issued against Dr Rosemary Dzuvichu for her advocacy for women reservation and her sociopolitical assertion for the upliftment of the women communities.

The NWU said such intimidatory threat is a grave affront not only to her life. “The Patriarchal structure and social system that undermine women is not an appropriate tool for the current society anymore. So, we consider this threat not only as a threat to an individual lady but to the whole women communities,” it said.

Stating that the women reservation is a long overdue right of the women across the nation, the Union said any attempt to silence women voices through coercion or threat and verbal abuse would not be tolerated by the women and girls, who are in high level activism for their rights.

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NWU stated that such intimidator should be punished under the Indian Penal Code IPC Sections 503, 506 and 507 – Punishment for Criminal Intimidation, threats to cause death, grievous hurt, or outrage modesty and IPC Section 509 – word, gesture, or act intended to insult modesty of woman, acts, or verbal harassment.

The Union urged the Government to ensure that the culprit is given befitting punishment under the law, without delay.