Dimapur, October 10 (MExN): The World Mental Health Day was observed with the theme ‘mental health is a universal human right’ in different part of Nagaland on October 10. Through the medium of talks and other activities, the respective District Mental He
DIMAPUR Expounding that many parents are able to go to office and perform their jobs by relying on the domestic workers to carry out daily chores back at home, the deputy commissioner of Dimapur, Sachin Jaiswal, implored the public to acknowledge the services rendered by them. He was speaking at the International Domestic Workers’ Day programme, organised by Assisi Centre for Integrated Development (ACID) and National Domestic Workers’ Movement (NDWM) Nagaland Region held at Assisi auditorium in Dimapur on Friday. Mentioning that the employers need the help of domestic workers in order to do their jobs, the DC urged upon the employers them. “We are not their (domestic workers) owners but they are just doing their job,” he said. He asserted that they should be paid on time and respects their jobs like any others as they deserve the same dignity and respect. He added that employers should not engage children below 18 years of age as domestic help saying it is against the law. H
On the occasion of World Day Against Child Labour on June 12, various organisations working for children in the state have called for collective action to end child labour, maintaining that employing underage children was also child labour and punishable.
EM BureauDimapur, June 11 (EMN): National Domestic Workers’ Movement (NDWM), Nagaland Region, in collaboration with Assisi Centre for Integrated Development (ACID), observed ‘World Day Against Child Labour’ at Assisi auditorium on June 11 on the theme “Universal social protection to end child labour.” Delivering the welcome address, NDWM coordinator of Nagaland region, Sr. Pramila Lobo, stated the ‘World Day Against Child Labour’ was observed to eliminate discrimination against children, especially those who are engaged in manual works. Lobo went on to say that millions of children worldwide were trafficked and deprived of their rights to education, right to play, leisure and healthy growth and of free mental, physical, psychological and spiritual growth. She has attributed the conflict, poverty and unrest situation for compelling girls to work as bartenders along Assam and Nagaland borders. Expressing concern on the plight of those girls, she has sought concerted effort
Dimapur, October 28 (MExN): The National Domestic Workers Movement (NDWM) Nagaland Region organized a consultation and networking meeting with stakeholders in Balijan, Karbi-Anglong which is an interstate border of Assam and Nagaland on October 28.