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PERNEM: After Herwad village in Shirol taluka of Kolhapur district passed a resolution banning the practice of women breaking bangles, wiping off sindoor (vermillion) from the forehead, and removing the mangalsutra after she loses her husband, two village panchayats of Pernem taluka–Corgao and Dhargal resolved to give same rights to widows in their respective villages.
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The two village panchayats during their ordinary gram sabha held on last Sunday passed the resolution to stop all regressive practices associated with widowhood. Ex-sarpanch and present panch member of Corgao panchayat Swati Santosh Gawandi proposed the resolution while Vinita Mandrekar another villager seconded it.
Gawandi said, “When I read and heard about this resolution passed by Herwad village in Kolhapur and a thought came to my mind that such injustice should not happen with windows. They should get their rights. I later shared this thought with women from the village and they expressed their support for the same and told me to go ahead followed by which, I proposed the resolution in the gram sabha,”
“Now that we have taken a step to stop this practice I request all the women in Pernem as well as in Goa to support it and create awareness on this,” said Gawandi.
At Dhargal panchayat, a teacher and resident of Dhargal Bharat Bagkar proposed the resolution at the gram sabha held by Dhargal panchayat.
Dhargal sarpanch Pradip Naik said, “When a woman becomes a widow, she is deprived of many things. They are even not so welcome at weddings or any such functions. People need to stop practicing such custom.”
