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    LL —_—_ @ yr 5 oxoun aus References _ a, Anaad Nann Bh, 2902, Weert Comma Le "ee mane Vesey Riper he Sud Wang rom Pecan Goe for Resa on Worn TCR. a eta eerie OO) | Challenging the Collusion of Caste, Sn ee ep Se Thy Pac ‘ , ind, No Na on ne Nor Dak Kar Wows Class and Patriarchy Embodied on rr Fg as See : in the State nia Riper of he nnn tt of wren Ie Sr i Coc of ad, Muyo Edseion a Social Wel Deqwenes fad Were en AID Sing si: Net De: ZR. Kanchan Mathur f Mtn Vand Kamat Jalna (os) 202. Groep of oS “Seponcre The Mal SoS New De: Zab. Sa 58) Fon de Pato os Land: Rou SORES Son Domenie od wen feet lens cee” Resi fay dns, [No jatice tem inthe wold cn match our rength, Our power i nm oan pei Oo ie int women at comtinue and 1am nied em mater et Phin for this Bhar Dew December 10,2012, Jip (tun Rigs Dayan lane One Bion Rs) Introduction he DhawarewelaSpenber 1992 eae lying pin or ‘een ines euanndinii These ‘FhanwariDevi asthma Womens Dvlpment rogeanine othe Govern Raja hrm toe yon se ley nen nat ve! vars nilecne er dhe ndan wens revencne ‘posed age enti amg ey oi srt onlin aod ee the hint Vi dgmen herein the Soprene Court 4 mr emetic of CEDAW formule alee ate of asl aren tthe woos ont teynovement, ie was important not only 0 provi jos aaron sun ce nochange supports Bhanwsibut cleans creer pair tein pores say when isomer sl i ewan fn = aed omen Sc depen ie The eno ny man igs seeped 0 a tere ed toe he seg of chase aman ws ding han few ge a er Str al nen Seite et ht se te rp ke Sor fr cae fm oe un inter rc dena a as iio She apne to Bhat nme wih prvi Mtoe of a i the hal ee mao seg ch dt on id Ramexza Bee, which had created an alliance Sete nents across the country and which had also. eae: sae erence rial om the cadens thea acy in Delis dls TM cy le he rion of ns ds gender ry nan cig taco hte ale ‘deren nny women hse heh Sam cig a ofan nena nom ponsre She. Aramaic amen ope te if oe that shaped the struggle of the women’s movernent P a in aed cine he urs pen inj and esac ad Erte “Da apc of Dir 2012 anh bet ae apy he med oc and loa The Te asc provde many paral sit impied both wan aa eu come oa ge mers td ge proves SeenaDty sn lear dig the campaign for justice pice many ofthe ad ea sceossthecountry. The les for Hae led nw a procs wo prin lace may of de tear ll strategies to ight violence against women th founry tay 1 have ben witns to the public and private pretest fllowing BhanwasiDev'srape case. In this say I provide bit backdop the Women's Development projec ofthe Goveramene of Rajan launched ia 1984. Following ehisFatempr an analysis of the role of the patriarchal state and its collusion with caste and elas and ‘he campaigns initia by the women’s movement to atin jastce for Bhan. The concluding section of the essay underscore both the gains gamered by che women's movement and the challenges confronting ie haw am oppressed eae Kumhar (pote) woman from Bhat vile in Bassi tehsil, 45 kilometes fom Jaipur, was around 40 years old when she was selected and stained as satin in the Women's Developmene Projax (WDP) of the Government of [Rajasthan in 1985.4 The WDP was ince ia 1984 with nancial ‘support frat United Nations fund for Children (UNICED) in six districts of Rejasthan vz, Jaipur, Ajmet, Bhilwara, Bansvara Udaipur and Jodhpur, ‘The trainings in WDP, primarily conducted by Feminist rine, sought co demystify he process of woienssubjugationby unpacking the multiple power retions that havea bearing on womet’s lives ‘They alo aioe at strengthening the sel-confidence of women and ‘nhancing their collesve apace forthe transformation of thelr ‘own lives. WDP enabled rural women to translate and link thet Personal experiences of perder subordination co the larger system Fores of gender inequality in voce. ‘With the programme sill avaiting a fillfadged take, « beginning was made wich the fst sachin training in August 1984 at Bada Padampura Jaipur disc) Ie gave cena wo the ise of violence, ‘This was the Bese viene chat women who participated inthe training recognized domestic violence as an et of violence es, fr they discovered tat 20 ou f the 2 sathins wee victims oF domenic violence (Banerji 1984). Such discussions helped to ‘The Women’s Development Project. undereanding on way wolence agains: women Sins mae is usaned by ptarchal ores that demic in icy and how ee fy took up sever eases seam funciona bse - 1 dn lec "ape deme lec, doy ue ina ting of wn am log ee ran rn romana eter The forms of lence enone mah othe css dat ight have be Sg eer soy eee tin of Sone SRR een to thm Inthe cote of he “ ‘emis epi omion 2 ena ot hn Maar 2000 DP wed eens reach out to women sufferers of violence by tnoatie steps each paca on the stn of cllesive a a ues and a vel Sahin Whanwts ses v0 womens ees and er nal ec esrig jc ner eps reopen YP a lcs ee ced nt ‘hme ander ais ho ad pt th lin med ihn he tang eo reese leaned antl SPE Tht aetna Ben spe wh ie mariage jst far Ah Tein. 1992, That yer thes Ee ed ovine te Sroigh sein AA a lt mang fright The chet Mines nt scippal ad the Chief Secretary wrote to al disrict co Br lg in hs gad Maur 192). Te epg “5SRhneing ne halle ee prone Res sea he pace (oc lel werk) and Pj of che District Women's Development Ageney (DWDAY’ eed to persuade people in the area agains child marvages, [twas clear that, along with some ofthe families Belonging co ifferen casts inthe village, some influential Gur families were ako planning shld matriges and were determined to perform them Bhanwati visited Ram Karan Gurjer of Bhar and aie to convince him not to gechis one yea ld daughter mated; she met with «hoa and aggresive response. The vidhayuk(Member of Legislative Assembly — MLA) of the area alo strongly opposed. Bhanwti Perhaps he fae that since 40 ofthe 100 houicholde inthe village klong to Gurjts, his suppore to che sue would ave serious mphcations fr bio politically. Some ofthese flies were financially well-off and hud poids connections In tesponse to an appeal by the district cllector the sathins prepared alist of village where chill marriages were camputn the distiet, The Sub-Divisional Offer (SDO), and the Depry Superintendent of Police (DySP) started making rounds of the villages to prevent child matiages This added tothe tension. On May 5, 1992, the SDO and the DySP visited Bhaser to atop the imartiage of the one-year old gis in Ramm Karan Gurjars fray "he later was also a ward pach? As was the case with all te other iarvnges in the aea, the state machinery only succeeded in preventing the marrage fom taking place on she day of Aka ‘Tey ive, The mariage, however, did take place a 2am the next ‘morning and no police ation was taken agains the family, People in the vill however, connected Bhanwatl's forts o convince them gins chil marrage with police interrenton ‘According to Bhanwai around 6 pm on Sepember 2, she and hee husbund, Mohan, were working in the fils. While Mohan had gone co relieve himself inthe ncighbousing field, five men ‘Ram Sukh Gurjar, Ram Karan Guras, Badri Garjar (Remy Kara's uncle), Gyaesa Gurjar and Shravan Shatma ~ attacked him with Audis nd bea him up. On hearing his screams, she rushed 19 the sp. Taking advantage of Mobao's temporaty wneonscious sete ‘omen ~ Shravan and Ram Karan Guar ~ bodily held Mohan ddowa, While Ram Sukh Gurjar cauge hold of Bhanwai, Badt and prevent her from scream i Banari was threatened with about the incident yar cok tens vo pe hes? sel eas safe nto her mout “ire consquences wer she to speak ping ina se of shock, Bhan rowan wha hf 1c ee DP wining she had atendel and ened ony tar ing oe changing helt The ext acing see ed Puen, Kea sai’ ile li «some os a te Wither help hey eahed asi and omtacted rach en aaorcallapoe. While Bhanvast and Moban wae °° Rasa ghee went on to Jaipur DWDA 10 mabe support 99 parr en thy all wen co the Bas plice tan vo lg =F et a ep FIR), Forte net hou they had oa ih sa and thaneder (police oficial) who were epics! about the incident ~~ Gaake Gender and Patriarchy “When it came wo dhe medical examination, the male doctor pect Fra vamary Hath Centre (PHC) refer 10 conduct (he aan ened ihe ofthe two woman doctor pase atthe ca able, Dhanwat was refered wo the Seva Man Sih TEMS) beatae Jip Tren wes er evel ne ai ee PLE had requested the docs at SMS chough Ws recep o conduc tial eanaon fo conn geo the’ victim’ rather than rape. oa dea jr athe SMS Medic! Hora Jaipur reise nha mia examination withou odes rom che Magis Sime the arte war contac wat fst Bein oe eg Themgiate refsed ove them any cre at Sere eur the following snoring an mest Bim be or re hen ft Bhanwat and Moban a the womens Pees Tn el eb hana) fr the night: Finally, although the fod eee ramet caminaton tbe conde within 24 bon Metra rs ker 52 hour he iin The al 92 Tomer one began ony wo yeas ar From he ome Bhan fe. caled aacauanws peeing Se lie olden tt se ml ama st ye ie ihe cmc ye MA Me af eae i on nas ¥en fd oe Se cote ig ‘he ish pl el Edad Be a a oe bmi wo we Ran un a ie woe of them yop deen oer nd ot cnet tse sp fm els ony Has, ety ino ors Bane and he " sol dn ieislogienngeryepi 1s ‘Otter Bahu Cate (OBC, Homer wit Sr gop threarhirachernd Bhan xp ninoriy ps srt, ‘was at the botom of this group, Thus, stringent inca > hark Sida acy © Cons nitenarlonearties doing Bane orig menu “etn gig lone on ‘Wahine the ap belonged wo the majority dominant ate wbich ‘como ad pil und. Te la poeta toa dc he Ca ne oe rain (asked 0 vig sali dee tes eft lag). Ti wa chon fee rh he dasa Shree esc onan nd gy cs best ‘if the woman, in this case Bh ide te wom rorecentanttntrys Soe scaring ed hor of he ig em Th rn din sl he Gor or ‘crm power 2 cal ME Raja i oa bec ae ‘pine Bh (ame doamvaries af oe Savina hey eG rebe er pial pend tc vari’s medical examination as well as to lear Badri. 7 replay of case polisand pariah bo bame speek oi gee Git Mis of tpn wl El 0 “Signe rp ne itt a eo seu bon misc kan el erat {Rr wi per aed wom). ead mani of tirebce pina upper cae and dl “near 0 he WDP fn an al hos sede ha evs al gs the noe cae hy wl acy Th os eels See undead sont te oss da wee onan “ig ioe oo some ha a ftw esta nd arn a ut oe Shree wh any intional “pepo he nce the mt zd pli stems. _ “The Quest for Justice w i quest for justice, in which she anil tame: the stakes were much higher as the ae Me Teena »m working in the state and no rape {Neocomeout ihe pe and sek jie, They deca crete rn tical lobby co rival the influence of the Gurjars by eeu ng ae af mechor and pions and juin wide publ ten tn sega fare hee 1 A toe Osanindn nko Bee enced theconsin that Bharata Ince be pe ommended an ome ng y Cental Burne of Lnvestigation (CBD, an ites rl pay of Rs. 50,000 to be sanctioned ro her by the sate govenment, imei atet ofthe accused and conferring on sth the satus of Special Police Officers (SPOs."The NCW slo publshedits report, and circled i widely hough the medi. Metal experts in Delhi ‘wer highly critical of the 52 hour delyin geting Bhanwar medial, 'y esamined and questioned the vac of the evidence ll thcugh this the local police and state authorices remained unmoved ‘A masive rally wat organized in Jaipur on October 22, 1992, ‘The sathins were joined by social action/eminist groupe fom within Rajasthan, Delhi, Gujarat, Himachal Prades, Utar Pads, Mabatahtra and several other pars of the country. Many si and sabyoginis (omen workes) of the Mahila Samkhaya (MS) programme fiom UP and Karnataka aio participated in the rly Over 1500 women marched cough the sets of Jaipur o express soldaiy wich Bhanwari and agains che tue of ape, demanding she atest of the rises. Numerous telegrams and ltrs of support vere received by che onganizers and there were 2 nunber of petiions and resolutions that wee sent tothe sate government to ld up presse ‘The Garjasretalited by alleging even more vocierousty that ‘hanwar hal fabricated che story and shamed the env vlage ‘community of Bate! by speaking about her rape a pubic forun, and therefore she should be condemned. In complete conan ‘WP functionaries and the women’s groups who joined them felt that Bhanwal had shown tremendous courage by not remaining sleneand speaking about the gruetome act. The larger lnwe fee the women's groups linked with Hhanwad’s cae remsined much the same as ding Roop Kanwar’ imnilaton, ab in Rajan, Some years eater: Saul bal nari ki pebchan sal bat naar de samman ba (The issue is one of & woman's identity, of herself repeat! Someof the politica satementsand slogans wed atthe time were: Jiah sj har, ‘Woe ea rege (Tilsen and moon ight op the ky a romwroarens tunes ys bene a ak Br ar Basle? Bhs a thane) ai a ‘ie tert (aoe ho um a ei ik Phone Bhan tna i a i a an ya ae te ined res Sean or fas ost fc? The poi and dhe cm je and Spl the ence a he De em sng cl t a vet che country thar a woman can, patrered, ete ak the culture of silence ~ for on a on ote fine sgt, ml er he ant mma i a i ge at ops ‘The amp ath) Beh 0 wk Dla For ar ey ba i come ree rl de rere i dee eel responsibility for the violence 2 she emp dO uate tir wn ned perperated om eo cand guarantee chem secure cwvironmen ree cand 6 St teh le : SP mn no mn ae i a ‘Delhi that che top officials of CBI inter ned. eed Jaga ad ooh aterens were Bally recs by agin ad et Sd hima baer ue Seon eae er AI The eros oe a In Noverber 1992 ¢ ar ee he Nal Ps DES ther statements ine programmes 3 the Uiscusion nore was ‘of Mahila Samakhaya™® (MS) on the Bhanwari incident and its subsequent developments for the consklerston of the Disc Implementation Units (DIU), State Office, Executive Commises and the National Resource Group of MS. Ie was subsequently ‘widely circulated and discussed i ll MS foruas i village, case and seri level meetings in dhree diferent see of the county The note highlighted the expecttions From social change agents {parscalary women) who are involved in community-based acrion sd how this ean often lead them to experience immense sii fio die powers thar be. The note underpinned the difaie Fae bbymany afthegascooc worker ia moteareasice, women reaches, ‘Ault Education supervisors, CDS (Integrated Chik Development Support) workes espcily the Ausiliry Nurse Midwives (ANMS) in telling sone especialy a night when they are expected 10 autend to women during childbirth Ie stated thar what happened 10 BBhanwari could happen to any of the workers in any ofthe sats ‘ete Mahila Samakliya programmes were bea fun, of to any of the development worker, Debates and dlacusion within MS were ‘hus intiated, reiterating the importance of building asuppore proup imeach district! In Jamary 1993, the National Resource Group (NRG),"* Ascused Bhanwasis case ina mestng, They pasted the falling reli 1s rs ha in he event of any worker = Salo, Sli, Shaki of Sangha meer of MS programme — in any sate bing sued, dhreened, old, phys anchor itn in ‘yminscr inthe ane of ayn out her reponse MS progamme at the sat snd ational evel wl een fl asiance totem ~ be peel el coe foxjatican ree None ofthis, however ~ the massive protests, the condemnation ‘ofthe police by the NCW, the various resolutions and considerable mela atention ~ rele in che ares of ee accused. Neverteles, the campaign did ensize that the mate was unable to remove Bhanwar from her pos as satin. Despite is considerable strength, Dress by Feminist activists endere the state helps. A symbiotic aionp de dep em WO © 2 St der vis bl nel 0 ne agent quently, the M: sama 0 sch programe, Sn he ning sn hn anf wa cc er ngs any Sas Mohn ae ch a large seale for in Danis : ee ae ve synergy developed through this ims Sct we the lege surf Th regan onan ran ween moe esc eth vo the expaE efi olen a el lene © Bs eas the ome een vy se eng eit Be ‘er the county fing worne in their daly ran of vex vines Be ha ce ah San cl en ie. Hewas a noe es joimed hands to conduct sessions wit and he a pea eee sy fr women nen an apponky fr ware se is hn he a aly ins analyse the palms the pactiarchal stare machinery in address 1° comple apa of sie and yrs PTH so an mag, Tih se a OED laa ode el ge an cles be Pe Ra i yo legal sii fund urban poor women 7 —— ~The First Legal Victory __ on ey months after Bhanwati’s a Senter 19) ayo ml et sae omen eee waren frie eeu, West va finally forced oe hers disappeared fom the wills he Ba rain ey anon 26 4 A ete he pb A fight late 3 =m fem sree ren more importa victory wat won when the bal application of the accused wat rejected by Justice NM Tibrewal, the High Court je wiho was heating the cine. His concluding statement made i 'pparenc cathe believed wht had happened rm de above deals i qt cro meta Bhaowar Dev was fang raped and tae despite et apps fr help the oe ile ‘hid no come wo het id or ar ofthe aces. Prm aie is ese ‘of ang ape which was done tke eenge sin Bhar For her succes in preventing the chi earn Jisice Tibroval was also highly etcal ofthe police expanse ro

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