India: Men seek national commission to protect their rights

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'When a woman is harassed, a number of NGOs and the National Commission for Women arrive to provide support. But a similar system is not available for harassed men, who also consider it unmanly to join any movement fighting for men’s rights and relate the problem too late.

Considering that the issues concerning men are being neglected by the government, city-based social activists and NGOs are seeking a National Commission for Men and are observing the International Men’s Day on Monday.
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The figures available for Karnataka are no different. In the age group of 30-44, there were 2,903 men who ended their lives, while 1,252 women in the same age group committed suicide. But the sad part is that the men committing suicide and the reasons behind them are not highlighted, he said. Mr Naveen Rolands, Family Counsellor with Children’s Rights Initiative for Shared Parenting (CRISP), says, “There are laws to protect harassed women, but there is nothing to protect men. Faced with trauma, many lose their jobs and social status. Some of them go to the extreme of committing suicide. The worst sufferers are the children of such families.”'