Press Meet On Violence Against Women

Women against Sexual Violence and State Repression (WSS) is a non-funded grassroots effort started in November 2009, to put an end to the violence being perpetrated upon our bodies and societies. We are a nationwide network of women from diverse political and social movements comprising of women’s organizations, mass organizations, civil liberty organizations, student and youth organizations, mass movements and individuals. We unequivocally condemn state repression and sexual violence on our women and girls by any perpetrator(s).

For further information, please go to our website at http://wssnet.org

A team of WSS, West Bengal visited Nandigram on March10, 2015 in view of Nandigram Divas, observed on March14 each year to commemorate the historic land movement of Nandigram.

The team is saddened to observe the status of women who were in the forefront of struggle.

In this context, the WSS is organising a Press Meet on March 14, 2015, at 2.00 p.m. at Kolkata Press Club to share their experiences

On behalf of WSS, West Bengal:

Anuradha Talwar, Swapna Banerjee, Rangta Munshi, Sharmishtha Choudhury, Rama Debnath, Saswati Ghosh, Nisha Biswas