District Legal Services Authority, Imphal West conducted an online capacity building webinar programme on the topic “Providing Legal Aid to Victims of Domestic Violence and Cruelty” on Saturday.
Advocate Th Premlata Devi deliberated on various sections of Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 and spoke elaborately on the roles of Service Providers, One Stop Centres and Para Legal Volunteers in providing legal aid to victims of Domestic Violence and Cruelty.
The programme was participated by Heeralata Moirangthem, MJS, Secretary, District Legal Services Authority, Imphal West; service providers under Social Welfare Department, Imphal West, members of One Stop Centres in Imphal West, Chandel and Noney, members of Manipur State Commission for Women (MSCW), Para Legal Volunteers (PLVs) under District Legal Services Authority, Imphal West, and other District Legal Services Authority, Imphal West dignitaries.
The programme concluded with an interaction session between the participants and the experts.
An online capacity building programme for the Para Legal Volunteers of the legal aid clinic for gender and sexual minority communities was organized by Manipur State Legal Services Authority (MASLSA) on January 28.
As a resource person, Chongtham Momon Singh, advocate and member, MASLSA highlighted on the roles and responsibilities of PLVs, the process of handling cases referred to the LACs and how effectively the PLVs may intervene in any unwanted crisis. The program was participated in by around 20 PLVs of the trans Legal Aid Clinic.
It may be mentioned that the dedicated legal aid clinic for the trans community was opened on October 12, 2021, to address the multifarious issues faced by the gender and sexual minorities in Manipur.
The capacity building programme includes with points to sensitization of the polling officers so as to treat transgender voters with dignity and carry forward of the pending application to MASLSA through the Legal Aid Clinic regarding the matter for the issuance of Transgender ID card and certificate which is currently pending at the District Magistrate of Thoubal and Kakching.
