New Delhi: The National Commission for Women
on Saturday asked the Indian government to sign the international
convention of Hague on laws of marriage as well as safety of
women to help protect NRI brides.
Speaking at a seminar on women's issues at the Pravasi
Bhartiya Divas here, NCW Chairperson Girija Vyas said, most of
the cases of divorce and separation of NRI brides create
problems as the laws of the land are different in India and in
the country where these women live.
India should sign the international laws like-- the
convention of judicial and extra judicial documents in civil
and commercial matters, convention on civil aspects of
international child abduction and the divorce and legal
separation convention, she said.
Observing that complaints were coming from across the
globe on harassment of Indian brides, Vyas urged the Indian
diaspora to help in managing cases like these in their
respective countries.
Minister of State for External Affairs Preneet Kaur said
the Government would look into the issues concerning signing
such a convention.
Asserting that the gender problem was universal, Kaur
said, there is a need for the dispora to engage in this
aspect.
"Educating the would-be NRI bride and their families
about the different lifestyle would ensure a knowledge of the
future in such alliances," she said.
Minister for Women and Child development Krishna Tirath
said efforts should be made to set up an advisory board with
the diaspora and Indian women to help tackle such issues.
PTI
First Published: Saturday, January 09, 2010, 21:00