DOMESTIC VIOLENCE CASES UP BY 40 PERCENT IN SOLUKHUMBU
Solukhumbu, June 26: The number of women filing complaints against
their husbands in Solukhumbu district this fiscal year has reached
five.

They have registered the complaints at the District Service Center
operated for the domestic violence affected, accusing them of
neglecting the family and family responsibilities.

Their husbands had set out to India and other different parts in the
country citing for employment. It has been reported that they
(husbands) neither have returned home nor contacted the family since
then.

According to center's facilitator Mingmar Doma Tamang, most of the
married men who left the villages citing for jobs have been reported
settled there after second marriage.

Most of the complaints that the center received in the current fiscal year are related to torture, polygamy, rape, property sharing, disappearance of husbands and child marriage.

The center that has come into operation since the month of Poush, 2066 BS has been successful in settling many cases.

According to the Center, the incidents of domestic violence against
women in the district are increased by 40 percent as compared to the
past.

The Center is operated by the Himalchuli Creative Women Savings and
Credit Cooperatives.
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