Chairperson of the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW), W. Nginyeih Konyak has raised concerns over the “culture of silence” surrounding women’s safety and the persistent impact of patriarchal attitudes in Naga society.

She said that the closely knitted social structure of Nagaland and the way girls have been conditioned to remain silent victims of the “patriarchal onslaught” have led many women to suffer in silence rather than report cases of abuse or harassment.

Konyak was speaking at the one-day state level workshop on the Sexual Harassment of women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act 2013 with all the department’s ICC and LC members organised by the Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) at SIRD Auditorium, Kohima on October 31.

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