LONDON (PNI) A Turkish academic has briefed British lawmakers on the plight of half-widows in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK).<\/p>\n
In her presentation at a roundtable conference held at British parliament in June, Dr. Saliha Uysal, an assistant professor at Istanbul University, called for international campaign to raise issue-specific awareness, in the case of Kashmiri half-widows.<\/p>\n
Half-widows is a specific term used to describe those Kashmiri women whose husbands have been illegally abducted by Indian forces in past more than 30 years and their whereabouts are not known.<\/p>\n
Saliha said the Kashmiri leadership should recall the landmark consensus agreed by Islamic scholars (Ulema), in 2014, regarding the half-widows.<\/p>\n
The Ulema had reached a consensus that half-widows can remarry in four years after their husbands were forcibly disappeared.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt needs to be fully implemented as it will have an unprecedented impact on the lives of Kashmir\u2019s forgotten survivors,\u201d the Turkish academic emphasized.<\/p>\n
She said a complete survey of those disappeared \u201cmust be undertaken and the results should be presented to the public.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cLegal means to challenge unhindered as a ruler Indian authority in occupied Kashmir be explored to hold those accountable responsible for forced disappearances,\u201d said the Turkish academic.<\/p>\n
Saliha said legal opinion must be explored whether issue of Kashmiri half-widows be raised under the United Nations Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW).
\n\u201cIf it is possible to bring up issue of half-widows under the CEDAW, it will automatically lead their case to the UN General Assembly,\u201d she told the roundtable conference held at the British conference which was organized by Tehreek-e-Kashmir UK.<\/p>\n
Saliha said Kashmiri leadership should explore \u201cmeans and ways of international funding for the half-widows is a must to support their normal lives and education of their children.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cBeing half-widow was not their choice … This was not the life they imagined … But they were forced into this life in the occupied territory,\u201d said Saliha, who teaches Islamic Psychology at Istanbul University.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
LONDON (PNI) A Turkish academic has briefed British lawmakers on the plight of half-widows in Indian Illegally occupied Jammu and Kashmir (IIoJK). In her presentation at a roundtable conference held at British parliament in June, Dr. Saliha Uysal, an assistant professor at Istanbul University, called […]<\/p>\n
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