Wrapping Up
The project is beginning to wrap up. We went to the village for the last time today
and got to see an actual Jati Panchayat meeting. It was all in Mewari
so I only understand the basic ideas but the case to decide whether or
not to grant a woman a divorce. Her husband began to beat her after he
started drinking and at one point he tried to
lock her in a room and burn her alive. The case was brought to the
Women's Resource Center which is an outlet of Seva Mandir, but because
the group didn't have a whole lot of authority (because the group only consisted of women) the case was sent to the Jati Panchayat. Today was the
first time this case had been brought to the Jati Panchayat and they
decided that the husband needs to be present in order for him to follow
the ruling and so at the next meeting, they will make sure that he
will be there, along with the in-laws and the woman's parents.
There is little doubt that the ruling will be in her favor which is
good, but the fact that he has to be there in order for her to get a
divorce is still a sign of work to be done.
Other than that, there isn't a whole lot going on. We finally
delegated the tasks for the project based on what we have left to do
and so hopefully everything will be done by Wednesday.
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