BANGALORE: Many Bangalore men who are separated from their wives but
pine for their children are set to mark Father's Day (June 21) by
taking out a rally here. Kids should get the love of both parents,
they stress.
Saturday's rally will see these men asserting their right to be in
touch with their children.
It is the brainchild of Children's Rights Initiative For Shared
Parenting (CRISP), a city-based NGO fighting for shared parenting
rights, in association with Save the Indian Family Foundation (SIFF).
"Not every child is lucky enough to have the love and care of both
father and mother, even when both the parents are alive during their
growing up days. Due to a rise in divorce cases in the country, most
children of separated parents are deprived of both their parents'
affection," Kumar Jahgirdar, president of CRISP, said.
"On the occasion of Father's Day, CRISP members will have a rally in
the morning -- near Mahatma Gandhi statue at MG Road -- to create
awareness on the importance of the father in the life of a child,"
added Kumar.
He himself has been battling for the custody of his daughter for
almost a decade.
Formed in May 2008 in Bangalore, CRISP today has 1,000 members across
the country. On Saturday, around 500 members of CRISP are likely to
take part in the rally.
Explaining on CRISP's work, the president said, the organisation has
fathers, mothers and grandparents as its members.
"I want to clarify one thing. The members are not only fathers who are
fighting for the rights of their children's custody. We have both
fathers, mothers and grandparents, who are fighting for justice and
equality in child custody laws of our country and who believe in
shared parenting when the parents are either separated or divorced,"
said Kumar.
"The idea of our organisation is to give every child their right to be
raised equally by both parents, to get an equal amount of love and
affection from both parents," he said.
According to the figures available with CRISP, around 13,000 cases of
divorce are pending in various family courts in Bangalore.
"In the process of parents getting divorced, it is ultimately the
children who suffer the most. Thus we want equal rights for both the
parents over their children," said Lokesh Reddy, a member of CRISP.
"We want a change in Indian family law which in most cases is tilted
towards the mother when it comes to a child's custody," he added.
According to CRISP, parents contemplating divorce should be given
mandatory counselling on "shared parenting" and its benefits by a
panel of experts supervised by the family courts.
"This will eliminate unnecessary child custody battles, stress to the
parents and children and waste of the precious time of the courts,"
said Jayant, another member of CRISP.
"It is always better to have the care and love of both mother and
father while growing up. I too support the concept of shared
parenting. Differences between parents should not affect children in
their growing up days," said Sharada Patil, a Bangalore-based teacher.
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