{"id":269256,"date":"2025-08-20T00:23:31","date_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:53:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/?p=269256"},"modified":"2025-08-20T00:23:31","modified_gmt":"2025-08-19T18:53:31","slug":"apwws-lauds-lawmaker-for-speaking-out-against-polygamy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/2025\/08\/20\/apwws-lauds-lawmaker-for-speaking-out-against-polygamy\/","title":{"rendered":"APWWS lauds lawmaker for speaking out against polygamy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>ITANAGAR, 19 Aug:<\/strong> The Arunachal Pradesh Women&#8217;s Welfare Society (APWWS) has lauded MLA Honchun Ngandam for his staunch stance against polygamy, which he expressed during the special session of the Legislative Assembly here.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Ngandam made a strong appeal to fellow legislators and the public to set a positive example by rejecting polygamy and upholding family responsibility.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;We have learned a sense of responsibility. We&#8217;ve addressed issues like alcoholism, hunting, and development. We&#8217;ve learned many things, but not yet about polygamy. It&#8217;s time we learn about that too,&#8221; he said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Citing examples of legislators from Tirap, Changlang, and Longding districts, the MLA from Pongchau-Wakka said: &#8220;We should learn from Tirap, Changlang, and Longding. We are 12 MLAs &#8211; each of us has only one wife. People should learn from us.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">APWWS president Kani Nada Maling termed polygamy a violation of fundamental rights enshrined in the Constitution of India &#8220;and a discrimination against women with long-term adverse effects on both women and children.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The APWWS, which has long been demanding a ban on polygamy, said that the practice has not only led to exploitation of women but has also contributed to the degradation of gender equality.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">&#8220;It is high time the state government framed a law to ban polygamy in Arunachal Pradesh. We have been consistently advocating against this practice and once again reiterate our appeal to the government to take urgent legislative action,&#8221; the APWWS president said.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Hailing Ngandam for raising the critical issue on the floor of the Assembly, Maling called upon other elected leaders to stand up for gender equality, women&#8217;s rights, and family welfare.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ITANAGAR, 19 Aug: The Arunachal Pradesh Women&#8217;s Welfare Society (APWWS) has lauded MLA Honchun Ngandam for his staunch stance against polygamy, which he expressed during the special session of the Legislative Assembly here. Ngandam made a strong appeal to fellow legislators and the public to set a positive example by rejecting polygamy and upholding family [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-269256","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269256","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=269256"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/269256\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=269256"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=269256"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=269256"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}