印度村莊禁止未婚女性用手機防私奔

A village panchayat of some district in India has banned the use of mobile phones by unmarried girls to prevent them from eloping with their lovers, Indian Times reported on November 23.

印度一座村莊制定了一條村規，禁止未婚女孩使用手機，防止女孩們跟戀人私奔。

資料圖: 印度婦女

The panchayat of Lakh village of Muzaffarnagar, about 100 km from New Delhhi, held mobile phones responsible for the increase in elopements and marriages without the sanction of community elders.

（印度北方邦）穆扎法爾訥格爾的朗克村距離新德里大概有100公里，這個村的村委會成員於22日開會，他們認爲使用手機促使更多年輕人私奔，還有更多年輕人沒有得到村莊長者的同意就擅自結婚。

"The panchayat has imposed a ban on the usage of mobile phones by unmarried girls to prevent them from eloping with young boys against the wishes of their parents," a panchayat spokesman said.

村委會發言人Rajender Malick說："村委會制定了'禁止未婚女孩使用手機'的新村規，這樣可以防止未婚女孩違背父母意願與年輕男孩私奔"。

The decision triggered angry reactions from women's groups as well as from many village women.

這一決定激起了婦女團體和許多其他村莊的婦女的憤怒，她們強烈反對這一村規。