{"id":12627,"date":"2023-06-29T08:28:59","date_gmt":"2023-06-29T02:58:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/?p=12627"},"modified":"2025-04-01T20:26:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-01T14:56:18","slug":"meira-paibis","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/meira-paibis\/","title":{"rendered":"Meira Paibis"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>About Meira Paibis:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Who are they?<\/strong> The most visible organised face of <strong>civil society activists<\/strong> have been the Meira Paibis or \u201cwomen torch bearers\u201d, so called because of the flaming torches that they hold aloft while marching in the streets, often at night.<\/li>\n<li>They also known <strong>as Imas or Mothers of Manipur,<\/strong> are <strong>Meitei women<\/strong> who come from all sections of society in Manipur.<\/li>\n<li>Members of this group are widely respected and <strong>represent a powerful moral force<\/strong>.<\/li>\n<li>The Meira Paibis are loosely organised, <strong>usually led by groups of senior women<\/strong>, but have no rigid hierarchy or structure, or any overt political leanings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3>What social role does the Meira Paibis play?<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li>The Meira Paibi was formed in 1977 presently it is one of the largest grassroots movements in the world.<\/li>\n<li>Its initial focus on <strong>fighting alcoholism and drug<\/strong> <strong>abuse<\/strong> has now expanded to countering human rights violations and the development of society at large.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<h3>Q1) What is the role of civil society?<\/h3>\n<p>Civil society plays a vital role in society by promoting democratic participation, advocating for human rights, fostering social justice, and addressing various social, cultural, environmental, and economic issues.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/explained-politics\/meira-paibis-manipur-conflict-role-8688898\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><u>Who are Meira Paibis, Manipur\u2019s \u2018torch-bearing\u2019 women activists<\/u><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Meira Paibis are the visible organised faces of civil society activists in Manipur.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":12628,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-12627","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-upsc-prelims-current-affairs","8":"no-featured-image-padding"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12627","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=12627"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12627\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/12628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=12627"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=12627"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/vajiramandravi.com\/current-affairs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=12627"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}