Myself Dr. Dilip Barsagade from Gadchiroli district which is most backward and neglected district of Maharashtra state notified by Government of India. I am working as a president of SPARSH. We in SPARSH Gadchiroli, are working since decade on health services, rights and other social issues in district. While working on health issues of tribal women we came across an inhuman practice of ‘Gaokor’. This practice is not only inhuman but also disrespecting to the women and threat to their life in many ways. To prevent this blatant human right violation of tribal women of our district we have made a complaint to National Human Rights Commission in 2013. Since then NHRC have sought information from local administration and have also issued directions, but all of this was not taken seriously at the level of district administration. We are constantly pursuing this matter at the level of NHRC and also at District Administration level. SPARSH had took initiative to create awareness amongst adole