16 October, 2017, Nagaland NEN Chizami organised a programme on World Food Day at its Vocational Training Centre bringing together 130 women farmers, government officers/Head of the department and village leaders from different nearby villages. The Deputy Commissioner was the Guest Speaker of the programme. Women farmers from different blocks shared their testimonies whereas 20…
25 November- 10 December, 2017Assam Based on the theme ‘Together We Can End Gender Based Violence in Education’, NEN Assam in collaboration with 3 local schools organised different events in the districts of Dhemaji, Kokrajhar and Udalguri. More than 400 participants were mobilised through these campaigns and 900 flyers were disseminated. On 1st December 2017, NEN…
May-September, 2017, Shillong West Jaintia Hills District Police in collaboration with NEN organised Community Awareness Programmes on Crimes against Women and Children in the following communities: 1. Jowai- 30th May 20172. Raliang- 4th July 20173. Mukhla- 22nd July 20174. Amlarem- 19th September 20175. Shangpung- 26th September 2017 Resource persons of the programme conducted in different…
July-August, 2017, Shillong NEN with an objective of building capacities of health professionals on the issue of violence against women, its health implications and the legal and ethical role that they must play in responding to the same, organized one day training for student nurses in Woodland Institute of Nursing and in KJP School of…
27 September, 2017, Shillong NEN organised training on Feminist Counselling on 27th September 2017 with the following objectives: 1. To enhance the skills of counsellor in dealing with cases of violence against women and children. 2. To make aware of the legal role that they must play in responding to the same. The resource person…
11-14 July, 2017, Guwahati A Convergence workshop on ‘People’s Right: Role of Community Leaders’ was organised for 20 community leaders of Darrang, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, Sonitpur and Udalguri districts of Assam from 11th July to 14th July, 2017. The workshop was inaugurated by Dr. Joshamoyee Devi, Chairperson of North East Network. The resource persons…
CM asked to adopt ‘zero tolerance’ towards crimes against womenSlogans still heard at Dispur Last Gate
13-14 June, 2017, Meghalaya North East Network facilitated a 2 days’ workshop on “Developing A Roadmap for Action towards Strengthening Convergences for Empowering Women Farmers in Meghalaya” which was held on 13th and 14th June, 2017. The programme was an initiative of Anita Jyrwa, Sr. Faculty member of State Institute of Rural Development (SIRD) and fully funded by the…
June- July, 2017, Meghalaya NEN, Meghalaya, has been consistently working with the Meghalaya Police in sensitizing police personnel as well reaching out to different communities on violence against women, gender related issues and their role in responding to VAW. One of the concrete outcomes from this engagement is that the Meghalaya Police have accepted our…
29-30 May, 2017, Delhi Despite progressive social changes and laws, property rights for women in India as well South Asia remains discriminatory. Access, ownership and control over land and property plays important role in ensuring equality and social justice for women. Recognising this significance and gap 61 people from over 35 organisations, networks, unions and…