How much work do women think they do compared to their male counterparts? Do they get paid or even recognized enough for that work? Such were the questions raised by the team among the community women or the ‘Seng Kynthei’ as they are called in Khasi Society. As part of the agenda of strengthening women’s…
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With a vision to create and promote a gender just society, North East Network has been building the capacity of women leaders in several districts of Meghalaya on women’s human rights to social protection. This, in one way is paving a path to equality by empowering grassroots women leaders. Our earlier engagement with rural women’s…
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The role of the police all over the world and in India, in particular, is becoming vastly bureaucratic and convoluted. The police department is at the forefront of the criminal justice system has the ability and power to change the current situation of crimes against women and children. With this thought in mind, North East…
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Through the years, North East Network has been consistently building the capacities and knowledge of its partners and stakeholders, in this case government departments tasked with the implementation and effectiveness of laws that aim to safeguard women’s rights. Our engagement with the Police in Assam has revealed many gaps in reporting of cases of gender…
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Deccan Herald Some disturbing facts await policy makers in Assam — the state that reported the second highest rate of crime against women after Delhi, in 2016” says Deccan Herald in response to a study published by NEN in collaboration with the Department of Women’s Studies, Gauhati University supported by Bread for the World. The study has created…
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Nagaland celebrates World Environment Day at Chizami North East Network, Chizami Sports Association and Forest Beat, Chizami Dept. of Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Govt. Of Nagaland came together on the occasion of World environment day celebration on 5th June 2019 at Chizami where a series of events were organized. The program was kicked off…
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NEN Meghalaya celebrates World Environment Day Forests are an integral part of community life in Meghalaya, a reality that many people living in cities might be forgetting. It was with this idea in mind that North East Network decided to celebrate World Environment Day this year by bringing together representatives from the Department of Forest,…
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What is the status of the safety and dignity of working women in Assam? How high or low is the incidence of sexual harassment of women at the workplace in the state? In recent years global outrage against sexual harassment of women roused by the #MeToo movement and others have exposed its insidious and complex…
DetailsOutlook Business Women of Worth Monisha Behal’s larger-than-life experiences went hand-in-hand with her impactful social research At the age of 11, a young Monisha Behal was helping army jawans and victims of the Sino-Indian war of 1962, when the citizens of her hometown Tezpur received an evacuation letter. The Chinese invaders were just 40 miles (about 65 km) away,…
DetailsDr. Monisha Behal The beacon of women’s movement in North East India Dr. Monisha Behal, a name that really needs no introduction is the soul and spirit behind North East Network (NEN), a women’s rights non-governmental organization that has been bringing women of North East India and their local issues into the national and global…
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