28-29 June, 2018, Assam
A gender sensitisation workshop on ‘Violence against Women and PWDV Act 2005’ was organised for 37 women peer leaders from Darrang, Dhemaji, Golaghat, Kamrup, Kokrajhar, and Udalguri districts of Assam on 28th June and 2018. The workshop focused on understanding gender as a socialization Process, Patriarchy and systems of domination, Social Identities, Masculinity and Femininity in the context of gendered power, Violence Against Women (through use of Matrix on VAW), concept of Domestic violence through myths and facts and PWDV Act, 2005.
A parallel training on Protection of Children from Sexual offence (POCSO) Act 2012, was organized for the 6 Field Investigators of NEN to develop an understanding on the nuances of the Act.
