The first-ever “Grassroots Feminist Convention: Towards Transformational Leadership” was organised by North East Network, Assam on 26th and 27th March 2023 at CBCNEI, Guwahati. The convention was a two-day event that brought together more than 135 women peer leaders, support group members, community women, weavers and members of NEN youth collective Prayas, from…
NEN Assam recently organized a creative writing workshop on February 6, 7, and 15, 2023, for Support Group members and survivors of Gender Based Violence in four districts of Assam, namely Kamrup, Udalguri, Darrang, and Golaghat. The workshop, facilitated by Rashmi Rekha Borah, the Project Lead of NEN Assam, aimed to nurture the creative writing…
A one day workshop on Understanding different Gender Identities and Sexual Orientations was organised on 20 January 2023 by NEN for 5 districts of Assam (Kamrup-rural, Golaghat,Darrang, Udalguri, Dhemaji). Arpana Choudhury, Founder of Xobdo and a queer rights activist facilitated the session on understanding different gender identities from a non binary perspective. The workshop was…
In light of the largest global movement to end gender-based violence against women, encompassing those who identify as cisgender, transgender, and gender-fluid, the One Billion Rising campaign emerged as a call to action. The campaign’s started from the startling fact that 1/3 women worldwide are beaten, assaulted physically, or raped in their lifetime. In a…
The NEN Youth Leadership Program (NYLP) is a formulated leadership program for youths on upskilling the knowledge of youth between 20-35 years through perspective building workshops and skill enhancement training. The participants will go through a year-long process of perspective and capacity building that will stretch to 2 full-time residential training and mentoring of participants;…
The 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence 2022 under the global theme “UNiTE! Activism to end violence against women and girls” was observed by NEN, Nagaland along with the community members. Joining the global campaign, North East Network (NEN) Nagaland organised a series of events across Nagaland, to voice out and address the…
Taking the NEN- CEHAT- Civil Hospital Nongpoh’s collaboration ahead on building health systems response to VAW & C, a study visit by a team of 5 health care providers was organised , on the 23rd and 24th of November 2022, to CEHAT’s crisis intervention centres called ‘Dilaasa’ which are functional in public hospitals in Mumbai. …
North East Network (NEN) along with Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) is collaborating with Civil Hospital, Nongpoh, Ri-Bhoi District to develop a health systems response towards violence against women (VAW). Nationally, the Criminal Law Amendment (CLA) Act, Protection of Women against Domestic Violence Act (PWDVA) and the National Health Policy (NHP)…
In observance of The International Day Of Rural Women 2022, North East Network organized a three days programme along with the rural women of Meghalaya in different districts. Day one was celebrated by organising a “Farmers Meet”in Rangthong Village SWKH district. In which a few games were organised like Football for women, Tug of war…
As a part of the 16 Days of Activism Campaign, NEN celebrated the World Human Rights Day which falls on the 10th of December annually. The occasion was celebrated over two days with an art competition titled “A Children’s Pictorial Representation of Human Rights”. It was held on the 9th of December in Reach Ministries…