10th- 12th November, 2016 North East Network in collaboration with the Directorate of Health Services and CEHAT, Mumbai organized a 3 days training for Counselors of Meghalaya on developing a health sectors perspective in dealing with violence against women cases, looking specifically in to sexual assaults on the 10th- 12th November, 2016. Counselors from different…
16 – 18 November, 2016 North East Network, a women’s rights organisation, in collaboration with Centre for Social Research, Delhi conducted 6 workshops in the city of Shillong on online safety and counter speech from 16 – 18 November, 2016. The workshop is called ‘Social Surfing’ and is a project supported by Facebook India. This…
13-15 September, 2016 The first phase capacity building training on women’s rights and governance for rural women leaders was organised by NEN at Hotel East Gate, Kohima, Nagaland during 13 to 15 September 2016. The training was participated by 25 grassroots women leaders from nine villages of Phek District, Nagaland. The 3 days training was…
7 October, 2016 NEN research report on “Enquiry into the status of women in Nagaland” was launched by Nagaland State Commission for Women (NSCW) chairperson Temsula Ao on 7th October, 2016 at Hotel East Gate, Kohima. The research was carried out in 3 districts covering 6 villages in Nagaland, between January 2014–March 2016.The objective of…
5-6 August, 2016 Grassroot women leaders from West Khasi Hills district, who have contributed a lot to rural development in their respective villages, were trained on women’s human rights to social protection. The training enabled them to conceptualize understanding of gender issues, patriarchy and its interaction with systems of social domination; broaden their perspective on…
5-16 September, 2016 NEN is addressing the issue of gender based violence against women (VAW) at the grassroots level in four districts of Assam namely, Golaghat, Kamrup, Chirang and Darrang. Field investigators and assistants are placed in these districts to respond to women in abusive relationships or women facing different forms of violence at the…
In observance of International Women’s Day (26th August, 2016), North East Network organized an “All Women’s Marathon”. This was the first of its kind Marathon in the State. It was also organized at a time when women in sports were given much recognition after the good performance of India’s women representatives in the Olympics. Breaking…
6 July, 2016 A rally demanding for justice and an effective criminal justice system was organized by the Synjuk ki Seng Longkmie, Mawlangsu, North East Network, Meghalaya and the Khasi Students’ Union Mawthadraishan Circle. Hundreds of women, men and the youth spoke up against the murder and rape of a woman from the village, who…
20 June, 2016 The Social Welfare Department, Government of Meghalaya in collaboration with North East Network (NEN) inaugurated the One Stop Crisis Centre (Iohlynti) on 20 June, 2016 at Ganesh Das Hospital, Shillong. Smti. Deborah Marak, Hon’ble Minister of Social Welfare Department was the Chief Guest at the event. In her address, she committed to…
14-16 June, 2016 North East Network Shillong organized a 3 Day Advanced Gender Training from the 14th – 16th of June, 2016 at Moreau Institute of Integral Training and Research Society, Shillong. The Resource persons were from SWAYAM, a woman’s rights based organization in Kolkata. The objectives of the training were – (i) to develop…