North East Network, a women’s rights organization, is part of the Lam-Lynti Chittara Neralu (LCN), a National Network working on shelters for Women Survivors of Violence, funded by American Jewish World Service. Lam-Lynti Chittara Neralu or LCN (which translates to ‘lead the way to shelter under the vista of the stars’ in Khasi, Telugu…
As part of NEN’s work in enhancing addressal and redressal mechanisms and support to women and children facing violence and to enable Women Collectives formed by NEN to carry out their work and showcase produce, NEN, Meghalaya has identified one Community Support Centre in Madanryting, East Khasi Hills District and one in Nongshillong, Eastern West…
NEN Assam organised a training of trainers on ‘Enhancing facilitation skills to address Gender Based Violence against Women’ from 20th to 22nd September 2022. 22 mid-level functionaries of 9 organisations from 14 districts including the NEN programme team and representatives from GMK by NEN, working on Gender Based Violence at the community level participated in…
NEN documented the legacy of women leaders who had contributed significantly in the fields of history, literature, sports, freedom movement, performing arts, women’s rights, electoral politics, etc. The documentation was done by engaging 19 students from 5 districts. In these districts, NEN uses creative mediums to engage with young people on issues of gender equality.…
NEN observed International Rural Women’s Day in Dhemaji and Golaghat district of Assam on 15 October 2022 .The theme for this year was “Our seeds, our farm; towards food sovereignty”. In Golaghat, 80 grassroots women shared the importance of seed conservation and ownership over food and committed to work towards attaining food sovereignty for them and…
NEN in collaboration with the District Social Welfare Office of Kamrup, Government of Assam conducted an Interface and Workshop on Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace, Domestic Violence and its legal remedies on 20 October 2022. The participants present in the workshop were stakeholders from Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS), One Stop Centre (OSC),…
To create a pool of feminist lawyers to make gender responsive services accessible to women, NEN identified a group of lawyers from 5 districts of Assam and conducted the first residential workshop at Guwahati on 26 and 27 November 2022. They were from Kamrup, Darrang, Golaghat and Dhemaji district and are largely working with the cases…
Sessions on climate change and its impact on life and livelihood were conducted through Participatory Rural Appraisal (PRA), with 22 community women at Gramin Mahila Kendra by NEN at Udalguri district on 9 June 2022, and with 40 women in Dhemaji district on 25 September 2022. “Problem Tree” was used as a tool to identify…
‘Karwaan – Journey of Learning’ was organized at Sanchalipara village in Goalpara district on 28 June 2022 and at Buragohainkhat in Golaghat district on 28 September 2022. In Goalpara which is a new district, NEN plans to work on issues of animal-human conflict, alternative sustainable livelihoods, and impact of climate change in the near future.…