In 2016, India celebrated the Olympic medals brought home by PV Sindhu and Sakshi Malik. But women who make unconventional choices like becoming sportspersons do not always get rewarded.News Link:Doctoring Evil: The making and hunting of witches in Assam
The northern parts of Udalguri district of Assam bordering Bhutan have been badly hit by social menaces like witch-hunting, child marriage, illegal trafficking of woman and girls etc.News Link:Widow killed at Hattigarh TE, trafficker held
In India, it is a paradox when we say that we worship women as Goddesses, but lash out abuses at home, public spaces and work places. Sexual harassment of women at workplace is an extension of the every day discrimination which women face at home.News Link: Workplace Dignity
On 14th February, 2018, NEN officially opened a Resource Centre/Library at its office premises in Jingkieng, Nongthmmai. The Resource Centre is envisioned to be a knowledge-sharing centre open to all, providing a space for learning and improving access to information. The Resource Centre has books ranging from Gender, Violence against Women, Women Empowerment, Reproductive Health,…
Date: 17 February There is a rising demand from women groups for prosecution of all criminals who sexually abuse women and girls. This resolution was taken on the occasion of One Billion Rising, an event held recently in the city to protest violence against women. In a statement issued here on Saturday, a volunteer of the…
The Shillong Times: 29 November 2011 SHILLONG: A Support Centre with a three-pronged approach— health care, counselling, and vocational training focusing on women who are survivors of various crimes was inaugurated by the Deputy Chief Minister in charge of Health and Family Welfare, Rowell Lyngdoh, at Shillong Civil Hospital here on Monday. This centre, which…