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.…
A 3-day workshop was conducted with a total of 30 youth from Dhemaji, Darrang, Udalguri, Kamrup and Golaghat districts from 14 to16 July 2022 . The workshop covered topics on deconstructing sex & gender, unpacking gender roles, understanding patriarchy, understanding gender based violence, patriarchy and climate crisis. Gaurab Talukdar, ex-fellow, Green Hub facilitated a session…
National Handloom Day was observed on 7 August 2022 in Gramin Mahila Kendras by NEN at Udalguri, Darrang, Kamrup and Sonitpur districts with weavers and women from villages. In Darrang, 35 weavers participated in the event. Jeevika Sakhi, Maikan Saikia and Village head, Joychandra Nath were invited as guests. In Udalguri, 28 weavers and 2…
North East Network has been building community resilience to address the pandemic and its effects on women and girls in Assam. NEN diversified livelihoods including weaving, farming and crafts for women which are critical to sustain our eco systems. Coupled with the effect of the pandemic, weavers also faced the wrath of severe floods in…
Saneki Weaves participated in various local and national level exhibitions throughout the year to promote hand woven products by our weavers from 4 districts (Darrang, Udalguri, Mirza, Sonitpur). The team also ensures participation of weavers so that they learn about marketing strategies.