Women Empowerment

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TOGETHER WE CAN ERADICATE PREJUDICE AND WORK FOR EQUAL RIGHTS AND RESPECT FOR ALL

/ Children and Adolescent Girls, Counselling, Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Women Empowerment

Digital India – surely the country is progressing way too forward with all new technological advances, facilities and new laws. A new fad of adapting westernization is rapidly sweeping the country. But some things still don’t change forever- the never ending discussion on gender equality. The topic was in the limelight a decade ago and […]

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Digital India – surely the country is progressing way too forward with all new technological advances, facilities and new laws. A new fad of adapting westernization is rapidly sweeping the country. But some things still don’t change forever- the never ending discussion on gender equality. The topic was in the limelight a decade ago and

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COAL LABOURER

/ Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Women Empowerment

COAL LABOURERS’ UNION: A GLANCE AT AWAG’S PAST INTERVENTIONS AWAG’s objective has always been to take women’s issues beyond the individual level. With this in mind in 1993, AWAG initiated work with the coal labourers. The idea was to organise them into a union through which they could demand appropriate wages and basic facilities at

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COAL LABOURERS’ UNION: A GLANCE AT AWAG’S PAST INTERVENTIONS AWAG’s objective has always been to take women’s issues beyond the individual level. With this in mind in 1993, AWAG initiated work with the coal labourers. The idea was to organise them into a union through which they could demand appropriate wages and basic facilities at

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Sejalben Case Study – July 2017

/ Children and Adolescent Girls, Gender Violence and Rights, Health and Hygiene, Women Empowerment

A CASE PRESENTATION: WOMEN’S MENSTRUAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SANITATION PROJECT IN PATAN, GUJARAT “I am Sejalben from Village Anavada, Dist Patan, Gujarat. I am 26 years old and am working as an ASHA worker in the village since the last 2 years. I had participated in the menstrual health and sanitation meeting organized by AWAG

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A CASE PRESENTATION: WOMEN’S MENSTRUAL HEALTH AWARENESS AND SANITATION PROJECT IN PATAN, GUJARAT “I am Sejalben from Village Anavada, Dist Patan, Gujarat. I am 26 years old and am working as an ASHA worker in the village since the last 2 years. I had participated in the menstrual health and sanitation meeting organized by AWAG

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MENTAL HEALTH IN THE WORKPLACE

/ Counselling, Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Mental Healthcare, Women Empowerment

With the World Mental Health Day, just gone on October 10, it is important to understand that Mental Illness is still highly stigmatized, especially in the country like India. This year’s World Mental Health Day’s theme was ‘Mental Health in the Workplace’. A huge chunk of India’s working class undergoes some sort of psychological distress

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With the World Mental Health Day, just gone on October 10, it is important to understand that Mental Illness is still highly stigmatized, especially in the country like India. This year’s World Mental Health Day’s theme was ‘Mental Health in the Workplace’. A huge chunk of India’s working class undergoes some sort of psychological distress

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SEXUAL HARASSMENT OF WOMEN AT WORKPLACE

/ Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Women Empowerment

Despite the fact that the Government has declared the ‘Anti-Sexual Harassment Act’ to be mandatory, harassment of women at their workplaces has not reduced. As per the survey done by Indian National Bar Association (INBA), out of 6,047 participants (both male and female), 38% confessed to have been a victim of sexual harassment at the

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Despite the fact that the Government has declared the ‘Anti-Sexual Harassment Act’ to be mandatory, harassment of women at their workplaces has not reduced. As per the survey done by Indian National Bar Association (INBA), out of 6,047 participants (both male and female), 38% confessed to have been a victim of sexual harassment at the

GENDER BASED VIOLENCE

/ Counselling, Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Mental Healthcare, Women Empowerment

Violence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world. It knows no social, economic or national boundaries. Worldwide, an estimated one in three women experiences physical or sexual abuse in her lifetime. Gender-based violence undermines the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims, yet it remains

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Violence against women and girls is one of the most prevalent human rights violations in the world. It knows no social, economic or national boundaries. Worldwide, an estimated one in three women experiences physical or sexual abuse in her lifetime. Gender-based violence undermines the health, dignity, security and autonomy of its victims, yet it remains

How Do You Know If You Have Cervical Cancer

/ Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Health and Hygiene, Women Empowerment

10 WARNING SIGNS OF CERVICAL CANCER YOU SHOULD NOT IGNORE Cervical Cancer, in women, is the second most common cancer worldwide, next only to breast cancer. It occurs in the cells of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by a

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10 WARNING SIGNS OF CERVICAL CANCER YOU SHOULD NOT IGNORE Cervical Cancer, in women, is the second most common cancer worldwide, next only to breast cancer. It occurs in the cells of the cervix, the lower part of the uterus that connects to the vagina. Almost all cases of cervical cancer are caused by a

HOW SAFE ARE WOMEN IN INDIA?

/ Counselling, Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Women Empowerment

Being in the 21st century, with technology, digitalization and development being flaunted all over the country and the world at large, the need to talk about this subject, “How safe are women in India?” still reverberates. With a profound understanding of what is happening around us, it is time that the country joins hands to

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Being in the 21st century, with technology, digitalization and development being flaunted all over the country and the world at large, the need to talk about this subject, “How safe are women in India?” still reverberates. With a profound understanding of what is happening around us, it is time that the country joins hands to

Ten key Recommendations made by Verma Committee after Nirbhaya gang rape

/ Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Women Empowerment

TEN KEY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY JUSTICE VERMA COMMITTEE AFTER NIRBHAYA GANG RAPE INCIDENT A panel set up in response to public outcry over the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman has delivered its report outlining recommendations on how to tackle gender violence in the largely patriarchal country. The panel, headed by former

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TEN KEY RECOMMENDATIONS MADE BY JUSTICE VERMA COMMITTEE AFTER NIRBHAYA GANG RAPE INCIDENT A panel set up in response to public outcry over the brutal gang rape and murder of a young woman has delivered its report outlining recommendations on how to tackle gender violence in the largely patriarchal country. The panel, headed by former

SOCIAL TABOOS THAT STILL SHACKLE INDIAN WOMEN

/ Counselling, Development, Gender Violence and Rights, Health and Hygiene, Women Empowerment

Social taboos have long been discussed and criticized, but sneakily continue to linger. Existing more commonly in economically underdeveloped countries and eastern nations like India, women are usually the worst victims of taboos. What is heartening is how the perspective is changing against taboos that have long impeded life for women. A walk down the

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Social taboos have long been discussed and criticized, but sneakily continue to linger. Existing more commonly in economically underdeveloped countries and eastern nations like India, women are usually the worst victims of taboos. What is heartening is how the perspective is changing against taboos that have long impeded life for women. A walk down the