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Violence Against Women in India: Analysing Ground Realities
Violence Against Women in India: Analysing Ground Realities
India
Objectives:
• Consciousness raising
• Production and distribution of creative material
• Dissemination of information on feminist concerns
• Advocacy on women’s rights and gender equality
Some of our materials
Advocacy Products
Men’s role in stopping discrimination
against women
At a personal level, increased involvement of
men in parenting
Increasing number of organisations of men
against violence
Community-level initiatives to prevent
violence: the JAGORI example
Gender sensitisation workshops with men
and joint campaigns against violence against
women
JAGORI campaigns to create space for
women’s rights
State initiatives in India
Police initiatives to introduce a more rights-
based approach to women’s issues (gender
training of their personnel and the Parivartan
programme of the Delhi Police)
Government schemes for the girl child
Institutionalising safety of women and girls:
the Delhi government initiatives
Changing policy into law – initial stages:
sexual harassment at the workplace
guidelines and child sexual abuse draft bill
Campaign Materials
Challenges