“Hum Sabla is the newsletter of our ongoing campaign to stop violence against women and girls. Hum Sabla is the successor to Sabla, our popular newsletter for neo literate women, produced under a grant from the Department of Education, Government of India and recognised as one of the most innovative productions of its kind.

Hum Sabla, is designed to meet the expanding information needs of grassroots women’s groups in Hindi-speaking areas, and is a major vehicle for advocacy on women’s rights.”

Click here to view Hum Sabla latest issue which is on “Women and Health” You can also contact us at distribution@jagori.org for hard copies of this issue.

The JAGORI Safe Delhi Campaign seeks to mobilise diverse sections of society to ensure women’s safety in public places. This information booklet on Sexual Harassment is a small attempt to make the public aware about the seriousness of this issue and how it affects women and girls.

You can carry this handy guide and share it with friends and colleagues.

For more information or copies, contact us at safedelhi@jagori.org

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Former President of India on Friday 13th June 2008 ]]> http://jagori.org/distinguished-service-award-women-empowerment/feed/ http://jagori.org/partnership-with-delhi-transport-corporation/ http://jagori.org/partnership-with-delhi-transport-corporation/#comments Tue, 04 Sep 2007 12:19:28 +0000 JAGORI News http://jagori.org/partnership-with-delhi-transport-corporation/ PARTNERSHIP WITH DTC ON JAGORI’s SAFE DELHI CAMPAIGN

Buses are the most common mode of transport in Delhi. Different surveys have shown that a large number of molestation cases take place in buses and women feel unsafe travelling by buses. As many as 90 percent of the 18,000 respondents in a public perception survey carried out to collect data for the Delhi Human Development Report felt that public transport is unsafe for women in Delhi.

The DTC has shown tremendous foresight in addressing this issue proactively. JAGORI and DTC have partnered to make DTC buses more women friendly.

Under this partnership, JAGORI will be holding workshops to sensitise bus drivers and conductors on issues of gender and sexual harassment. We have produced publicity material to address the issue of women’s safety. This material will be displayed in DTC buses and at DTC pass counters.

The training programme for DTC on “Gender Sensitization” was inaugurated by the Chief Minister, Mrs. Sheila Dikshit on September 3, 2007

The JAGORI support group for women survivors of violence has been running since July 2005. The group was set up with the following objectives:

• to meet other women who have faced or who are facing violence within their relationships;
• to find a common place to put their thoughts and feelings about their violence into words; and
• to get inspiration, strength and support from one another in their struggles.

Support group meetings are held once every two months in the JAGORI office. The number of participants varies from 25-45 women. Ages of support group members vary from 16 to about 60, with an average of about 35 years. These women come from very different backgrounds, lower to middle to upper middle class, lettered and unlettered, women working both inside and outside their homes. The professions of the support group members include domestic workers, housewives, students, teachers and office-based workers.

In principle, the support group consists of women survivors of violence. The kinds of violence include: sexual harassment at the workplace, child sexual abuse, women living with HIV/AIDS, women facing homophobia, domestic violence, rape or sexual harassment in public places. Women supporters (who have helped women or girls facing violence) too are welcome at support group meetings.

Sessions are planned around specific themes and cover issues such as personal reflections on self and space, gender and law, strategies to counter violence against women and girls, laws like the Domestic Violence Act and how it can help women and women and safety. Meetings are invariably interwoven with women’s personal sharing of their struggles, some with positive results, others negative. Tears and laughter form an integral part of each meeting. To this, when one adds singing, dancing and painting, each meeting takes on a life of its own! For instance, in the last meeting in July 2007, the support group was guided through a painting session. They worked with three media: paper, cloth and one wall of the counselling room in JAGORI. The room is now adorned with vibrant and colourful wall art! It is a constant reminder of women’s ability to rise above the pain they have faced and colour their own lives in bright hues.

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The JAGORI Research Team presents the findings of a study of the impact of evictions. The study was an intensive two-year long exercise of collecting quantitative and qualitative data from around 3000 families who have been forcibly resettled in this location on the North-Western outskirts of the city.

Our research provides the “hard” evidence needed to back up the contention of activists and community groups, that the evictions and forced relocation to Bawana have shattered people’s lives and destroyed their livelihoods.

The JAGORI Research Project is a unique effort to track the way in which the process of eviction and resettlement has literally pushed about 5000 families - at least 25,000 women, men and children - off the map of the city, rendering them invisible to policy-makers and the public alike, allowing the State to wash its hands of any responsibility for securing their rights or even ensuring their survival.

Click to view the Presentation