Activities
JAGORI’s focus is on women from the most marginalised and oppressed groups-women from Dalit and minority communities in rural and urban areas, landless women farmers and women working in the informal sector, migrant women, women who are the targets of caste and communal violence and women facing evictions or living in resettlement colonies in Delhi.
JAGORI also works with other stakeholders, including men in communities and development organizations, policy makers and administrators, students, citizens groups, and several coalitions working on women’s rights. JAGORI’s interventions also include engagement with various duty bearers including state/institutional actors (political leaders, police, judiciary etc), individual actors (partners, family members) and civil society actors.
Main activities include
Perspective and capacity development on feminist principles and strategies
- Organising gender trainings, workshops, study circles, campaigns and consultations with key constituents
- Trainings with students and young adolescent women and men, providing them with the analytical tools and hands-on support to initiate positive action towards ending violence against women
- Accompanying select organizations working with the marginalised and minority community on a long term basis
The resource centre
- Production and distribution of educational and advocacy materials serving the information needs of women’s groups, NGOs, researchers, media, academia, schools and colleges, community women in resettlement areas, youth and other regular users
- Digitising and archiving crucial materials from the women’s movement since 1984
- Fellowship support to women activists
Support and referral services for women survivors of violence
- Running a helpline and case support services, accompanying women to police stations to file an FIR, access protection and safe homes/shelters and access legal aid and counseling
- Facilitating a process of healing and building collectives of survivors and investing into their legal and rights literacy
- Sensitisation of service providers including police, relevant government agencies, media and other stakeholders
- Policy advocacy on changes in the legal framework and implementation mechanisms
The Safe Cities Initiative
The Safe Cities initiative works with key partners in the government, women’s movement, national and international agencies to pilot and upscale initiatives on making cities safer and more gender inclusive. Key activities include-
- Conducting research studies and safety audits to bring attention to the status of women’s safety
- Development of a strategic framework and plan
- Public outreach through organising and participating in various events
- Consultations and trainings with service providers
- Media awareness and communication materials
- Awareness sessions with students, young women and men, homeless and disabled women, urban planners, civic agencies, and women’s groups
- Conceptualizing research tool-kits and subsequent sharing with women’s groups across the country
Piloting new approaches and supporting women’s leadership
- Supporting women’s collectives in select resettlement colonies of Delhi through action research projects, resource mapping, social and safety audits, public hearings, ‘mini-courts of women’, in an effort to bring their voices and alternative vision to policy makers and local implementers
- Linking women leaders to social movements addressing right to food, shelter, basic services and entitlements, implementation of laws and policies on domestic violence and sexual harassment among others
- Working with men and adolescent young boys in the community to re-define dominant masculinities and support ending violence against women and girls
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