Archive Events India
International women’s day
India ‘We Can’ marked International Women’s Day on 8 March 2007 with capacity building training sessions on gender and orientation sessions for Change Makers, gram pradhans and local leaders in Rajasthan.
On rallys, kite puppets and enhanced public awareness
The efforts of ‘We Can’ to enhance public awareness on gender discrimination and violence against women took huge strides in Rajasthan from January 30 to 4 February 2007 when a mass awareness rally was organised by campaign allies to cover six districts. The mammoth rally that began from Jaisalmer on 30 January proceeded to Barmer on the following day. From here the train of people went to Jalore on 2 February, to Pali on the 3 February and Jodhpur on 4 February.
National Change Makers assembly
As ‘We Can’ India completes its second year and rides into the mid-phase of the campaign, representatives of campaign allies and 400 Change Makers active in the country’s 170 districts in 13 states came together at a mammoth two-day National Change Makers Assembly held from 10 to 12 December 2006 at Adivasi Pariya, Bhubaneswar, Orissa. It was also attended by Change Makers from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka and Nepal.
India: Gaining a position of strength
The India campaign is gathering strength and support in the twelve states that it operates -- Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan, Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Jharkhand, Bihar, Tamil Nadu, Orissa, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Delhi and Uttaranchal. Awareness-raising initiatives are underway and the campaign is in various stages in the different states.
Comics for gender justice
World Comics India (WCI) -- a collective of artists, media persons, social activists who have identified comics as a powerful tool to stimulate social change -- held workshops on the art of using comics to communicate the 'We Can' campaign messages in Kolkatta (September 6-8, 2005) and Ahmedabad (September 14-16, 2005).
Critical strategies to curb declining sex ratios and violence against women
A two-day national consultation to test the feasibility of a three-pronged approach to tackle the country’s sex ratio crisis was organised in New Delhi on August 17 and 18, 2005 by ‘We Can’ allies and FORCES, a national network of 3,000 organisations from nine states that advocates for the rights of children in the 0-6 age group.
Jaganathpur Rath Yatra Mela: Different fare
Thousands of visitors, who thronged the traditional and colourful annual Jaganathpur rath yatra mela, Ranchi, from 8 to 17 July 2005, were greeted with a unique stall. Amidst the dizzy giant wheels, the flute and bangle sellers, and hawkers of an extravagant variety of food items, was a stall with a difference.
'We Can' activities in the Saurashtra-Kutch Region
Several fresh launches of the ‘We Can’ campaign were conducted by the campaign allies in the Saurashtra- Kutch region. The Shikshan Ane Samaj Kalyan Kendra got together 29 organisations and held a variety of mass mobilisation programmes over two days in April 2005. The activities of this mega event included mass rallies and debates, group discussions, and sketching competitions on the issue of violence against women. A large number of Change Makers took a pledge to end all violence against women in the communities they lived and worked in.
Change Makers evening: People-to-people contact
The Change Makers Evening, organised by the ‘We Can’ campaign alliance at the British Council, New Delhi, on April 23, 2005, brought into sharp focus the role of ‘Change Makers’ -- men and women who will actively encourage more positive attitudes and behaviours towards women within communities in which they live in and work -- to reduce social acceptance of violence against women in six countries of South Asia.