Youth Engagement Pack of the BIG ONE
Leadership, education, and eco-literacy at the Big One event
The Youth Engagement group is one of the 4 themed solution committees working collaboratively to determine what will berepresented andpresented in our Big One “Theme Solution Tent”. Located in the "Village of Solutions" will be the 5 large tents that represent each of the 5 themed solution committees. Surrounding each of the 5 large themed tents will be i ...learn more
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Asmita works towards bringing about a socio- economic transformation by bridging gender inequalities; provides legal aid counselling, access to health care to women, training modules and programmes on gender, health, law, development and cultural action.
Asmita the the nodal agency for a UNESCAP NGO project to disseminate the PFA widely in India;a focal point of the National Alliance of Women;the lead agency for Women's Programmes of the Aisa South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education.
Asmita houses the National Secretariat of the Indian Association for Women's Studies. We have been active in the area of women's political participation. Our first involvement as a group was in the anti arrack struggle.
In recognition of the political significance of the Anti Arrack Struggle as the largest spontaneous uprising of women since the Telangana Armed Struggle, we documented this struggle and published a book length report in Telugu, Saramsam.While the contradictions and questions arising out of this movement were many, we attempted to place the struggle in its historical context and sift the voices of rural women from the voices and concerns of the middle class leadership and articulate their concerns which were socio economic rather than moral.
As part of NAWO campaigns, Asmita has been involved in advocacy and campaigns at the national level, at the state level, we have brought together elected representatives of local bodies for training and planning of campaigns . At the South Asian regional level, we have been part of an international research project on Women and Governance, co - ordinated by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies Sri Lanka.
Vision
To create a space for women to come together
To provide a context for critical dialogue and reflection
To facilitate feminist analysis and action on critical issues
To provide resources to women in need
Mission
Asmita seeks to build a social order which empowers women
Supports the growth of self-esteem and self-confidence
Interprets tradition and culture in ways that strengthen and empower women
Gender Violence has been a critical focus of our campaigns
The Gender Violence Conference in1992, our first major campaign, drew 2000 women from women's groups and NGO's across the state. The slogan for the conference was Women's Rights are Human rights and this was planned as a part of the Centre for Women's Global Leadership Campaign on "16 days of Activism on Violence Against Women.' The conference raised several issues related to dalit politics, human rights, child marriage, prostitution and violence. The conference began with the lighting of a series of candles to remember women who had survived violence.
We have since conducted campaigns on violence against women every year. The most significant of these was a rally of twelve thousand women from across the state in July, 1996 demanding prohibition and food security.
Our work in the area of health has been a priority. Starting with the year long Self Help in Health Programme in 1993 that led to the publication of Na Shariram Nadhi by Sabala and Kranthi, we have since trained several groups of Traditional Birth Attendants form predominantly rural areas on support during pregnancy and safe childbirth. Our effort has been to document the experiences and skills of these women , that can then form the basis of future training.
The publication of Sarihaddulu Leni Sandhyalu (Twilight without Boundaries) has places feminist theory and women's studies in the forefront of discussion. The first theoretical text in Women's Studies in Telugu, it provides a background to movements and emphasises the presence of rigorous feminist theory in Andhra.
Asmita held, The Summer School in Women's studies, the first month long residential programme in Women's Studies. This Programme drew participation from research students of different disciplines from universities across South India. The fifteen volume reading kit has since been distributed to over thirty centres across the country.
Asmita is planning and facilitating the formation of Sexual harassment Committees in various government departments as well as non governmental organisations, consequent to the 1997 Supreme Court Judgement on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.
We strive to build a cadre of young women who :
are capable, efficient and feminist in perspective
can articulate issues of justice and equality in their environments
can oppose violence and corruption, with visions of an alternative
We work to raise awareness of gender issues at all levels - media, academia and service sectors - to make them more effective and enabling for women in need. Our work foregrounds gender in all public discourse - literary, cultural, political and development.
Cutting across various sectors, we work in the areas of
Women's writing and censorship
self help and women's health
women's struggles
governance and political participation
peace
We also provide
Legal aid, health care, micro credit for urban and rural poor, training for grassroots organisations
Our training interventions
Our objective in training at this level are to create an awareness of women's rights as human rights and to provide a degree of legal literacy. Our training included a political awareness and voter education component that helps women assert their rights and makes demands of the state and local bodies. A health component makes women more aware of their rights vis a vis the health care system and themselves as more than merely reproductive beings. We aim to create a holistic and empowered view of the individual giving her a greater bargaining power in her day to day life.
The training objectives vary depending on the needs of the group. With men the attempt is to break some of the ingrained bias. with adolescent girls we try to explore their aspirations and needs and attempt to direct their thinking towards skills, career, community work and health. With adult women our attempt is to dialogue on issues that concern them and build capacity.
The content of the training includes
Violence
value of house work and child care
health
girl child rights
legal literacy
fundamental and human rights
development schemes and programmes
workers rights
strategies for organising
Our work in the cultural field includes
critical interventions in creative writing
street theatre on current issues
production and dissemination of audio cassettes of women's songs in Telugu
organising mushairas of Urdu women writers
sponsoring photo and art exhibitions rooted in people's lives
Our Women Writer's Workshops bring together a range of women engages in creative writing in Telugu and Urdu. The first workshop held in 1992, resulted in the publications of the first ever anthology of contemporary feminist poetry in Telugu, Neeli Meghalu ( Blue Skies) Our interaction with women writers has led to a collaborative study with women's WORLD on various forms of gender based censorship that women writers face.
Our media interventions include articles, press, conferences, panel discussions on television on current debates. We have also appealed to the press Council of India, with success, to ensure that newspapers adhere to norms that do not derogate women's right to dignity and integrity.
Jatras are our main form of outreach to neo and non - literate women. We have designed simple audio visual material on critical themes such as violence, human rights, women's rights, reproductive rights and rights of the girl child. We use the jatras to publicise the Beijing platform for Action and CEDAW.
Our campaigns and networking are our greatest strengths. Asmita has, over the years, become a centre of information on local, national, regional and international campaigns and provides information on women's groups and human rights groups across the world.
Asmita the the nodal agency for a UNESCAP NGO project to disseminate the PFA widely in India;a focal point of the National Alliance of Women;the lead agency for Women's Programmes of the Aisa South Pacific Bureau of Adult Education.
Asmita houses the National Secretariat of the Indian Association for Women's Studies. We have been active in the area of women's political participation. Our first involvement as a group was in the anti arrack struggle.
In recognition of the political significance of the Anti Arrack Struggle as the largest spontaneous uprising of women since the Telangana Armed Struggle, we documented this struggle and published a book length report in Telugu, Saramsam.While the contradictions and questions arising out of this movement were many, we attempted to place the struggle in its historical context and sift the voices of rural women from the voices and concerns of the middle class leadership and articulate their concerns which were socio economic rather than moral.
As part of NAWO campaigns, Asmita has been involved in advocacy and campaigns at the national level, at the state level, we have brought together elected representatives of local bodies for training and planning of campaigns . At the South Asian regional level, we have been part of an international research project on Women and Governance, co - ordinated by the International Centre for Ethnic Studies Sri Lanka.
Vision
To create a space for women to come together
To provide a context for critical dialogue and reflection
To facilitate feminist analysis and action on critical issues
To provide resources to women in need
Mission
Asmita seeks to build a social order which empowers women
Supports the growth of self-esteem and self-confidence
Interprets tradition and culture in ways that strengthen and empower women
Gender Violence has been a critical focus of our campaigns
The Gender Violence Conference in1992, our first major campaign, drew 2000 women from women's groups and NGO's across the state. The slogan for the conference was Women's Rights are Human rights and this was planned as a part of the Centre for Women's Global Leadership Campaign on "16 days of Activism on Violence Against Women.' The conference raised several issues related to dalit politics, human rights, child marriage, prostitution and violence. The conference began with the lighting of a series of candles to remember women who had survived violence.
We have since conducted campaigns on violence against women every year. The most significant of these was a rally of twelve thousand women from across the state in July, 1996 demanding prohibition and food security.
Our work in the area of health has been a priority. Starting with the year long Self Help in Health Programme in 1993 that led to the publication of Na Shariram Nadhi by Sabala and Kranthi, we have since trained several groups of Traditional Birth Attendants form predominantly rural areas on support during pregnancy and safe childbirth. Our effort has been to document the experiences and skills of these women , that can then form the basis of future training.
The publication of Sarihaddulu Leni Sandhyalu (Twilight without Boundaries) has places feminist theory and women's studies in the forefront of discussion. The first theoretical text in Women's Studies in Telugu, it provides a background to movements and emphasises the presence of rigorous feminist theory in Andhra.
Asmita held, The Summer School in Women's studies, the first month long residential programme in Women's Studies. This Programme drew participation from research students of different disciplines from universities across South India. The fifteen volume reading kit has since been distributed to over thirty centres across the country.
Asmita is planning and facilitating the formation of Sexual harassment Committees in various government departments as well as non governmental organisations, consequent to the 1997 Supreme Court Judgement on Sexual Harassment in the Workplace.
We strive to build a cadre of young women who :
are capable, efficient and feminist in perspective
can articulate issues of justice and equality in their environments
can oppose violence and corruption, with visions of an alternative
We work to raise awareness of gender issues at all levels - media, academia and service sectors - to make them more effective and enabling for women in need. Our work foregrounds gender in all public discourse - literary, cultural, political and development.
Cutting across various sectors, we work in the areas of
Women's writing and censorship
self help and women's health
women's struggles
governance and political participation
peace
We also provide
Legal aid, health care, micro credit for urban and rural poor, training for grassroots organisations
Our training interventions
Our objective in training at this level are to create an awareness of women's rights as human rights and to provide a degree of legal literacy. Our training included a political awareness and voter education component that helps women assert their rights and makes demands of the state and local bodies. A health component makes women more aware of their rights vis a vis the health care system and themselves as more than merely reproductive beings. We aim to create a holistic and empowered view of the individual giving her a greater bargaining power in her day to day life.
The training objectives vary depending on the needs of the group. With men the attempt is to break some of the ingrained bias. with adolescent girls we try to explore their aspirations and needs and attempt to direct their thinking towards skills, career, community work and health. With adult women our attempt is to dialogue on issues that concern them and build capacity.
The content of the training includes
Violence
value of house work and child care
health
girl child rights
legal literacy
fundamental and human rights
development schemes and programmes
workers rights
strategies for organising
Our work in the cultural field includes
critical interventions in creative writing
street theatre on current issues
production and dissemination of audio cassettes of women's songs in Telugu
organising mushairas of Urdu women writers
sponsoring photo and art exhibitions rooted in people's lives
Our Women Writer's Workshops bring together a range of women engages in creative writing in Telugu and Urdu. The first workshop held in 1992, resulted in the publications of the first ever anthology of contemporary feminist poetry in Telugu, Neeli Meghalu ( Blue Skies) Our interaction with women writers has led to a collaborative study with women's WORLD on various forms of gender based censorship that women writers face.
Our media interventions include articles, press, conferences, panel discussions on television on current debates. We have also appealed to the press Council of India, with success, to ensure that newspapers adhere to norms that do not derogate women's right to dignity and integrity.
Jatras are our main form of outreach to neo and non - literate women. We have designed simple audio visual material on critical themes such as violence, human rights, women's rights, reproductive rights and rights of the girl child. We use the jatras to publicise the Beijing platform for Action and CEDAW.
Our campaigns and networking are our greatest strengths. Asmita has, over the years, become a centre of information on local, national, regional and international campaigns and provides information on women's groups and human rights groups across the world.
