The CFAR Youth Express
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One of the highlights of the Gender Mela was the experience sharing session that was conducted by the youth, who were manning the “CFAR Youth Express” stall. Mentors like Bijayalaxmi Nanda, Professor, Miranda College, Rakhee Bakshee, Journalist, Women Feature service and Babita, Professor, Laxmi Bai College, along with a number of college students and representatives from civil society organizations, attended the session.
During this session, members of the “CFAR Youth Express” from - Saboli Khadda, Kalyanpuri and Nangal Raya - shared their learning on the issue of violence against women during the course of the monitoring of media reports for 41 days from1st January 2016 to 10 February 2016. All the mentors and others present at the session praised the members of the “CFAR Youth Express” for collecting, analyzing and sharing the data. Some of the young people also shared their own personal experience of dealing with domestic violence. Rakhee Bakshee said that, “The insights shared by the members of the “ CFAR Youth Express” is indeed very important and very useful for all of us and it will definitely help us to find out why cases of dowry and domestic violence are being given inadequate importance by the media” She added that, developing the habit of reading newspapers every day and gaining knowledge is a very good pursuit as knowledge is power and that Women Feature Services welcomes members of the Youth Express who want to learn more about the issue and the role of communication.” |
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Meanwhile, Babita expressed her appreciation to Miranda House and other civil society organizations’ for hosting the Gender Mela and said, “Domestic Violence is happening not just in slums and poor communities but also among the middle class and the well to do We have to work together to eradicate the issues of violence against women from society.”
One of the student's said, “It is very important for women to raise their voice against any injustice or discrimination in the family or society because no one will help anyone unless we want to help ourselves. ”
A street Play on “Domestic Violence” that was performed by young people brought out their conviction and understanding of the issue and the laws that have been framed to reduce and prevent domestic violence. On popular demand the play was also performed on the second day and was watched by nearly 350 students. Many of them remarked that after watching the play they had gained a new perspective and understanding of the PWDVA 2005.
One of the student's said, “It is very important for women to raise their voice against any injustice or discrimination in the family or society because no one will help anyone unless we want to help ourselves. ”
A street Play on “Domestic Violence” that was performed by young people brought out their conviction and understanding of the issue and the laws that have been framed to reduce and prevent domestic violence. On popular demand the play was also performed on the second day and was watched by nearly 350 students. Many of them remarked that after watching the play they had gained a new perspective and understanding of the PWDVA 2005.
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