18 Feb 2019

17 February 2019
February 18, 2019
19 Feb 2019
February 26, 2019
51th       
The students and faculty members of Dronacharya College, #Kurukshetra were the attendees of today’s #DignityMarch event. The #survivors narrated their testimonies and the team presented the theme #song. Here’s a quick #recap of the #DignityMarch event in Devgadh Baria, #Gujarat, where they were greeted by organisations who work across the district on various issues pertaining to the #rights of #women. The #survivors from the Yatra shared their experiences of #sexualviolence with songs and plays that depicted the culture of violence in Gujarat. A quick glance of the #DignityMarch event in Ahmedabad, organised by HRDC and NCDHR. Here, along with the #survivors from the Yatra, the speakers spoke about how the Yatra has provided a different representation of adivasi, Dalit & Muslim women and how #rape perpetrators should be sentenced a faster death Show your #support for lakhs of #women & #child survivors with a missed call on 7822001155. #ShameToSupport

Gallery

Expected Outcomes:

  • 1. Create an environment to end victim shaming in 24 states and 200 districts.

  • 2. More than 50,000 survivors of rape and sexual abuse feel motivated and confident to continue their fight to claim justice, relief and rehabilitation.

  • 3. Create a network of support and solidarity between victims, families, stakeholders.

  • 4. Public initiatives for justice and rehabilitation for survivors.

  • 5. Reform for a comprehensive socio-medico-legal relief and rehabilitation of Survivors’ in the policies.

Key strategies:

  • 1. Building a National Network of Survivors, family members and other stakeholders across 200 districts and 24 states/UTs and 200 districts across the country.

  • 2. Triggering Dialogue with the Socio-Medico-Legal support system, to enhance their capacity to deal with issues of rape and sexual violence.

  • 3. Policy Engagement at local, state and national level for effective implementation of protocols, improved budget allocation and developing and monitoring the system towards a comprehensive approach to address sexual violence against women and children.

  • 4. Public Engagement by getting the attention of media to do comprehensive reportage of issues related to rape and sexual violence.

Activities:

  • 1. Meetings with the survivors, their families and the larger community: To trigger conversations around rape, sexual violence, child sexual abuse, commercial sexual exploitation of children and trafficking meetings will be conducted with the survivors, their families and the larger community in 200 districts across the country.

  • 2. State-level stakeholders meetings: 24 state-level meetings will be held with different stakeholders to sensitize them on issue of rape and sexual violence. These will culminate in a set of recommendations for better implementation and monitoring of law and policies.

  • 3. Awareness and sensitization programmes: To be held in different locations with students, lawyers and medical professionals highlighting the challenges and gaps they face daily and dealing with issue of rape and sexual violence.

  • 4. Survivors’ Convention at the State-level: Convention of survivors will be organised to discuss patterns in cases related to violence against women and children and to provide immediate legal assistance and guidance.

  • 5. Resource material: Distribution of resource material targeted at different stakeholders to help deal with issue of violence against women and children. The aim is to spread awareness and equip different stakeholders with updated protocols, guidelines, government policies, law and schemes, toll free helpline numbers and short videos and posters talking about their roles and responsibility in dealing with case of rape and sexual violence.