[vc_row][vc_column][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655637510{margin-top: -15px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]The UN Secretary General Ban ki Moon calls to make for 16 days of activism to combat violence against women marking the International Day to End Violence against Women on 25 November to Human Rights Day on 10 December 2013.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Highlights of the UN Public Lecture[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655285069{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Key highlights from the UN Public Lecture with Indira Jaising, Additional Solicitor General, Supreme Court of India on ending violence against women.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Nandita Das, Actor says that violence against women affects all people and that if we stand up together, we will be a less fearful and more compassionate society.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kalpana Vishwanath, Senior Adviser, Jagori on the need to address violence against women in public spaces and cities within a larger discourse of urbanization in India.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Asha Kowtal on how caste hierarchy and patriarchy intersect to perpetuate violence against women.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A new UNFPA study ‘Laws and Son Preference in India’ released by Dr. Syeda Hameed, Member, Planning Commission, examines laws and policies that inadvertently propagate a preference for sons in Indian society’.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Syeda Hameed, Member, Planning Commission on key monitorable targets in the 12th Five Year Plan that aim to improve India’s child sex ratio.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Kirti Singh, Advocate and Former Member, Law Commission of India outlines key findings from a new UNFPA study on ‘Law and Son Preference in India: A Reality Check’.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Ruth Manorama, President of the National Alliance of Women, National Convenor, National Federation of Dalit Women on violence against Dalit women.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Dr. Mary John, Senior Researcher, Centre for Women’s Development Studies on India’s declining sex ratio.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Rebecca R Tavares, Representative, UN Women’s India Multi-Country Office says we must engage with men to end violence against women and girls.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A Promise is A Promise’ is the official video of the United Nations Secretary-General’s Campaign UNiTE to End Violence against Women (November 2012). [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]A new video produced by UN Women and Partners for Prevention tells us why some men use violence against women in Asia and the Pacific, and how we can prevent it. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text][/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]This film based on the Safe Cities Programme chronicles the efforts to make New Delhi a safer city for women and improve the quality of life for all city dwellers. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text]This documentary profiles the challenges faced by Lawyers Collective and other women’s rights organizations in drafting and implementing India’s domestic violence law. UN Women supported the work on this legislation as well as the making of the documentary. Through interviews with survivors of violence and women’s activists, the documentary traces the achievements and tribulations of their long journey to justice. [/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]
[/vc_column_text][vc_separator color=”black” css=”.vc_custom_1473655625333{margin-top: -35px ;}”][vc_column_text]A public service advertisement urges local residents to take a stand against physical abuse of women in their neighbourhood. This was part of a larger campaign against domestic violence in India, in partnership with the Breakthrough Trust and the Government of India.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column][/vc_row]