A display that focuses on women's rights

Viewers glance at the treasure trove of materials on women's rights

This display was a part of the recent programme jointly organised by Yukta, an information communication material development publication, and British Council. This special programme included workshops and a cultural programme. Also on display were about 500 materials on women's rights and repression against women that have been published, printed and produced so far by different government organisations and NGOs. The aim of the programme was to find out the effectiveness, dissemination and the impact of these publication and activities on women's rights. The organisation also wants to create an anthology on the issue.

In the two-day programme there was a workshop containing three dialogues on Role of communication materials in realising women rights, Review of materials and exchange of views by participating organisations and effective material development and dissemination of information. The members of 60 organisations participated in the book and other material display. Among the participating groups, there was only one government organisation of the Department of Women's Affairs named Food Securities for Vulnerable Group Development with their materials. Among the other organisations, many NGOs participated with their materials on women's rights such as posters, books, magazines, leaflets, policy documents and audio-visual materials.

A high point of the two day- programme was a cultural show. The participating organisations performed folk dances, folk and modern songs and small skits projecting women's rights and the repression against women. The Centre for Asian Theatre (CAT) performed skits on dowry, acid violence and other forms of violence against women. The programme ended on Tuesday last.