Community life competence2024-03-29T12:52:27ZShraddha Chigaterihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ShraddhaChigaterihttps://storage.ning.com/topology/rest/1.0/file/get/2545980304?profile=original&xn_version=202403260758&width=48&height=48&crop=1%3A1&xj_user_default=1https://aidscompetence.ning.com/group/againstgenderbasedviolence/forum/topic/listForContributor?user=1u2x0ywh5zev0&feed=yes&xn_auth=noInternational Firm for baseline gender Program in Burundi (French)tag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2014-01-23:2028109:Topic:1299512014-01-23T14:54:03.182ZShraddha Chigaterihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ShraddhaChigateri
<p>Does someone know a firm of consultants that could respond to this appeal from Burundi?</p>
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<p>Eric Uwintwaza.</p>
<p>Does someone know a firm of consultants that could respond to this appeal from Burundi?</p>
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<p>Eric Uwintwaza.</p> Experiences of community response to sexual assualt/rapetag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2013-10-02:2028109:Topic:1272792013-10-02T16:11:32.081ZShraddha Chigaterihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ShraddhaChigateri
<p>We have had some discussion in this group on sexual assault and rape triggered by a video shared by Tapati Dutta. Even after fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi in Dec triggered an uproar, conservative groups continued to suggest that somehow women were asking for it - by dressing provocatively, staying out late at night and daring to have male friends. Now a Bollywood actress is taking on the issue in a cheeky video…</p>
<p>We have had some discussion in this group on sexual assault and rape triggered by a video shared by Tapati Dutta. Even after fatal gang rape of a young woman in New Delhi in Dec triggered an uproar, conservative groups continued to suggest that somehow women were asking for it - by dressing provocatively, staying out late at night and daring to have male friends. Now a Bollywood actress is taking on the issue in a cheeky video<span class="font-size-2" style="font-family: tahoma,arial,helvetica,sans-serif;"> <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YILiCauhO8" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YILiCauhO8</a> </span></p>
<p>Irit commented...<em>Suggesting that women are 'asking' to be abused, by wearing such & such clothes, is a terrible insolence that only men can invent. The fact is that : very modest women are raped ; young girls & even toddlers, who do not know right and wrong are raped ; old women who are not even attractive are raped. Means - women ARE raped by men, no matter what. the video itself - I don't like it at all. I do not believe making fun of the subject (even with a good intention) serves the purpose.</em></p>
<p>I realised that if we could find some experiences where communities are taking action and share widely so that communities learn from each other and it gives them energy and hope to take action in their own setting. I request the group to share any such experiences.</p>
<p>Thanks<br/> Rituu</p> Man Down video by Rihanna - in revenge for being raped she goes after he abuser and shoots him in publictag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-06-07:2028109:Topic:537352011-06-07T14:58:25.095ZShraddha Chigaterihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ShraddhaChigateri
<p>Not sure how much public out cry this is getting in your country/ region but quite a few persons and groups are asking that Rihanna's new song "Man Down" be banned for fear it causing women and girls to retaliate against their abusers (sexual) by turning to extreme violence... be interested to hear thoughts on this</p>
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<p>Not sure how much public out cry this is getting in your country/ region but quite a few persons and groups are asking that Rihanna's new song "Man Down" be banned for fear it causing women and girls to retaliate against their abusers (sexual) by turning to extreme violence... be interested to hear thoughts on this</p>
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The Movie "ENOUGH" starring Jennifer Lopez highlighted the fact that many Women will continue to die unless they are willing to "fight" for their lives like I did! I live because I fought "valiantly" for my life and I intend to keep fighting for my life for as long as I live! Get up, Stand up! Stand up for your Rights and Don't give up the fight!--Jah Rastafari!!!!
The Movie "ENOUGH" starring Jennifer Lopez highlighted the fact that many Women will continue to die unless they are willing to "fight" for their lives like I did! I live because I fought "valiantly" for my life and I intend to keep fighting for my life for as long as I live! Get up, Stand up! Stand up for your Rights and Don't give up the fight!--Jah Rastafari!!!! Make Every Woman Count - Avnish Jolly, Chandigarh, Indiatag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-01-29:2028109:Topic:354382011-01-29T02:59:31.048ZShraddha Chigaterihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ShraddhaChigateri
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<div>A One day workshop on “Single Women” has been organized by Voluntary Health Association of Punjab (VHAP), Chandigarh at Indra Holiday Home, Sector 24, Chandigarh on 28-1-2011. In this workshop “Single Women” from various categories came from all over the State of Punjab. One of the objectives of advocacy meeting is to establish the identity of the…</div>
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<div>A One day workshop on “Single Women” has been organized by Voluntary Health Association of Punjab (VHAP), Chandigarh at Indra Holiday Home, Sector 24, Chandigarh on 28-1-2011. In this workshop “Single Women” from various categories came from all over the State of Punjab. One of the objectives of advocacy meeting is to establish the identity of the single women at the national and the international level and represent their issues. They aim to develop leadership of single women at the national level and bring about a change in the societal and political perspective regarding single women. The Six representatives came from “Ekal Nari Shakti Sangathan, Himachal Pradesh” and share their experiences gain in Himachal Pradesh towards the Single Women of Punjab State. After that everyone introduce their experiences or problems faced by them as “Single Women” during the session.</div>
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<div>I hope this advocacy meeting represent the voices of these single women and help the nation and the government realise their problems. For single women in India, customs and traditions take away their right to live a life of dignity and respect after they become single. Worse, they become economically weak. Government schemes and policies generally ignore the separated and divorced women leaving them to fend for themselves. According to the 2001 census, nearly 7.4 per cent of women are "single". This includes widows and divorced or separated women but not women who have never been married. This number will further increase when the "customarily" separated women and those whose husbands have gone missing is added. While interacting with HIV + women at the workshop the fact that they became single, is that now they are living with HIV/AIDS. They are trying to give meaning to their lives and also to lives of those who are going through the same travails. A big problem with these women is that they do not get financial support. Moreover, they are not accepted anywhere after they become single, even by their own family. It is not their fault that they are single. During the interaction they advocate that the government may work on the policies on poor single HIV + women, provide them free of cost medical aid and also help them financially, especially those who have to look after their children all by themselves.</div>
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<div>Ms. Nirmal Chandel, representative of Ekal Nari Shakti Sangathan, expressed her views regarding challenges faced by as Single Women in Himachal. She told that in Himachal we were fighting since last sixteen years on this issue. Now at this stage we have got Rights from Government of Himachal Pradesh. Now Widow of Himachal Pradesh get Widow Pension amounting of Rs. 300/- instead of Rs. 200/-. She told that Ekal Nari Shakti Sangthan have also represented demand charter in front of Chief Minister of Himachal Pradesh.</div>
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<div> Some of the Single Women also raised the question that Govt. has declared to provide assistance of that farmer widow who has been affected due to suicide taken by their husband since 2007, but there is no action taken by Government. Well, women are the heart of development. If we don’t pay attention to them, we are not going to make any gains on poverty reduction because it is women who bring major social and economic benefits to their families and communities. In order to make progress on the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), and indeed just in terms of human rights, precisely HIV+ Women in society are not valued.</div>
<div><br/>"Men don't carry condoms in their pockets. And even if he has one, he won't use it... When he wants to do it, he just tells me to come aside."</div>
<div><br/>"How can you tell him to use a condom if you are pregnant?" and "When I am using a contraceptive, there is no need for my husband to use anything."</div>
<div><br/>Voices of women in the Workshop at Chandigarh, but they could be from anywhere in this country of 1 billion people. For millions of Indian women, sexual intercourse is not a question of choice but rather one of survival and duty. Married before she has grown beyond adolescence, her fertility and her relationship to her husband are often the source of an Indian woman's social identity.</div>
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<div>Most Indians refuse to believe that heterosexual transmission accounts for 80 percent of infections in India. The virus has expanded the boundaries of high-risk groups to include adolescent girls (married and single); married women of reproductive age; sexually active single women; sex workers; college and university students; pregnant women; and women survivors of sexual abuse and rape. Women constitute 25 percent of known AIDS cases in the country, according to NACO. Data indicate that seven of 10 women affected by HIV are from poor rural and poor urban communities. Women with HIV are subjected to various forms of violence and discrimination based on gender. They could be refused shelter, denied a share of household property, refused access to treatment and care, or blamed for a husband's HIV diagnosis.</div>
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<div>"When my in-laws got to know about my husband's HIV status they immediately blamed me for giving him the infection," said a 29-year-old woman.</div>
<div><br/>Perhaps the most conspicuous context for HIV/AIDS-related discrimination, stigmatization, and denial is the health care sector in India, whether public or private.</div>
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<div>As noted by Facing the Challenge, many infected people trace some of their AIDS-related fear, anxiety, and denial to their traumatic experiences in health care settings. While a doctor is sworn to notify only the patient of his or her status, the confidentiality of HIV test reports appears to be strictly observed only for the educated and the relatively well-off.</div>
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<div>There seems to be no concern at all on the doctor's part that often the relationship most strained by HIV is that between a woman and her parents-in-law. While a woman is expected to care for her husband through his illness, as a widow, she can expect no help from her in-laws.</div>
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<div><br/>After lunch, the participants of the Workshop have been divided into four groups to discuss their day today problems i.e. their needs, low widow pension, No employment for Single Women, No earning by Single Women, HIV effected Widow, Violence during Work or domestic violence and their expectations of special budgeting provision for Single Women from the side of government etc.</div>
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<div>At the end of the workshop all Single Women given their views that we can made our own “AKAL NARI SHAKTI SANGATHAN OF PUNJAB” very soon and also raise this major issue at village level, Block Level, District Level and State level, through Association of Single Women. They also suggested that now “Single Women” wants their Rights from the Government.</div>
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<br/> Female foeticide: No legal action against 29 sealed ultrasound centrestag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-01-24:2028109:Topic:353742011-01-24T14:04:47.737ZShraddha Chigaterihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ShraddhaChigateri
<div><h1><span class="arttle">Female foeticide: No legal action against 29 sealed ultrasound centres</span></h1>
<span class="byline">TNN, Jan 20, 2011, 09.34pm IST</span></div>
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<span class="byline">TNN, Jan 20, 2011, 09.34pm IST</span></div>
<div style="padding-left: 3px;"><div id="commntData"><span id="advenueINTEXT"></span><div id="storydiv" class="storydiv" style="display: block;"><span id="advenueINTEXT"></span><div class="Normal"><span id="advenueINTEXT">KANPUR: At a time when the count had come down from 869 females to 1,000 males in 2001 and further down to 557 in 2008 due to rampant female foeticide, the district administration had fail to implement the Preconception and <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Prenatal%20Diagnostic%20Techniques%20Act">Prenatal Diagnostic Techniques Act</a>, (Prohibition of sex determination) 1994. <br/><br/> No legal action has been taken against the 29 ultrasound centres which were sealed in April 2010. However, the reports prepared by the advisory committee has been submitted to the district magistrate. The issue came to light during a seminar organised by district health authority (DAC). <br/><br/> Legal adviser of DAC Manish Kumar Sharma, who was present in the seminar on `Female foeticide' spoke about the reports submitted to the DM. "The reports were submitted a few months ago but no action has been taken by the officials. No case has been filed against the genetic counselling centres for violating the norms," said Sharma. <br/><br/> The district administration launched a drive against the genetic counselling centres violating the provision of PCPNDT Act. As many as 67 out of 192 ultrasound centres in the city were served show cause notice in March. As many as 29 centres that had not responded to the notice and failed to explain the stand lost the licence on April 21 on the orders of former district magistrate <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Amrit%20Abhijaat">Amrit Abhijaat</a>. <br/><br/> Notably, 17 ultrasound machines were sealed due to faults in `Form f' to specify the purpose behind ultrasound test during pregnancy. While the proprietors of the remaining nine centres gave an unsatisfactory response. <br/><br/> Significantly, the district administration had sufficient evidence to register cases against the ultrasound centre. It may be due to political clout or links of the offenders with `higher ups' that no legal action has been taken against the genetic counselling centre. <br/><br/> Neelam Singh from Lucknow said: "The rapid pace with which the genetic counselling centres have increased in the city has drastically affected the <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=child%20sex%20ratio">child sex ratio</a>. The mushrooming of ultrasound centres in the state has led to the dip in the number of female births." <br/><br/> There are 3,835 registered ultrasound clinics in 71 districts of the state, of which 172 are run by government and more than 3,000 are in the private sector. Shockingly, around 2,283 private centres were found to be run by untrained professionals and 11 by Ayurvedic and homeopathic doctors. <br/><br/> Chief medical officer <a href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/topic/search?q=Ashok%20Mishra">Ashok Mishra</a> and other doctors spoke on how to check rising cases of female foeticide.</span></div>
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<br/>Read more: <a style="color: #003399;" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Female-foeticide-No-legal-action-against-29-sealed-ultrasound-centres/articleshow/7328167.cms#ixzz1BxfhLTBT">Female foeticide: No legal action against 29 sealed ultrasound centres - The Times of India</a> <a style="color: #003399;" href="http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Female-foeticide-No-legal-action-against-29-sealed-ultrasound-centres/articleshow/7328167.cms#ixzz1BxfhLTBT">http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/kanpur/Female-foeticide-No-legal-action-against-29-sealed-ultrasound-centres/articleshow/7328167.cms#ixzz1BxfhLTBT</a> Crimes against women rising in New Delhi - reporttag:aidscompetence.ning.com,2011-01-23:2028109:Topic:352542011-01-23T16:57:45.731ZShraddha Chigaterihttps://aidscompetence.ning.com/profile/ShraddhaChigateri
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<p><span class="focusParagraph"><span class="articleLocation">NEW DELHI</span> (Reuters) - <strong>Crimes against women in New Delhi soared last year with a rape reported every day on average, local media said on Friday citing data released by police.</strong></span></p>
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<p>The number of rape cases reported in the Indian capital went up to 489 last year, up from 459 in 2009, while cases of molestation rose by a tenth to 585.</p>
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<p>The crime rate is expected to go up in 2010 with police encouraging higher registration of cases, Delhi Police chief B.K. Gupta was quoted as saying by the daily.</p>
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<div><p id="p-tag">New Delhi: <strong>There has been a rise in crimes against women in India, with the national capital recording nearly 25 per cent of all rape cases, reveals data by the National Crime Records Bureau for the year 2009.</strong></p>
<p id="p-tag">As compared to 2008, there was a rise of 4.1 per cent in the number of crimes against women in the country. In 2008, a total of 195,856 cases were reported. This rose to 203,804 in 2009.</p>
<p id="p-tag"><strong>Crimes against women include rape, kidnapping and abduction, dowry death, torture, molestation, sexual harassment, importation of girls, immoral traffic and indecent representation of women.</strong></p>
<p id="p-tag"><strong>Delhi accounted for nearly a quarter of all rape cases registered in the country.</strong> According to the NCRB, 23.8 per cent of all rape cases were registered here.</p>
<p id="p-tag">Also, <strong>38.9 per cent of kidnapping and abduction cases, 15.2 per cent of dowry deaths and 14.1 per cent of molestation cases among 35 cities in India have been reported in Delhi.</strong></p>
<p id="p-tag">While the total number of cases of crimes against women had seen a rise in 2009, there was a drop in certain cases. For instance, as compared to 2008, in 2009 there was a drop of three percent in rape cases, 4.2 per cent in molestation cases, 9.9 per cent in sexual harassment cases and 17.6 per cent in indecent representation of women.</p>
<p>(source- <a href="http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/crimes-against-women-rise-25-cent-rapes-delhi-150">http://www.deccanchronicle.com/national/crimes-against-women-rise-25-cent-rapes-delhi-150</a>)</p>
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