WRAG Capacity Building - Information Dissemination

Information Dissemination

Information dissemination is an activity geared towards creating rights-awareness among women and girls, and building their perspective with regard to asserting such rights. Gender, law and human rights form three important components of this activity. The common topics that are covered include gender, patriarchy, women's movement, group-building, communication, health issues including food and nutrition, sexuality, reproductive health, mental health, various aspects of rights in law and human rights..

Direct Beneficiaries of Information Dissemination- Year-wise & Activity-wise

Year	2003-4	2004-5	2005-6	2006-7	2007-8	Total
Human Rights & the Law	210	480	305	2745	3005	6745
Certificate course - Women & Law	110	55	50	95	120	430
Certificate / refresher course - Hindu law / family law	10	15	25	60	95	205
Summer camp for Adolescent girls	13	32	43	52	55	195
Training camp for youth & men	5	10	22	42	44	123
Information dissemination with single women	12	18	32	38	50	150
Information dissemination on ICC	389	824	638	598	415	2864
Information dissemination for Federation	10	15	40	55	80	200
Total	759	1449	1155	3685	3864	10912

For further details, see:

Certificate Course on Women & Law
Certificate Course on Family Law / Hindu Law & Women’s Rights
Summer Camp for Adolescent Girls
Training Camp for Community Youth & Men
Information Dissemination on Muslim Family Law & Women’s Rights
Information Dissemination on International Criminal Court & India

CERTIFICATE COURSE ON WOMEN & LAW

Purposes	To create awareness of women’s rights in law, To enable women to assert their rights and access the legal system if required
Course Duration	6 Months
Frequency of Classes	Half days, Twice a month
Beneficiaries	Underprivileged women living in communities in Mumbai
Course Contents	Gender, values and principles of mahila mandals, Patriarchy, Feminism, Women’s Movement & the law, Introduction to Law, Family Law, Law related to Domestic Violence & Dowry, Right to Health, Introduction to Human Rights
Resource persons	WRAG staff and consultants
Training methods	Lecture, group activities, audio-visual, role plays
Refresher course	Conducted once a year for 2 full days
Batches completed upto December ‘07	8 batches, with total of about 430 women

CERTIFICATE COURSE ON FAMILY LAW / HINDU LAW & WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Purposes	To build the capacity of members of mahila mandals to assist Hindu women in matrimonial disputes and to have better familiarity with all family laws.
Course Duration	1 week
Frequency of Classes	Six full days
Beneficiaries	Members of mahila mandals in Mumbai
Syllabus	Marriage, Divorce, Judicial Separation, Maintenance & Alimony, Custody & Access, Matrimonial Home, Family Courts
Resource persons	WRAG staff and consultants
Training methods	Lecture, group activities, audio-visual, role plays
Refresher course	Conducted once a year for 2 full days
Batches completed upto December ‘08	5 batches, with about 205 women n

SUMMER CAMP FOR ADOLESCENT GIRLS

Short term objective	Information dissemination and perspective building in an intensive manner
Long term objective	To strengthen the capacities of adolescent girls to oppose any forms of exploitation, violence or oppression that may be meted out to them in future.
Course Duration	1 week
Frequency of Classes	Six full days
Beneficiaries	Adolescent girls living in communities
Course contents	Gender, patriarchy, feminism, introduction to law, law related to sexual assaults, dowry, domestic violence and family law, health, nutrition and mental health, personality development, creative writing, leadership skills
Resource persons	WRAG staff, consultants and external resource persons
Training methods	Lecture, group activities, audio-visual, role plays, exposure visits
Batches completed up to December ‘08	5 batches, total of above 195 girls

TRAINING CAMP FOR COMMUNITY YOUTH & MEN

Short term objective	Perspective building on women’s rights
Long term objective	Challenging the patriarchal mindset among the younger generation of men
Course Duration	1 week
Frequency of Classes	Eights to ten half days
Beneficiaries	Youth and men living in communities
Syllabus	Patriarchy, gender, equality, violence against women, masculinity and feminity, health, family planning
Resource persons	WRAG staff, consultants and external resource persons
Training methods	Lecture, group activities, audio-visual, role plays
Batches completed up to December ‘08	5 batches, with a total of approximately 123 youth and men

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON MUSLIM FAMILY LAW & WOMEN’S RIGHTS

Short term objective	Information dissemination on Muslim family law and women’s rights
Long term objective	Building the capacity of women living in communities to participate in campaign for reform of Muslim family law Ensuring that changes in law and policy take into account experiences and demands of grassroot women
Course Duration	1 year
Frequency of Classes	Half day every month
Beneficiaries	Members of the federation Hukook-e-niswan
Course contents	myths relating to women patriarchy and feminism health issues including food and nutrition, mental and reproductive health, structure of Muslim society in India, history of development of Muslim law, feminist interpretation of Quranic verses, provisions related to marriage, divorce, property rights and polygamy under Muslim law, the practice of purdah (veil), significance of standard nikahnama, and linkages between the work of mahila mandals and the Indian women’s movement
Resource persons	WRAG staff and consultants
Training methods	Lecture, group activities, games
Number of direct beneficiaries up to December ‘08	90 women

Short term objective	Information dissemination on Muslim family law and women’s rights
Long term objective	Building the capacity of women living in communities to participate in campaign for reform of Muslim family law Ensuring that changes in law and policy take into account experiences and demands of grassroot women
Course Duration	1 year
Frequency of Classes	Half day every month
Beneficiaries	Members of the federation Hukook-e-niswan
Course contents	myths relating to women patriarchy and feminism health issues including food and nutrition, mental and reproductive health, structure of Muslim society in India, history of development of Muslim law, feminist interpretation of Quranic verses, provisions related to marriage, divorce, property rights and polygamy under Muslim law, the practice of purdah (veil), significance of standard nikahnama, and linkages between the work of mahila mandals and the Indian women’s movement
Resource persons	WRAG staff and consultants
Training methods	Lecture, group activities, games
Batches completed up to December ‘08	about 200 women

INFORMATION DISSEMINATION ON INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT & INDIA

Short term objective	Information dissemination on the ICC and its relevance to India
Long term objective	To create a sound foundation for campaign, advocacy and alliance-building initiatives on the issue
Beneficiaries	lawyers, law students, academics, researchers, human rights activists, representatives of non-governmental organizations and social work students, media persons, parliamentarians
Course contents	Introduction to International Criminal Law Concepts, Principles and Historical Development Fundamentals of the ICC An Understanding of Crimes within the Jurisdiction of the ICC Geo-Politics on the ICC Violence Against Women in Special Contexts: History & Responses of the Law Gender Integration in the ICC Torture & the ICC Genocides in International History Victims & the ICC Human Rights Dimensions Transitional Justice Responses from Asia and South Asia Indian Official Responses to the ICC ICC’s Relevance to Law Reform in India Current Developments in the ICC including Cases / Situations Pending before the Court ICC-India campaign
Resource persons	WRAG staff, consultants, members of Board of Advisors of ICC-India campaign and external resource persons
Training methods	Lecture, group activities, case studies, resource kits, posters, power point presentations, film screenings
Follow Up	2 Training of Trainers programmes held in 2007 and 2009 respectively, for a total of 31 and 48 participants respectively

OTHERS: Law, human rights and gender are WRAG’s areas of expertise and information dissemination in the realm of these is done are with varied beneficiaries, particularly social activists, lawyers and college students, where WRAG staff are invited as resource persons. Information dissemination programmes are also conducted for the staff and consultants of WRAG regularly.

Information Dissemination

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