#Abhaya is committed to provide Human Rights sensitization to the 50000 college students

The #Abhaya team was super excited to meet the Kadapa women DSP Sri Katam Raju sir for a face to face knowledge transfer session on 24th July 19. This knowledge transfer session was organised as part of capacity building exercise which the Project Management feels as essential for the grass root staff to work efficiently. DSP sir shared his rich experience in dealing with the cases related to women and enlightened the team on issues related to Dowry, Domestic Violence and Tra

#Abhaya plans to provide Awareness on Human Rights to 50000 students in both Kadapa and Chittoor Districts of AP so as to make them into responsible Women Human Rights Defenders in future. So far #Abhaya has completed 120 college sensitization workshops and reached more than 15000 students in Kadapa District. Last week, our volunteers Ms.Sowmika and Ms. Bhavana, addressed 40 young adults of Aarti Village by conducting a workshop on day to day problems the girls face on the

July month has been very hectic for the team #Abhaya as the team was conducting various project related activities and addressing issues related to girls and women. The team jumped at the opportunity when they were invited to address 800 NCC cadets of 30(A) NCC Batallion on the 3rd and 20th July 2019. The first session was addressed by our founder president Ms.Sandhya during which she spoke to the cadets about the importance of developing values in life and explained how #ch

Across India, right to free thought, free speech is a luxury very few women have. The wHRDs find them selves forbidden from expressing as any views contrary to popular social mores is considered subversive and dangerous. To provide such a space to the women, where they can be for themselves #Abhaya has created spaces and have named them OPEN RESOURCE CENTERS. Our European Commission project #Abhaya has designed such spaces as Discrimination Free Zones. An ORC is a physic

#Abhaya meaning committed to protect, is a European Commission funded project, being implemented in Kadapa and Chittoor districts of Andhra Pradesh. The main objective of the project is to see that the women's rights are protected and coalitions of women’s Human Rights Defenders (wHRDs) are created and strengthened to protect the women's rights. #Abhaya also aims to provide physical, psychological and social support to the wHRDs in these districts. #Abhaya believes in being

#Abhaya Aarti VFT and WINs with financial assistance from European Commission are jointly working in Kadapa and Chittoor Districts to support, protect and empower the women Human Rights Defenders (wHRDs). This project named Abhaya - meaning "committed to protect" is being executed from Jan 2018 to June 2020. #Abhaya created 117 coalition groups (1 in each mandal), with active participation from the grass root wHRDs like ASHA, ANM, Anganwadi workers, MPVs, students, lawye