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TOPIC |
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23rd and 24th April 2013 |
Workshop |
Awareness creation and capacity building of women in civil
society |
Ahmedabad, Gujarat |
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26th and 27th April 2013 |
Workshop for social activists |
Peace and Communal Harmony |
Shilpagram, Guwahati, Assam |
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May 2013 |
National Seminar |
(To be decided) |
ISI, Bangalore |
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SEMINAR ON STATE, RELIGION AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT
The Centre for Study of Society and Secularism organised
a one-day National Seminar on State, Religion and
Women’s Empowerment on 17 December 2011, in
collaboration with the Institute of Indian Culture,
Mumbai at the latter’s seminar hall in Andheri.
The Concept
 The
principle of gender equality is enshrined in the Indian
Constitution, which not only grants equality to women,
but also empowers the State to adopt measures of
positive discrimination in favor of women. Empowerment
is one of the key factors in determining the success of
development in the status and position of women in the
society; for it is the women who hold the key to
long-lasting social change in communities.
It is the society’s moral, social and constitutional
responsibility to ensure women’s progress by providing
them with equal rights and opportunities. Today women
have made substantial progress in every walk of life by
dint of their hard work and sincerity. More and more
corporate houses prefer hiring women for better and
result-oriented performance...Read
full report>>
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Two-day
Workshop on awareness creation and capacity building of
Muslim women, 1-2 December 2011, Ahmedabad.
The CSSS
organised a 2-day workshop at Pastoral Centre, St.
Xavier’s School, Indira Bridge, Ahmedabadon 1-2 December
2011 in collaboration with Ahmedabad-based
 NGOs
Janvikas Manch, Niswan, and Aman Samudaya. Mr. U. Hozefa
of Janvikas Manch acted as the coordinator.
This is the
third workshop organised in Ahmedabad since November
2010, targeting Muslim women who have suffered immensely
during the 2002 communal violence in the State. The
intention was to make sure that the Muslim families have
derived benefit from the last two workshops and made
progress in accessing the benefits available under the
PM’s new 15-point programme. Have they also picked up
the courage to face the Mullahs and Moulavis in case
they feel that the advice tendered by them is wrong and
is against the rights granted to Muslim women under the
Quran? Are they seeking the assistance of the local NGOs
for getting their problems solved? Do they still
entertain any doubts?
Read full
report>>
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Meeting on communal
violence and targeted Bill
A meeting was held by Jnana Prabodhini,
Pune on 11th December 2011 on communal
violence and targeted Bill. There were about 200 people
in the meeting. Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, Chairman,
Centre for Study of Society and Secularism explained the
background in which the bill was framed
 and
he also threw detailed lights on the purpose with the
bill i.e. to prevent communal violence, to fix
responsibility in the event of communal violence
breaking out and to determine compensation to be paid to
those who died and to work out recompense for the
properties destroyed and to ensure relief and
rehabilitation of the victims. This bill became
necessary after Gujarat riots in which Government, the
Administration and police were complicit. The
presentation was followed by number of questions and
many alleged that it was anti-Hindus bill. Dr. Engineer
tried to allay their fear and said it is neither
anti-Hindu nor anti-other community, but it is anti
those who perpetrate violence, loot and destroy and
those who provoke violence. After lunch there was
discussion as to how to ensure riot free India. In this
discussion Mr. Arvind Bal, Dr. Asghar Ali Engineer, Mr.
Mukadam, Mr. A Rajan and several others took part and
certain concrete suggestions were made. Dr. Engineer
suggested that this discussion is inadequate therefore a
separate discussion needs to be organized on this
subject.
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