Eve-teasing

Mood on the table : Eve-teasing and how to combat it??

Held in two cafe meetings. The first Café Mohalla based on eve teasing, facilitated by one of Pravah's youngest volunteers ‘Padmaja Gungun’, began with a documentary ‘Jor se Bol’. Made in an urban slum in Mumbai, the documentary followed the stories of a number the victims of eve teasing, it explained their struggles, how they felt and eventually what they did in order to stop to it. It talked about the importance of collective action, whereby a number of people in the community all came to together to raise awareness of the issue.

The documentary was followed up by an in depth group discussion. People shared with one another their views on eve teasing and brought their own understandings and values to the table. Some people shared that they had experienced eve teasing themselves and felt that they had to remain silent about it because if their parents found out they might place restrictions on them going out for example.

During second Café Mohalla(29 Aug), facilitated by Neha Singh, we looked at the Indian constitution so that we understood the legal protection we are entitled to in the face of abuse from another person. We took this as an opportunity to look at Pravah’s own sexual harassment policy so that volunteers know that there are procedures and structures in place to protect the wellbeing of all of those who come into contact with Pravah itself.

Reflection : Eve teasing is indeed a sensitive topic, but important in the fact that it affects so many people, young and old. It was useful for the group to explore what constitutes eve teasing and where the boundary lies between joking or even ‘flirting’ and where certain remarks can become aggressive and offensive. It was a rare opportunity to tackle a topic which is in danger of getting brushed under the carpet and being allowed to continue.

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Play Peace

Mood on the table : Discussing Communal Harmony

Film Screening of ‘Play Peace’ which documented a community project that took place in Gujarat in the aftermath of the communal riots 2002. A member of the community decided to begin a project which would attempt to open up channels of communication once more though using cricket. The film spoke powerfully about the participant’s personal journeys through this time and how they came to break harmful stereotypes that they had held, repair strained friendships and begin making inroads to building up tolerance and harmony in their community once more.

Cafe Mohalla Opening!!

A Youth Cafe with a difference ! A Cafe which opens Saturday, every two weeks at our office in Bapu Nagar.

A warm and welcoming meeting place for young people to come and develop their idea related to citizenship action. A place where you're likely to meet like-minded individuals, make new friends and learn about how you can make a difference.

Also, whilst you’re here why not have a bite to eat from the "Pravah kitchen!” based on concept of organic, healthy food (obviously delicious).

A place where you do not pay... but "SHARE"..share their ideas, resources, skills, knowledge etc... be it a raw material, utensils, or small donations... u can also contribute in cooking, serving, cleaning and whatever u want...

A wide range of events such as film screenings, group discussions, interactive games and various arts based activities in pipeline for coming cafe-meetings..

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