At a glance

What's MASUM up to?

• MASUM Institute for Training in Right's Based Activism (MITRA) just completed a series of five trainings on Women's Rights, Health Rights, Right to Natural Resources, Child Rights and Training of Trainers for people associated with NGOs and CBOs all across the nation. Currently work on the Training Manual is in progress.
• A Mobile Computer Van started with the support of Convergys is visiting two villages to impart computer education to adolescent girls and to provide computer aided learning for students of two Government run schools.
• We are a part of a Campaign on Right to Choose one's partner. Along with many like minded organizations several activities have been initiated at State level to strengthen this right.
  
• "There is no Honour in Killing!", a report on the South Asian cross-border seminar on Honour Killings was released by Retd. Justice Nasir Aslam Zahid.
• Intervention against Domestic Violence -Workshop on Domestic Violence Act is being organised in collaboration with ILS Law College, Pune.
  
• Health - On-demand Health Camps are being organised in collaboration with various organisations to diagnose pre-cancerous situations for cervical cancer. Besides this, the documentation work in the health program is being streamlined through introduction of standardised and easy-to-use forms.
• Preparatory meetings have started for the next Aarogya Samvad Melava (Health Dialogue Fair) which is going to held in January 2009.
  
• Balwadi / pre-schools
• Computerisation of data entry procedure of Streedhan through use of hand held devices and e-cards.
• MASUM's website is being revamped.
• Preparation in progress for Consultation on Violence against Indigenous Women with UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women and UN Special Rapporteur on Indigenous People being organised in collaboration with Asia Pacific Forum on Women, Law and Development (APWLD) .
• We currently have three interns - Rikke from Denmark, Hannah from UK and Aida from Germany (she's studying in London though) working on various assignments.