Second Decade Celebrations of Centre for Social Research

Smt. Sheila Dixit, Hon'ble Chief Minister lighting the lamp to inaugurate the function

We have completed two decades of a meaningful and satisfying journey and celebrated and shared these glorious moments with our community women who came from all over India at Delhi Haat from 26th-28th September. The Hon’ble Chief Minster of Delhi Smt. Sheila Dixit inaugurated the event. Addressing the gathering she said that continuous efforts are needed to get complete empowerment of women. Ms. Chandni Joshi, Representative of UNIFEM, Dr. Veena Jha from UNCTAD and Ms. Geeta Hariharan, a renowned writer were also present on this occasion. Ms. Hariharan said that there is a need to rewrite the stories related to women for their positive portrayal.In this occasion the Chief Minister released the hindi version of the Map 'Women in Distress: What to do, Where to go?' (Mahilayon par Hinsa ho to kya karen aur kahan jayen?) brought out by CSR with the support of UNIFEM.

Smt. Sheila Dixit looking at the Map

On 27th of September, first session was organized on ‘HIV/AIDS and other issues confronting adolescents’ and ‘Rights to Property’. Ms Anjali Gopalan, CEO of Naz Foundation and Sadhana Rawat from NACO and Ms Meenakshi Lekhi a prominent Lawyer of High Court addressed the gathering. Ms. Gopalan stressed that the issue of AIDS should be dealt with as a national crisis. Ms Rawat shared the information on initiatives taken by NACO to cover adolescents in HIV/AIDS progrmmes. The star attraction of the programme was community theatre/play conducted by JAGRAN, an NGO working for the last 35 years on different social issues. The theme of the play was AIDS and trafficking. It had a deep impact on the gathering.

From left to right- Ms. Anjana Roy, Dr. Ranjana Kumari, Ms. Anjali Gopalan, Ms. Sadhana Rout and Ms. Lekhi on the dias

The theme for the last day’s programme was ‘Political Empowerment and Violence against women’. The chief guest for the day was Ms. Mridula Sinha, a famous writer of Hindi Literature and currently the Chairperson of Central Social Welfare Board. She opined that literature could play a pivotal role in the empowerment of women. Mr. Farooquee related the violence and its impact on society in a very detailed and analytical way. Ms. Vasudha Digambar, Director of MARG was also present on the occasion. Ms. Suman Krishnkant a renowned social worker and President of Mahila Dakshata Samiti highlighted the issue of insensitivity of hospital in dealing with rape cases and other crimes against women.

Mr. Farooqi. Ms.Suman Krishnkant, Ms. Mridula Sinha, Ms.Vasudha Dhagamwar and Dr. Ranjana Kumari (from left to right)

People viewing the photo gallery