From Kamla Bhasin – OBR South Asia Regional Coordinator: DELHI RISING: Joint Women’s Program, Delhi RISING against vaw and children. Miranda College students joined them and performed a street theater. Most inspiring. Many programs taking place in different areas. The Big event of OBR Delhi will take place on 10…

Last week, Azad Foundation organised OBR events in Jahangirpuri, Delhi and in Tangra, Kolkata. In Delhi, the event commenced with a rally in which Azad trainees, women leaders and young men raised slogans to promote women joining non-traditional livelihoods, and end violence against women. Asmita Theatre Group performed a street…

Last January 19th, as part of the OBR campaign, Jagori Grameen organised the event titled Jashn-e-Samvidhan Jashn-e-Kisan (celebrate constitution- celebrate the farmers) 650 women and men farmers gathered in Shahpur to celebrate farmers and their rights enshrined in the Constitution. The farmers and speakers in unison spoke about the disastrous…

By Kamla Bhasin (South Asia OBR regional coordinator) I am delighted to share photos and some information about a brilliant, energetic One Billion Rising event in the City Hall of Lohardaga town, 80 kms from Ranchi, India. About 2800 women, men, girls and boys participated. Many local NGOs, schools, colleges,…

OBR India Coordinators Abha & Aditi have shared the December newsletter for the 2018 campaign of solidarity.

We are happy to share with all of you the OBR-India newsletter for November 2017. The month of November has been busy with various states organising preparatory meetings, many launching OBR and others organising events in light of the 16 Days of Activism for Violence Against Women. The OBR-2018 campaign…

    Sangat Core Group Members with participants of 22nd Sangat Month Long Course at the South Asia launch of OBR 2018 in Nepal The Launch   Kathmandu, Nepal  On 2 September, 2017 Nepali civil society and Sangat organized the launch of One Billion Rising South Asia and a celebration…

Just in from Abha Bhaiya and Aditi, the October newsletter from OBR India. The newsletter is “not only about what’s happening in the name of OBR, but covers some of the most significant campaigns initiated by various concerned prominent citizens of the country. They are inspirational in their vision and…

INDIA AND SOUTH ASIA RISING! by Kamla Bhasin (OBR South Asia Regional Coordinator/ Sangat South Asia Feminist Network) June 2017 The 8th Jagori Grameen and Sangat Sangat two country feminist capacity building course started yesterday in Tara Centre of Jagori Himachal. Thirty seven women, men and transgender people from India…

An OBR state planning meeting was held on the 25 & 26 of October by Jan Pahel in Madhya Pradesh. It was attended by 52 representatives from 35 districts, on the issue of exploitation and injustices, focusing on marginalized subaltern communities including Dalits, tribal people, and more. Follow up meetings…