Events

Lessons In Forgetting

 

Anuradha Cineplex  screened 'Lessons In Forgetting', a film based on sex selective abortion from 19 April to 25 April 2013. NEN was the local associate partner with Anuradha Cineplex for this week-long film screening event. 

 

The film directed by  Unni Vijayan and produced by Prince Thampi, is based on Anita Nair's Book "Lessons in Forgetting" . The lead Actor in the film is Mr. Adil Hussain who won the best actor award for this film in the New Jersey Independent South Asia Cine Fest, USA.

 

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16 Days Campaign Protesting Violence Against Women 2012

Events during the campaign 2012
Launch of the campaign and Press meet at Gauhati Press Club on 29 November 2012
NEN staff and volunteers after the launch of the Survey at Gauhati Press Club
A volunteer conducting the street survey in Guwahati during the 16 day campaign
NEN conducting a Street survey on VAW in Guwahati, Assam 2012
NEN Volunteer conducting a Street survey on VAW in Guwahati, Assam 2012
Street Survey
A hoarding annoucing 'Eti Mrinalini' a play presented by NEN
Participants making poster during the competition
Poster making competition organised by NEN
Participants making poster during the competition
Judging the posters at NEN office
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In solidarity with the ‘International Fortnight of 16 Days of Activism to End Violence Against Women’ and the theme of ‘From Peace in the Home to Peace in the World’, all the 3 offices of North East Network in Assam, Meghalaya and Nagaland, carried out various events in their respective states, all with the common objective of eliminating gender-based violence (GBV) and advocating gender equality.

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Talk on Using Photographs to Study Women's Histories

Guwahati, 21 April, 2012
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North East  Network in collaboration with the Department of English , Cotton College- Guwahati organised a Talk by Professor Geraldine Forbes on Using Photographs to Study Women's Histories on 21 April 2012 at Cotton College, Guwahati. Prof. Forbes has been working with family photograph collections for a number of years as archives for research on women's history. During her talk, she spoke on the need to go beyond the conventional archive to write women's history.

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Feminist Counselling

19 & 20 March 2012, Shillong

 

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Orientation Programmes on Violence Against Women & PWDV Act

25-27 August, 2011, Guwahati and 19-21 December, 2011, Tezpur
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Talk on Food Security Issues Relating to Agricultural Production in North-east India

By Madhura Swaminathan on 27 March, 2012, Guwahati

North East Network, Foundation For Social Transformation and People's Rights Forum hosted a talk by Prof Madhura Swaminathan on food security issues in India with a special focus on north east India.It was held on March 27, 2012 at the office of NEN in Guwahati.Madhura Swaminathan, an economist, is a Professor at the Indian Statistical Institute at Kolkata.Her research interests are in the area of food security, agriculture and rural development.

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