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| GHRD Mumbai Seminar, April 2009 |
| Mumbai Seminar Report (pdf) |
Global Human Rights Defence (GHRD) and the Rambhau Mhalgi’s Prabodhini (Centre for Human Rights Studies) conducted a three-day seminar on ‘Human Rights: Reporting and Tools for Effective Actions’ between 29 April till 1 May 2009. The seminar was held at the Rambhau Mhalgi’s Knowledge Excellence Centre at Uttan in India. |
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The seminar was opened by the general-director and the executive-director of the Center for Human Rights Studies) , Mr. Vinay Sahastrabuddhe and Mr. Ravi Sathe, and Mr. Nizaad Bissumbhar, Secretary of GHRD. Both presented a background to their own institutions and welcomed the participants.
The three day seminar was divided into various sessions with the objective to strengthen and enhance networking among |
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small, local human rights organizations that focus particularly in the areas of minority, women’s and children’s rights in India, Bangladesh and Nepal.
The seminar was attended by 65 participants from 37 organizations in India, Bangladesh and Nepal. |
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At the end of the day, the participants were divided into groups and given the assignment to write a proposal to be discussed the next day.
On the last day, the participants presented their proposals which ensued with a lively discussion on the themes. Ms. Shalina Commissioner External/Political Affairs of GHRD gave a presentation on GHRD partner selection process.
Among the trainers were Mr. John Asit Das, Senior Investigator at the Ain o Salish Kendro (ASK), Mr. Shah Alam, also from Ain o Salish Kendro (ASK), Ms. Jenny Lundström, Human Rights Officer at GHRD, Ms. Priyanka Sarkar, programme coordinator at Breakthrough, and Mr. Nizaad Bissumbhar from GHRD. |
| The seminar ended with closing remarks from the different people. First the Chairman of GHRD, Mr. Sradhanand Sital expressed his gratitude to the co-organizers of the seminar and the participants’ active participation and concluded with a promise to them: “If you need our help, we are always there for you and for the people who need our help.” |
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The first day of the seminar included four sessions. These were Human Rights Documentation and Monitoring (in two parts), practical tools and mechanisms to communicate human rights, and case presentations from the participating organizations.
The second day had three sessions which included presentations on ‘How to use media as a tool to lobby human rights violations’ , project management for sustainability and finally case presentations from the participating organizations. |
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| Then Mr. Ashwaini Kumar Chrungoo presented a brief overview of the three-day seminar. Mr. Nizaad Bissumbhar also expressed his appreciation and handed out certificates of participation to all the participants. And, at last, Mr. Milind Arolkar (spoke on behalf of the Centre for Human Rights Studies) took the opportunity to pass his gratitude to the GHRD team and mentioned about their plans to set-up an international human rights study centre with GHRD. |
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| The end result was very encouraging and positive for GHRD. Participants, through the evaluation, expressed their appreciation and how useful the seminar was to them. Many had been given the opportunity to learn about others working in the field and network. They also gained a lot in skills and information. |
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‘The Seminar was excellent for the exchange of ideas from a grassroots level. The commitment shown by the Board members and staff of Global Human Rights Defence has been of great encouragement’.
‘It is very good that Global Human Rights Defence is developing networks of NGOs and give the opportunity to share experience and create this platform. A unique opportunity.’(participant in evaluation) |
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