Orientation Training Programme on Domestic Violence

Date: 12th June, 2009

Venue: SSK Varanasi

No. of Participents: 30

Trainer: Ms Nitu Singh

Objective of the Training

• Sensitize girls on the discrimination and violence faced by them in the society and aware them about their rights as a Human Being.
• Informed the girls about Domestic Violence act and its Usage

Proceedings

Training programme was started with a formal introduction of participants this was helpful in developing communication bridge between participants and trainer. After the interactive introduction, participants were asked about their expectations from this training programme. Following expectations were come from participants:-

• Women Rights
• What is Domestic violence Act
• How we prevent Violence on women
• Why Violence always faced by Women
• Why girls are always restricted to go outside the House or marked area.
• Why Violence Occurs.
• What is the reason behind the discrimination between the girls and boys?
• What are the rights of the girls and how the girls exercise their rights?    

 After knowing the expectation of girls Ms Nitu started her session. She started her session by describing the society, its component and patriarchal structure. She explains them in details about how women are web in this patriarchal society.   

  After a short Tea break the training programme was started with full enthusiasm. This section of training programme was based on the domestic violence. In this session participants were informed about the type of violence, emergence of need of enactment of   Domestic violence act, its silent features. She also explains the DIR (Direct Information Report) under Domestic violence act.

The theoretical session was followed by a group exercise in which participants were divided into four small groups and each group was given a small story based on the violence and some related questions. Each group was allotted 20 minute for discussion on the story and write answers according to their understating of the asked questions.

After completion of the task each group presented their story and answers. Every presentation was followed by the round of the discussion.

Post lunch Session

Post lunch session was devoted to the topic that how we do help of our self and others in case of facing the problems .Girls was also informed about the provisions under this act.

Then after a small group exercise was done in which girls were divided into two big groups. Each group was given an imaginary situation in which they were told that they are traveling in a bus and their bus was lost at an unknown place. One team was told that they feel that they are the group of men and other one is group of women and then each group was given a task that they should write the problems as a male and a female in locating their bus.

After 15 min of allocated time both the groups presented their assigned task. Interestingly the group one play role of male group was not listed a single problem and the female group listed so many threats. This exercise was helpful for girls in sketching the difficulties faces by women in our surroundings.  

During the last session of the training programme an educational game named as “Question Bank” was played with the participant, in which so many misconceptions regarding domestic violence was written on the small paper. Each girl picks a paper and answers the questions written on the paper regarding the misconception related to the domestic violence. Each misconception was also discussed by the trainer in brief.

Back –Home Plans 

The girls were assigned   task to write one page experience of orientation programme and also informed five other girls of the community about the learning’s and knowledge of orientation programme

The programme was concluded by consolidation of the training programme and vote of thanks by Ms Ritu.

Team