Exploring and demonstrating Participatory Communication & Action with a rights-based, process-oriented approach          media matters
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Naseeb Ke Paren, Kya Karen Kya Na Karen A board game on child rights Sakhi Sajni An exhibition to facilitate discussions around life skills for/with adolescent girls Mulichya Jatila He Shobhat Nahi A video docu-fiction on rights of adolescent girls Chuppi Todein, Khulkar Bolein An interactive exhibition on youth and HIV&AIDS Whose Dream Counts? A documentation of a participatory learning and action (PLA) process facilitated with children's groups Participatory Communication & Action Report of the annual workshop - 2008 Mukt Manch An open-to-all platform for screenings, performances, exhibitions... The idea is to come together and dialogue	Community Interventions The Community Development Initiative of media matters works in urban slum communities in Thane region with groups of women, adolescent girls and children on issues related to empowerment, gender and child rights with a process oriented, participatory and rights based approach. Sashakt Empowering Women Sashakt works with communities on issues related to women’s empowerment through participatory processes evolved with, planned and led by women. Sashakt is an effort in Convergent Community Action facilitating change with women’s groups from urban slum communities, NGOs and GOs. The sashakt mahila kshamata vikas prashikshan is a progression of these processes and seeks to bring forth women’s capacities as facilitators and community animators. Sakhi Sajni Working with adolescents through Participatory Communication and Action Sakhi Sajni works towards enhancing adolescent life skills and the gradual establishment of adolescents themselves as change agents of their community. The process brings together out-of-school adolescent girls and integrates the approach, tools and methods of participatory communication and action. Nanhe Sayane Children Can! Nanhe Sayane creates spaces for child participation through its Child Rights Resource Centres (Nanhe Sayane Kendras) in urban communities. The Nanhe Sayane-Child Domestic Work Project, reaches out to working children, with emphasis on children working in the domestic sector in urban areas. It seeks to demonstrate child participation processes and advocate the cause of child domestic workers with the State and civil society. Nanhe Sayane also works towards promoting the rights of the child in its role as the Nodal agency of Childline in the Kalyan region.	Theatre for Development as Cultural Action February 26 - March 3, 2009 Six-day Residential Workshop Workshop brochure Registration form Learning Calendar Trainings & Workshops in 2009 kataar! A play on right to information Main, Asha... A play on sex selection Andher Nagri, Chaupat Raja A play by Bhartendu Harishchandra Chhi! A play on solid waste management - the struggle of a theatre group to evolve a socially meaningful play Learning Centre A space for collective sharing and learning Watch this space for forthcoming activities, events, campaigns
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