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20Aug 2022 by admin

Protect our Children from Pesticide Campaign

Food Sovereignty and Sustainable Agriculture, Human Rights

Children and Pesticides Awareness Camp, 03-06 August 2022. Children are more susceptible to adverse health effects from exposure to pesticides. These adverse effects constrain the rights of children, unborn children, and future generations to a healthy environment and healthy development. The higher impacts of pesticide in children are due to the ratio between body weight and levels of exposure, as well as the faster development rate of children’s tissues, organs, and biological systems, which make them unable to process and effectively excrete some toxic substances. Pesticide safety plays an important role in protecting children’s health and well being. Regulating and reducing exposure to pesticide is also essential to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), in particular SDG 3 (good health and well-being), SDG 6 (clean water and sanitation), SDG 8…

29Jul 2022 by admin

South Asia CSO Development Effectiveness Training

Human Rights, Sustainable Development

19th to 21st July, Kathmandu. Ajay K Jha was lead facilitator in the workshop. More than 25 CSOs from India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Nepal participated in the training workshop. Key note address by Ajay K Jha.

03May 2022 by admin

Workshop on Child Rights and Media: Journalistic Practices and Report writing

Human Rights

The two-day workshop on child rights and media was organized by PAIRVI at AN Sinha Institute of Social Studies, Patna on 1-2 May 2022. The workshop focused on themes like Child, childhood and child rights, accessing justice for children, laws and regulation for reporting on children, media reporting of children, storytelling /content development and press relations. Dr. ShipraMathur, PEN Media Foundation, Sunil Jha , Senior Consultant Child Rights, Dr. Akhilesh Kumar, Assistant Professor Patna University, Santosh Upadhyaya, Child Rights Activist, Situ Tiwari, Freelance Journalist, Savita kumari, Hindustan, Pratima Paswan, GGMVH, Pramod Kumar Singh, Dainik Jagran, Ranvijay Kumar, Centre For Advocacy and Research, Ramakant Prasad Chandan, Editorial Adviser Rashtriya Sahara, Swayam Prakash, Senior Journalist and Anand Madhab, Senior Development Professional and Media Consultant were among the resource persons. More than 40…

24Apr 2022 by admin

Meeting with Khaira Paharias

Human Rights

An informal meeting was organized with the Pujhar community of Dhanphari Village under Mathurapur Block of Deoghar district in Jharkhand on 23rd April 2022. Around 30 people from this community participated in the meeting. They originally belong to the Khaira Paharia primitive tribe which is mentioned in the land record. They have descended from Rajmahal hills and made habitation at the foothill area. Their living conditions and social behavior are alike to PVTGs. They have raised two important issues, first lack of safe drinking water. They claimed that among the 40-45 households only two hand pumps are there. They are largely dependent on Joria, a thin source of water coming from the hills, to fetch the water and second they are almost similar to primitive tribes in living condition and social behavior but…

18Apr 2022 by admin

Roundtable Conference on Strengthening the Role of State Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Court

Human Rights

The conference on Strengthening the Role of State Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Court was jointly organized by PAIRVI and Legal Aid Committee, RMLNLU, Lucknow on 17th April 2022. The conference was organized to share the draft report of study on Uttar Pradesh Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Court, Lucknow conducted by PAIRVI. Dr. Manish Singh, Chairperson of Legal Aid Committee delivered the inaugural speech. Dr. Vikas Bhati, Faculty RMLNLU spoke on the importance of digital human rights. Dr. AD Singh, Faculty RMLNLU briefed the key finding of the study on SHRC and District Human Right Courts. Other panelists also shared their view on the role of the State Human Rights Commission and District Human Rights Court. Around 50 Law research scholars, academicians, advocates and social…

08Mar 2022 by admin

Consultation on Exploring the New Opportunity

Human Rights

The consultation on Talash Naye Avsar Ki was organized jointly by PAIRVI and JJBVK, at Savitri Bai Phule Auditorium, Samastipur, Bihar on the occasion of International Women’s Day. Large number of women workers and adolescent girls participated in the consultation. The consultation primarily focused on gender equality, rights to livelihood, equal opportunity, and right to education. Women beedi workers have also participated in the consultation and shared their concerns. Panelists also discussed about the crime against adolescent girls particularly sexual assaults, trafficking, child marriage and child labour. They have expressed their concerns over raising the number of crimes against the women in the district. They have urged for a large social coalition to cope with women's issues. Women participants and panelists have been felicitated by the organization to commemorate the women’s Day.

08Mar 2022 by admin

Webinar on War from the Eye’s of Women

Human Rights

The world is witnessing yet another shocking, destructive and traumatic war between Russia and Ukraine. Again women are facing the dire consequences of war. Wars and conflict destroy lives, livelihoods, economy, families and much more but women are excessively affected by them. Existing inequalities and inequities get magnified and even decades after a conflict, women continue to bear the brunt. War makes women more vulnerable to sexual violence and exploitation as social networks break down along with institutions that prevent gender-based violence. Women’s bodies have become a battleground over which opposing forces struggle. The webinar was organized to discuss the meaning and implication of war through women’s lens. Naish Hasan, eminent women rights activist and author, Dr. Shipra Mathur, independent journalist and founder of PEN Literacy, Dr. Aparna Singh, Faculty RMLNLU, Lucknow…

16Dec 2021 by admin

Youth Dialogue on Equity, Inclusion and Quality in Online Education

Human Rights

Youth Dialogue was organized by PAIRVI in Collaboration with Centre for Study of Social Exclusion and Inclusive Policy (CSSEIP), Faculty of Social Sciences, BHU, Varanasi on 16th December 2021. The push towards online classes and use of digital technology in education predates the pandemic, but it has garnered greater public attention due to pandemic-induced curbs on physical meetings and spaces. The new National Education Policy announced by the government in July 2020 has, inter alia, evangelized “online” tools as a game-changer in education and has encouraged their adoption So the question arises is online education sustainable, is India ready to switch the online education mode and how to address the question of equity, inclusion and quality in online education. The youth dialogue discussed these issues. Around 100 Academicians, researchers, and members…

10Dec 2021 by admin

Consultations with women beedi workers in Samastipur, Jamui and Banka, Bihar on 3rd, 6th and 7th December 2021

Human Rights

PAIRVI has been working with women beedi workers to improve their human rights conditions and life situation. Baseline survey of 329 women headed households of beedi workers in Jamui, Banka and Samastipur districts in Bihar and Jabalpur district has been conducted to empirically observe and document the life situations, livelihood conditions, access to basic needs and social security benefits of beedi workers. After this survey the consultations with women beedi workers were organized to devise to further interventions with them. [caption id="attachment_3095" align="alignleft" width="239"] Samastipur | December 3, 2021[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3094" align="alignleft" width="239"] Jamui | December 6, 2021[/caption] [caption id="attachment_3093" align="alignleft" width="238"] Banka | December 7, 2021[/caption] Our Partner Surendra Kurmar ,Jawahar Jyoti Bal Vikas Kendra (JJBVK) is facilitating this work in Samastipur …

30Nov 2021 by admin

Baseline Survey of women Beedi workers

Human Rights

Baseline survey of more than 300 women headed households of beedi workers in Jamui, Banka and Samastipur districts in Bihar and Jabalpur district in Madhya Pradesh has been conducted to empirically observe and document the life situations, livelihood conditions, access to basic needs and social security benefits of beedi workers. This survey is devised to further interventions with this marginalized community and engages with them to ensure their livelihoods and improve the life situation and to develop a cooperative of women beedi workers to make their work commercially sustainable.

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