‘ENDING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN’ SEMINAR LAUNCHED BY IYA AND DASTAK

On Friday, May 17, Interfaith Youth in Action (IYA) & DASTAK collaborated to host the first community awareness and sensitization program on the theme of “Ending Domestic Violence against Women.” The purposes of this seminar included:

• Assessing the attitudes and views of community members towards violence against women, and assisting victims escape violence in the communities.
• Creating awareness of existing mechanisms for accountability and prevention of violence against women, and mechanisms created for facilitating access to justice.

Forty-eight women domestic workers, who previously attended the women adult education course organized by IYA, participated in this seminar, and were coached to organize more rights-based programs for their betterment and development in the future.

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