Our second year of "Guts" Fellowship has started! Platforms like Fellowships stay very far out of reach from youth who come from Nomadic Denotified Adivasi communities, despite their rich lived experiences. Using a "No Criteria" entry process, we are continuing in this year too, to reach a very wide intersection of youth including tent dwelling, … Continue reading 2nd Year of Guts Fellowship started!
Sessions with women Domestic Workers on Active Citizenship
We are conducting full day discussions with domestic worker women who are representatives of the multitude of working women of this country. It has really been a privilege to engage on the topics of Democracy, Republic and our responsibility, role, stand that we should take to be active, alert ,aware citizens to protect our democracy … Continue reading Sessions with women Domestic Workers on Active Citizenship
Meeting cum Workshop with men of NT-DNT communities
The still existing traces of an egalitarian culture can still very much be seen in male partners from NT-DNT communities. This was a workshop with mostly youth men from the Gondhali and Nathpanthi Davri Gosavi communities living in a tent community in Ambernath, on mental health, mental justice and connected matters facing them such as … Continue reading Meeting cum Workshop with men of NT-DNT communities
Discussion with Indian Law Society students’ study circle
We were invited to carry out an in-depth discussion with more than 45 students, in an online interaction organized by a Study Circle organized by students of ILS law college. As first generation learners, the concept of Mental Justice resonated with them, where they connected Mental Health with historical, social, political injustice faced by marginalized … Continue reading Discussion with Indian Law Society students’ study circle
Women’s Day Celebrated with Intellectual Discussions, Games, Dance!
Celebrated International Women's Day with almost 100 women from 10 different villages with majority from NT-DNT, Adivasi communities and also from Dalit and Bahujan communities.. Starting with remembering Savitribai Phule, we discussed our foremothers and forefathers and the movement they built giving us Justice, democracy Equity freedom, anti-hate Constitutional and feminist values, rights and thoughts. … Continue reading Women’s Day Celebrated with Intellectual Discussions, Games, Dance!
Team Training on intersectional Feminism – on occasion of International Women’s Day!
Anubhuti having an all womemn's team - maximum of whom belong to Dalit, NT-DNT, minority religious groups, and with intersections of violence survivors, mental health survivors, disaster survivors, being single women, etc., it was most appropriate on the occasion of Women's Day to make a deep dive into the ideology of intersectional feminism.. We all … Continue reading Team Training on intersectional Feminism – on occasion of International Women’s Day!
Community Youth-Led Audit of ST Bus Depot Toilets
A research by Anubhuti is being led by 28 Fellows of the “Anubhuti Guts Fellowship 2023”, alongwith 7 Dalit and NT-DNT women activists. The fellows are youth selected from these communities. They have been trained in Anubhuti’s Community-Led model of research. We have used this model of truly Community-led research in many projects successfully, and … Continue reading Community Youth-Led Audit of ST Bus Depot Toilets
Youth-Led Lok Utsav in communities during festive season
In the last week of September, on occasion of anniversaries of our great progressive leaders Bhagat Singh and the establishment of Satyashodhak Samaj by Mahatma Jyotiba Phule , Fellows of our Guts Fellowship collaborated with youth and leaders across NT-DNT and Adivasi communities to carry out ideological , intellectual development and awareness through competitions based … Continue reading Youth-Led Lok Utsav in communities during festive season
Sanvidhan Sakshar Yuva – Constitution Literacy in Schools!
On asked, "Why does our Constitution start with the words - We the people of India", a child answered - "Because India is of all of us" Anubhuti has been carrying out hundreds of sessions, workshops, film screenings, awareness events for 8 years through our Hum Sanvidhanwadi campaign, and we see that there is a … Continue reading Sanvidhan Sakshar Yuva – Constitution Literacy in Schools!
ToI covered Community-Led Advocacy for Toilets
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/.../art.../104793234.cms The reality of the denial of Right to Sanitation in Nomadic and De-notified tent communities , and its impact on their mental health, dignity, safety, child rights, women's rights, disability rights and so on has been brought forth powerfully in this first of its kind community led research of accessibility of toilets by persons … Continue reading ToI covered Community-Led Advocacy for Toilets