Violence Against Women(VAW)Campaign

CEHAT was instrumental in integrating the issues of violence against women and mental health and human rights within the National Health Assembly, Bhopal held in March this year. The VAW workshop was organized in collaboration with MASUM and AIDWA. The session included presentation on linkages of violence with women’s health. The CEHAT team also presented a skit on the role of healthcare providers. The session on Metal Health was organized in collaboration with Basic Needs and Bapu Trust, organization working on the issues of mental health from a rights-based perspective. CEHAT gave a presentation on overview of mental health care in India and the human rights violations. CEHAT also conducted a workshop on the PCPNDT ACT along with the Indian Medical Association (IMA), Punjab, FOGSI Punjab and the Appropriate Authorities in Amritsar in June 2006. The workshop was attended by 15 appropriate authorities of Punjab from Amritsar, Gurdaspur, Jalandhar, Ludhiana, Hoshiarpur, Nawanshahar and Batala . 30 members of the Nursing Home Association, Punjab and 10 FOGSI members participated. Problems in filing complaints and also harassment by appropriate authorities in certain cases were discussed during the workshop.