CEHAT - TrainingandEducation

Training at Dilaasa

Training at Dilaasa is aimed at improving the response of hospital staff to women facing domestic violence. The training programmes such as gender sensitization training of the entire staff, are conducted mainly for training of health professional i.e; doctors, nurses, social workers at the hospital in screening women patients reporting for treatment in various department of the hospital. The training activities have now been expanded to five hospitals across the city namely:-

1. Bhabha Hospital (Bandra)
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Capacity building for medical professionals for better standards in private health care

It is planned to conduct orientation of medical professionals to minimum standards in the Bombay Nursing Home Registration Act, (Amendment), 2005, self regulation and accreditation with the help of district level workshops. The training module for the same is being developed. read more...

Training community based volunteers on domestic violence

Since October 2007, we have collaborated with the Rangoonwala foundation to train women in the community on issues related to gender-based violence.

Training community health workers

Training with respect to replication of our crisis centre – Dilaasa, is also being carried out with community health volunteers (CHVs) working with Vachan, Nasik, on issues related to general health problems of women, reproductive health and concepts of gender, sex and patriarchy, reproductive health rights, domestic violence and health and the role of CHVs.

Violence Against Women and Role Of Health Care Providers: National Course For Health Professionals

This national level course on violence against women is aimed at health care professionals in order to bridge gap that exists in medical education on the issue of gender-based violence and the role of healthcare providers. The course structure has been developed in collaboration with a core faculty. The methodology followed in the course are largely participatory which includes role plays, debates, presentations by participants, analysis of case studies.

Faculty: Amar Jesani, Aruna Burte, Manisha Gupte, Renu Khanna and Seema Malik

The course aims …

To understand violence as a public health and human rights issue.
To understand discrimination based on caste, class, community and gender, its root causes.
To reflect on different forms of violence and its causes.
To understand the health consequences of Violence Against Women.
To identify the role of health professionals in dealing with victims of violence from a public health and ethics perspective.
To build specific skills required to communicate with victims of violence.
To understand the need of inter-sectoral coordination like, legal, police, shelter and other organisations.

Course on Health and Human Rights

CEHAT Organises annually a 15 days intensive course exploring linkages between health and human rights and building skills in rights based monitoring and use of international and national instruments, designed for health and human rights activists.The Course was offered in collaboration with the Tata Institute of Social Sciences (TISS).

The Key areas covered by the course are:

The implications of human rights for public health theory and practice
The effect of health policies and programs on human rights
Health consequences of human rights violations
The linkages and synergies between promoting and protecting health and human rights
Monitoring health and human rights.