EKTA's media coverage continues to be positive. Last week a great article in the city section of The Hindu detailed our study on Tamil Nadu's Family Courts and what changes need to be implemented to make the courts more effective and accessible for women. The article can be accessed online here.
Madurai's Lotus News channel attended part of our New Year's celebration this past Saturday and members of our team gave interviews on the recent tragedy in Delhi, rape culture in India, and efforts like the Safe Cities campaign which strive to create critical changes to promote women's safety and well-being. The EKTA team is currently brainstorming how to best bring the Safe Cities campaign to Madurai, and we will begin conducting safety audits to assess existing problems in public spaces (for instance, inadequate street lighting). We are planning to unveil the results of this survey and our recommendations for fixing safety deficits at our One Billion Rising culmination event on February 14th.
In other news, we have completed our five-year plan for 2013-2017 and are looking forward to our next big projects! In the new year, OBR and Safe Madurai will be priorities, as well as capacity building efforts to create greater awareness and more effective implementation and enforcement of CEDAW in the southern region of India.
Have a safe and happy New Year!
Lotus News channel conducting interviews at the EKTA office in Madurai
New Year's greetings from EKTA
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