Updates for OBR Madurai

EKTA is very busy finalising plans and spreading the word about One Billion Rising. We have decided that One Billion Rising: Madurai will take place at Madurai's famous Gandhi Museum -- a perfect location for sharing the message of inclusion and non-violence. The event will include multifaceted performances by local artists, college & university students and young girls from EKTA's Nambikkai Centre (a girls' shelter), which will allow the performers and participants to take part in a thought-provoking and moving expression of the violence, inequality and discrimination that women face both in Tamil Nadu and across the world. Following the performances will be speeches and calls to action by local officials, academics and activists. All participants will join in closing the event with a symbolic release of balloons and dancing to "Break the Chain."

 We have been very busy the past few weeks visiting local colleges, NSS camps and the offices of influential officials to share the message and goal of OBR and to encourage people to participate in the movement. We are focusing in particular on college students and young women, to both educate and engage them in the OBR campaign. Many have enthusiastically volunteered to participate in One Billion Rising Madurai, and are now preparing dances, songs and short plays to artistically showcase the pain caused by violence against women as well as the wonderful strength and solidarity that arises from such a global campaign that brings all participants together to "break the chain." 

Updates for EKTA's One Billion Rising event can be found here.