USHA Machine Demonstration Session
25th April 2018: A session was held with 43 women and girls who are part of CEQUIN’s vocational training and CEQUIN craft group in the field office by USHA International on how to use the new sewing machine.
25th April 2018: A session was held with 43 women and girls who are part of CEQUIN’s vocational training and CEQUIN craft group in the field office by USHA International on how to use the new sewing machine.
25th April 2018: An open discussion was held with 7 parents of the girls who attend CEQUIN’s offline educational classes to interact and engage with them about the students’ focus and interest in studies.
23rd April 2018: CEQUIN took a group of 15 women to the Ministry of Textiles to undertake, and receive their artisan card.
21st April 2018: A session of ‘good and bad touch’ was conducted with 11 girls at the CEQUIN field office.
21st April 2018: CEQUIN field office hosted a film screening of ‘Poorna’ directed by Rahul Bose, where 22 girls from CEQUIN’s education programme were part of this interesting session.
20th April 2018: An entrepreneurship workshop was conducted with 15 women of the Zakir Nagar community.
16th April 2018: A leadership session containing aspects of gender issues, human rights and duties was conducted with 63 girls from CEQUIN’s football, education and vocational training programme.
9th April, 2018: A group of 24 women from the community of Salaheri, Nuh were part of a focus group discussion on the importance of education and literacy
21st March 2018: A parent-teacher interaction was held with 12 members at the Jamia field to have an open discussion with them about the progress of their children.
CEQUIN partnered with Roop VK Foundation for the project on ‘Badhte Kadam’ on working with women collectives, forming and strengthening existing Mahila Panchayats in Mewat.
CEQUIN partnered with MCKS Trust for the project on ‘Creating Aspirations and Linking Women and Girls to Livelihoods’ on creating livelihood opportunities for women and making them self-reliant.
CEQUIN partnered with DSP Investment Managers Pvt Ltd for the project on ‘Leveraging Work with Men and Boys to Address Gender Based Violence’ addressing GBV using a life cycle approach and bringing in the need to sensitise men and boys
CEQUIN partnered with BSES Rajdhani Power Limited for the project on ‘Jamia Community Resource Hub for Women’s Empowerment and Youth Mentorship’ which focused on working with women and girls to build their skills and increase their opportunities and working closely with the community to make them aware of their rights and duties as responsible citizens.
CEQUIN partnered with UNESCO under the flagship programme of Kickstart Equality on building linkages and partnerships established through CEQUIN’s National Alliance for Women’s football in India platform.
CEQUIN partnered with Australian Government’s ‘Direct Aid Program’ for the project on ‘Football for Girls’ Empowerment’ to promote empowerment & leadership through football and strengthen women’s football in India.
CEQUIN partnered with Hero Moto Corp Limited for the project on ‘Employability Training and Placement/Self employment for Girls’ to conduct employability training for girls in colleges in Haryana and connect them to the companies for placements.
CEQUIN partnered with Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies for the project on ‘ Mrado Wali Baat: Towards creating gender equitable communities’ to engage with adolescent boys in order to reach the overall goal of creating a gender equitable society.
2015
Project Name: ‘Promoting Education and Safe Spaces for Women and Girls’
Beneficiaries: Adolescent girls and boys
Geographical coverage: Delhi
Duration: 16 days (during 16 Days of Activism)
Project Output:
Project Description: UNFPA supported CEQUIN’s Kickstart Equality campaign being run in partnership with the Development Aid Programme (DAP) of the Government of Australia. The ICTs were created to increase awareness on the issue of human rights and CEQUIN distributed these amongst 200 students in Delhi. During the ’16 Days of Activism,’ more than 100 students participated in a flash-mob which mentioned the importance of non-discrimination and gender equality. This flash-mob was posted on Youtube- ‘Kickstart Equality.’ The engagement and gender sensitistion of the boys helped CEQUIN to open the minds of a very closed community to the issue of gender equality, non-discrimination and VAWG, as these role models did onwards sensitisation in community.
2017
Project Name: Empowerment of Adolescent Girls’ in Mewat
Beneficiaries: Adolescent girls
Geographical coverage: Mewat, Haryana
Duration: 1 year
Project Outcomes:
Project Description: The objective of this programme was the empowerment of girls through targeted interventions, leadership skills, life skills and innovative outreach mechanisms such as football for girls. Within the particular project, CEQUIN ran football camps in the 5 Kasturba Gandhi Balika Vidyalayas (KGBV) and 10 Co-ed schools in Mewat, which included sessions on health, livelihoods, etc along with technical football sessions.The methodology used by CEQUIN was empowerment of girls through football. The intervention with the KGBV aimed at building the girls’ confidence. leadership and developing capacity in a safe and comfortable setting, while the intervention with girls in the co-ed schools aimed at building confidence, leadership, shattering stereotypes and encouraging the girls to claim their space in a mix-gender environment. Out of school girls’ capacity building, knowledge creation, linking back to education and livelihoods took place through community camps. CEQUIN also engaged with the boys of the community to generate awareness on gender discrimination, the need to end gender based violence and to create role models who advocate for the women and girls within their communities.