Preventive Strategies
Swayam works to change societal norms and values that deem violence against women acceptable. Our Preventive Strategies include public education and awareness building; producing creative resources; disseminating information and sharing expertise; building capacities of stakeholders; networking with like-minded organisations/institutions for systemic change and intervening in resource poor rural and urban communities to build a violence-free and gender-just society.
Using technology like mobile phones, social media, messaging applications or the internet to harm, silence or control. In simple terms, it is a modern form of abuse.
Theatre encourages and promotes self-expression, co-operation and teamwork. We could see that much of what we were trying to achieve in the support groups could be addressed through the process of theatre itself.
The music performances facilitate discussions of difficult issues that our women survivors and the community may be reluctant to discuss under other circumstances.
Prayas is a quarterly magazine that is written and edited by survivors themselves. It contains poetry and prose primarily in Bengali with occasional pieces in Hindi and English.