Stories of Change
We believe in the intrinsic ability of all women, men and youth to make a positive contribution to society, including the survivors supported by Swayam.
Survivors as Change Agents
We encourage survivors to engage in various group processes and cultural forms of expression, thus connecting them to the wider community and movement for women’s rights. The group processes encourage women to explore their hidden talents, creativity and self-expression. These have resulted in women forming the Swayam theatre group, Jhankaar (a music group), Prayas (a women’s quarterly) and Nari Adhikar Pratistha Manch a group that takes action to support women in situations of violence in their neighbourhood and creates awareness against violence against women.
Building change makers in rural and urban communities
We have facilitated the formation of pro-active women's leadership groups called Nari Adhikar Suraksha Samiti in our rural communities, Insaaf Ki Awaaz in our urban communities as well as leadership groups of men and boys in both communities. These groups work in their communities to prevent, address and intervene in cases of gender inequality and violence against women.
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Swayam Theater group
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.
Music
The music performances facilitate discussions of difficult issues that our women survivors and the community may be reluctant to discuss under other circumstances.
Prayas
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.