Dear Friends,
We would like to convey our heartfelt good wishes for the year 2011 and at the same time we would like to announce that Human Rights Law Network in partnership with Sruti Disability Rights Centre is organizing a State Level Workshop for Women with Disabilities on 20th and 21stof January at Seva Kendra 52B Radhanath Chowdhury Lane Kolkata 700 015. Admittedly, the census 2001 puts the figure of women with disabilities at 9.31 million constituting 42.46% with disabilities in India. The figure may also rise as it is extremely difficult to identify disabled people specially disabled women as they are hidden by their families because of the stigma attached to disability. India being a signatory to the United Nations Convention on Rights of Persons with Disabilities acknowledges the right of women with disabilities and requires their involvement in all developmental activities. Consequently it is imperative that women with disabilities are empowered in order to enable them to engage with civil society and statutory bodies to assert their human rights. This workshop is a platform which aims towards the legal empowerment of women with disabilities. This meeting will initiate the process of starting a network of women with disabilities. The significance of this workshop is even more since 2011 census is ensuing. Therefore, your organization which works tirelessly for the abovementioned cause is cordially invited to take part in the said workshop. We at HRLN, Kolkata and Sruti Disability Rights Centre are looking forward to your active participation and taking our partnership to a new level in order to achieve our common object of women empowerment together. Please note that boarding of participants who are coming from the districts is organized at the venue itself. For logistic reasons, you need to inform how many participants from your organization will be joining us and how many of them will require accommodation by 18th January 2011. Please contact us at the below mentioned address or mail to kolk...@hrln.org with a copy to sruti.d...@gmail.com at the earliest. With regards Debashis Banerjee Co-ordinator HRLN Kolkata *Human Rights Law Network, Kolkata* Sohini Apartment, Flat 1A 3, Parbati Chakraborty Lane (Near Kalighat Fire Station) Kolkata - 700026 Ph: (033) 24546828 / 32967154 Website - HRLN <http://www.hrln.org/beta>
