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Hyderabad: A day-long consultation on 'designing a
social inclusion plan for marginal and vulnerable communities such
as sex workers and transgendered women' will be organised here Oct
1.
The National Mission for Empowerment of Women (NMEW), Ministry of
Women and Child Welfare, Government of India, is organising the
consultation with technical support from the Centre for Advocacy
and Research (CFAR).
According to the organisers, this is the first time that such an
exercise is being held in India, with Andhra Pradesh taking the
lead.
"The whole exercise is aimed at reaching the unreached and most
excluded in a convergent manner and addressing the social barriers
and pain of exclusion that these communities experience," said
Ratna Prabha, Additional Secretary and Mission Director, NMEW
The consultation will bring together key officials and leading
civil society organisations and community groups from seven
districts, including Hyderabad.
The participants will work towards developing a socially inclusive
plan for the development of communities such as sex workers and
transgendered women who are victims of trafficking, exploitation,
indignity and social stigma.
Representatives of grass-root level organisations will share their
perspectives and insights on what has helped strengthen the
mainstreaming and greater integration of marginalised women.
NMEW has been set up for ensuring the socio-economic empowerment
of women. The mission addresses cross-cutting issues affecting
women through the convergence of multiple women-centric schemes
that focus on improving outreach, the maximising of output and
effective implementation.
CFAR, a public interest research and advocacy group, works among
marginalised communities like sex workers, transgenders, sexual
minorities, drug users, people living with HIV/AIDS, the urban
poor and socially vulnerable groups.
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