Women's Day Celebration at Babrekar Nagar, Kandivali

The women’s day was celebrated on Thursday17^th March 2016 at Babrekar Nagar (Kandhivali).The purpose of this celebration was to bring the women of the area together for  a bonding and to give  moral support  to each other in the various challenges faced by them. It was to motivate them and to inspire them in their struggle as women. Many time we as women do not

“A woman is a full circle.  Within her is the power to create, nurture and transform.” Understanding a woman is a mystery and it needs lots of perseverance and knowledge. A woman is the epitome of love, sacrifice, care and ability to nurture life. The ability to nurture life makes woman the most powerful and strongest being. She can play different roles with ease be it that of a dutiful wife, obedient daughter, caring mother or adoring sister.

All women deserve respect, no violence and equality in everything. ‘A promise is a promise: it’s now time for action to end violence against women. Though society is changing and progressing towards equal right of both the genders but still we women are not empowered enough to raise our voice against the violation done to us. Keeping these thoughts in mind we advanced in preparing for the Women’s Day Celebration at Babrekar Nagar (Kandhivali). With dance, songs, video presentation and talk in empowering the women. There was a very good response from women of Babrekar Nagar. They were very active and enthusiastic participation of fifty women.

Since one very active women died in my women group due to cancer recently, so they requested me to have workshop on Cancer. The contributions that women make to families often are overlooked, and instead they are viewed as economic burdens. Many women are marginalized in society but they really desire to improve their lives and lives of their family members. There arises a need for women to receive timely health education. One of the most common health problems that women today are dealing with is BREAST AND CERVICAL CANCER: "Breast cancer is definitely one of the most common problems with women today. While there's no one cause that can be ascertained as to why it hits one, science does understand some issues related with it. The main reason is the paradigm shift in lifestyle.

And so we invited Dr. Evelet Sequeira Public Health, Specialist Self Transformation COACH

 She is a well known person who is fully engaged in working with women to guide and motivate them in various aspects. There are times when women give priorities to other issues of life but neglect their own life. They neglect their health in taking care of others. So it was very much necessary to conscientize them and making them aware of various sudden health hazards affecting them as well. And so Dr. Evelet spoke about Complementary Approaches to CANCER. In that she covered what is cancer? The types of cancer that women suffer with. The cause symptoms and treatments of cancer. She also said about the feelings and the stress, anger which can cause cancer like disease. The intakes of food and emotions like our feelings way we treat our own selves are also the cause of   cancer. She explained in a very simple language which all women could understand.

On the whole, the workshops were highly appreciated, with anticipation for more sessions like these in the future. We express our gratitude to the resource person Dr. Evelet Sequeira, who accommodated us despite her busy schedule. I in fact thanked the women for their contribution and coming in good numbers to attend the women’s day celebration and session on Complementary Approaches to CANCER. All benefited. Ms.Premlata Thakur (Centre for Social Action -C.S.A) Mary Simon, for giving us the sound system and the space to have the programme. Roslin and Amali who helped me in mobilizing women of Babrekar Nagar.

Premlata Thakur.

Social Worker, Centre for Social Action