A one day workshop (5th Capacity session) was conducted by CSA on the 16th of November 2017 at Dadar Salvation Church Hall, Mumbai. The topic was legal rights with a specific focus on the Domestic Violence(DV) Act (2005). The resource persons for the workshop Adv. Bharat Kale was an activist & offers legal services, legal awareness trainings and also works at policy level interventions, public interest litigations, etc. The 30 participants were representatives of various Community based organizations.
The session was very interesting for the participants as most of them knew a thing or two about the DV Act; however, there were still several misconceptions and questions regarding the same which were aptly addressed by Bharat Kale. He spoke about the Rights of a Woman at a Police Station, filing of Zero FIRs, things to keep in mind when filling an FIR, on ways to communicate with the Police, and other small tips that social workers could use in various cases. Also he explained the governing system as well as fundamental & human rights. Although the workshop was a short one the participants felt empowered with more knowledge and information that they could take back to the community and their homes. Feedback from the participants was positive with a stress on more sessions on other laws as well.
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