LEGAL AID WORKSHOP
Day/Date: 26-11-2015 Thursday
Organizers: Jeevan Dai Community Centre ,Sahar
Venue: Jeevan Dai Hall, Sahar
Resource Person : Ms.Chitra
Joshi is a well known person in ‘Dilaasa’, an NGO since 2001. She is the counsellor
of the Baba Hospital, OPD Counseling department. She is fully engaged in
women’s rights base work, her specialty being women and children issues. She,
in fact, gives all kinds of awareness programs for women, to motivate them and
make them aware of their rights. She helps women to open up and fight for their
rights. 
A workshop was
conducted by the Jeevan dai Community Organization on the 26th of November 2015. Ms. Indu (community
worker)began with awareness song.Sr. Nirmal had introduced the resource person. The
topic was legal rights with a specific focus on the Domestic Violence Act
(2005). The resource persons for the workshop were representatives of the well
known organization Dilasa which is a legal and counseling centre that offers
legal services, legal awareness trainings and also work at Baba Hospital to
counseling the cases. The session was very interesting for the participants as most
of them knew a thing or two about the DV Act; 
Two State appointed Protection Officers also
addressed the gathering as to what their duties and responsibilities were and
the various initiatives of the State to make these services more accessible to
the public. Several trainings and sensitization workshops were also conducted
for the Police and other staff to improve their understanding of their
responsibilities as representatives of the law enforcement. the participants
felt empowered with more knowledge and information that they could take back to
the community and their homes.
Mishal Dabre
Senior Social worker
- CSA
