I got an opportunity to visit Mumbai for two days to connect with MAVA and CEHAT staff and see the impact that is made every day.  Meeting MAVA and CEHAT staff was very meaningful and productive. I saw the work...

MAVA (Men Against Violence & Abuse) based in Mumbai and supported by DAWN worldwide works to create a movement to explore the role of men as ‘partners’ and ‘stakeholders’ in addressing the gender issues of our society, including the issues...

I recently returned from Mumbai, India where I had the privilege to observe and work with trainers Drs. Sujata Warrier and Shamita Das Dasgupta. We travelled to Mumbai to work with three different organisations; CEHAT, FPAI and MAVA. The FPAI...

DAWN is celebrating a year of collaboration with MAVA! Here, DAWN member Umang gives a brief history of our partnership. What began as a response to a newspaper ad in India seeking men "who feel that wives are not for...

  Hi my name is Emily and I’m DAWN’s new Program Associate. As a rising Senior at Tufts University majoring in International Relations with a minor in Women’s Gender and Sexuality Studies, I spend a lot of my time thinking and...

On Sunday, October 11, 2015, I was asked to play the role of Maya in an exercise for a 2-day training put on by DAWN Worldwide called “Train-the-Trainers Workshop: Building Communities of Care: Spiraling towards Strength.” Having worked in the...

On October 10-11, 2015, sixteen (16) professional counselors and clinicians gathered at the Microsoft New England Conference Center in Cambridge, MA, USA to participate in DAWN Worldwide’s (DAWN) two-day Train-the-Trainers workshop.  Focused on addressing gender-based violence in India, the workshop...

DAWN and the Family Planning Association of India (FPAI) collaborated to organize a three-day training on the intersection between gender-based violence, reproductive coercion and trauma. As a form of violence, reproductive coercion – birth control sabotage, forced pregnancies and abortions...