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...
New Program Associate Emily is Excited To Be a Part of DAWN’s Comprehensive Vision
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...
The work of Equal Community Foundation, DAWN’s partner, featured in NPR.
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]It's a three-hour class, once a week for 15 weeks. A mentor (center) leads the teen boys in a discussion. Equal Community Foundation How do you get boys to treat girls as their equals? The question is an urgent one...
Men Against Violence and Abuse, a Partner of DAWN, is Featured in Indian News Magazine
[vc_row full_width="" parallax_image="" visibility="" css_animation="" center_row="" typography_style="" column_spacing="" tablet_fullwidth_cols="" bg_style="" parallax="" parallax_mobile="" parallax_style="" parallax_direction="" video_bg="" video_bg_overlay="" border_style=""][vc_column width="1/1" style="" visibility="" css_animation="" typo_style="" drop_shadow="" bg_style="" border_style=""][vc_column_text] Sadani (second from left) with his students at Shivaji Park, Mumbai. Photo: Aniruddha Chowdhury/Mint. (Article...
Being Maya – By Mariya Taher
[vc_row full_width="" parallax_image="" visibility="" css_animation="" center_row="" typography_style="" column_spacing="" tablet_fullwidth_cols="" bg_style="" parallax="" parallax_mobile="" parallax_style="" parallax_direction="" video_bg="" video_bg_overlay="" border_style=""][vc_column width="1/1" style="" visibility="" css_animation="" typo_style="" drop_shadow="" bg_style="" border_style=""][vc_column_text] On Sunday, October 11, 2015, I was asked to play the role of Maya in...
DAWN Trains US Counselors in First of its Kind Workshop Aimed at Addressing Gender Violence in India
[vc_row full_width="" parallax_image="" visibility="" css_animation="" center_row="" typography_style="" column_spacing="" tablet_fullwidth_cols="" bg_style="" parallax="" parallax_mobile="" parallax_style="" parallax_direction="" video_bg="" video_bg_overlay="" border_style=""][vc_column width="1/1" style="" visibility="" css_animation="" typo_style="" drop_shadow="" bg_style="" border_style=""][vc_column_text]On October 10-11, 2015, sixteen (16) professional counselors and clinicians gathered at the Microsoft New England...
Gender-based Violence and Family Planning: Through a Trauma Lens
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]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...
Train-the-Trainers Workshop for Healthcare Providers
[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]DAWN teamed up with Center for Enquiry Into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT) for a three-day workshop on creating a higher standard of care for survivors of gender-based violence. The workshop was attended by nearly 40 healthcare professionals – doctors,...
Geeta Aiyer is 2014 Woman of the Year
[vc_row full_width="" parallax_image="" visibility="" css_animation="" center_row="" typography_style="" column_spacing="" tablet_fullwidth_cols="" bg_style="" parallax="" parallax_mobile="" parallax_style="" parallax_direction="" video_bg="" video_bg_overlay="" border_style=""][vc_column width="1/1" style="" visibility="" css_animation="" typo_style="" drop_shadow="" bg_style="" border_style=""][vc_column_text]BURLINGTON, MA—Geeta Aiyer, founder, president, and chief strategist of Boston Common Asset Management and a crusader...
Geeta Aiyer: From Managing $2 Billion to Fighting Violence Against Women
[vc_row full_width="" parallax_image="" visibility="" css_animation="" center_row="" typography_style="" column_spacing="" tablet_fullwidth_cols="" bg_style="" parallax="" parallax_mobile="" parallax_style="" parallax_direction="" video_bg="" video_bg_overlay="" border_style=""][vc_column width="1/1" style="" visibility="" css_animation="" typo_style="" drop_shadow="" bg_style="" border_style=""][vc_column_text]Founder, President, and Chief Strategist: Boston Common Asset Management, LLC Founder: Direct Action for Women Now...