Month: November 2025

As part of the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-Based Violence, Ramola Bhar Charitable Trust – Project STOP, in collaboration with IPAS Organization, conducted a community awareness session on menstrual and reproductive health on 27 November 2025.

Facilitated by Dr Puja Gupta, Gynaecologist, and Ms Ami Sahgal from IPAS, the session engaged over 30 women from Tigri and Tughlakabad communities in open discussions on menstrual hygiene, reproductive health, safe practices, and bodily autonomy. The interaction encouraged questions, shared experiences, and reinforced the importance of non-judgmental, empathetic support for women.

The session strengthened community understanding of menstrual and reproductive health as essential to women’s dignity, well-being, and protection.

A legal awareness session was conducted at the Tigri STOP Centre in collaboration with the Migration & Asylum Project (MAP), with a focus on helping women recognise different forms of abuse and understand their rights. The session was observed throughout by Paridhi Negi from RBCT–Project STOP.

The discussion highlighted how abuse is not limited to physical violence and can also include emotional, verbal, economic, and social abuse that often goes unnoticed in everyday life. Through simple explanations and relatable examples, women were encouraged to identify unhealthy behaviours and understand that abuse is never acceptable.

The session emphasised that women have the right to live with dignity, safety, and independence, and to make informed decisions about their lives. Information was also shared on existing legal protections and how MAP’s trained paralegal volunteers can support women by connecting them with legal services and guiding them through the process whenever assistance is required.