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- · Advocated women’s
rights with regard to housing, privacy,
marriage, pregnancy and abortion
issues
- Aided the appointment of regular
professional counselors in family
court and advocated gender balance
within this forum
- Joined with other NGOs to create
the symbolic ‘Black Thursday’,
a day where the staff wore black
dress and stood in mute silence
in public places, in different parts
of the city, to express solidarity
for the fight against ‘sexual
violence against women’.
- Raised awareness male dominance
in society by raising questions
about taking a husband’s name
and using the prefix ‘Mrs.’
- Initiated new measures to rehabilitate
the Short Stay Home inmates and
victims of trafficking
- Collaborated with churches and
other organizations to address social
issues
- Initiated appointment of professional
counselors in the Family Court
- Encouraged regular stream of
overseas volunteers for field placements
in our programmes
- Created sustainability through
income generation programmes
- Sensitized police, judiciary
institutions and the community on
STI, HIV/AIDS, counseling, and trafficking
issues
- Released a book titled “Vanamum
Vasappadum” with 100 success
stories of Self Help Group women
on March 7th, 2007, International
Women’s Day
- Coordinated with more than 90
hutment areas to form a housing
rights committee of the people
- Initiated awareness about HIV/AIDS
among the general public
- Published a book on legal rights
of women
- Published bimonthly newsletter,
‘MCCSS in Focus’
- Provided community healthcare
with 12 community health centers
in slums of Chennai
- Initiated and constructed low
cost housing and toilets
- Joined the Government Committee
on Relief Activities during national
calamities
- Enabled people to pursue their
basic rights from the government
through mass action
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