17 January 2015, 05:30 am
Diversity and Strength – Photographs of Women in India
By Nicolaus Schmidt from Germany
17January 2015 at 15:30
Inauguration by H.E. Mr. Michael Steiner, Ambassador of the Federal Republic of Germany on Friday, 16 January 2015 at 18:30
Speakers: Ms Kamla Bhasin, Women’s Rights Activist and author; Ms Danuta Sacher, Chair, Executive Board, Terre des Hommes, Osnabrück, Germany; and Ms Shalini Yog, Deputy Director, Heinrich Böll Foundation, New Delhi
Taken in 2011 and 2013, Nicolaus Schmidt’s photographs reflect among others, the situation of women, caught between tradition, religion and the modern age
As part of this exhibition, there will be two related programmes in the Art Gallery on:
17January 2015 at 15:30
Subaltern Women Writers
Ms Yashoda Singh and Ms Baby Haldar will share their experience as writers
Chair: Ms Urvashi Butalia
21 January 2015 at 15:30
Extraordinary Women Ushering in Change
Ms Savita, taxi driver from Delhi; Ms Chanda Yadav, former District Panchyat Pramukh from Ghazipur, Uttar Pradesh; and Ms Seema Khan, women group leader from Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh will share their struggles, experiences and their challenges
Chair: Ms Jaya Shrivastava, children and women’s rights activist and gender trainer
(Collaboration: Ankur Society for Alternatives in Education, New Delhi; HAQ Centre for Child Rights, New Delhi; Azad Foundation, New Delhi; Dr. A.V. Baliga Memorial Trust, New Delhi; Terre des Hommes Germany – India Programme, Pune; and Heinrich Boell Foundation, New Delhi)
