Extension Activity (Domestic violence)

Topic: Domestic Violence

Time: 9.30-12.00 Noon

Day and Date: 4th September, Tuesday

Venue: Haziyawala Community, Mohana Mandi Road, Jaipur.

The Department of Home Science of the IIS University organized an extension activity on Domestic Violence on 4th Sept 2018 in Haziyawala community. The extension activity was organized by Ms. Archana kumari, Assistant Professor, Department of H.Sc, Human         Development and students of B.Sc (H) H.Sc Semester III.

The programme aimed at empowering women of urban slum to be aware and raise voice against the Domestic violence. The rationale of the activity is to create awareness about different types of domestic violence, Provisions under Domestic violence Act and to counsel them about how to deal with it.

Target Group & Venue:

The target group for this activity was women of Haziawala community. The reason behind selecting this particular section was that when the NSS team of IISU was conducting their activity, it was observed by the coordinator that many students are irregular. The principal of the school informed that she talked to their mother and got to know that fathers of most of the children have the habit of drinking and they abuse their children and wife on a regular basis. So because of disturbance in their domestic life they remain absent most of the days. So a urgent need was felt to conduct an extension activity in this area.

The activity was organized in the premises of Haziawala Government Primay school after taking the prior permission from the principal of the school. A total of 38 women of the community attended the activity.

Materials & Methods Used:

The whole activity was planned in three steps namely, Presentation, Role Play and Interaction with women and their counseling. Materials were prepared accordingly like PPT, costumes, posters etc.

First a pictorial PPT was prepared to make the women aware about Domestic violence, provision of DV Act, procedure of filing complain, financial compensation and punishments. This was presented by all students in Hindi mixed with local language.

This was followed by a role play performed by all students depicting a women suffering from Domestic violence and how she deals with it. All the students participated in this role play.

Lastly an interactive and counseling session was held. Surprisingly women came out and shared their experience. One of the ladies spoke on how she protected her daughter from this social evil. She shared her whole story. While counseling one of the ladies revealed that she had complained once against her husband and as a result it was never repeated.

Impact of the Activity:

It was observed that the interactive session was very effective. Women interacted with students about their sufferings. Although most of them did not come out but their tears filled eyes were telling their stories. Many of them said that they are dependent on their head of the family so if they take step against them then, how will they rare their children. The students informed them about the compensation they will get from their husband and also advise them to empower themselves by becoming self-reliant. The activity was ended with a hope that one day they will raise their voice against this shameful act.