| Honour for Women National Campaign | |
| Founder: | Manasi Pradhan |
| Type: | Social movement |
| Founded Date: | November 2009 |
| Location: | India |
| Origins: | New Delhi, India |
| Area Served: | Nationwide |
| Focus: | end violence against women |
The Honour for Women National Campaign is a nationwide movement in India to end violence against women. The movement was founded by women’s rights activist Manasi Pradhan in the year 2009.[1] [2]
Launched under the aegis of OYSS Women, the movement galvanized in the aftermath of the 2012 Delhi gang rape incident.[3]
The principal objective of the movement is to end violence against women in India and secure economic, social and political justice to all women in the country.[4]
The movement employs a multi-pronged strategy to fight the menace of violence against women in India. It uses a plethora of vehicles i.e. women’s rights stall, women’s rights festival, women’s rights meets, women’s rights literature, audio-visual displays, street plays etc. to raise awareness on legal and institutional provisions to fight atrocities on women.[5] [6]
On the other hand, it puts pressure on the state by mobilizing public opinion and sustained campaigning for institutional changes and correctional measures to contain violence against women.[3]
After a four year long effort involving a series of national and state-level seminars, workshops and consultations involving stakeholders from across India, the movement came up with a draft ‘Ending Violence against Women : A National Roadmap’.
On recommendation of a sub-committee that made a thorough perusal of the draft, it was decided that the movement would focus on a four-point charter of demand that could be implemented at the level of state governments at the earliest. Once the implementation of the four-point charter of demand is ensured, the movement can move to the next level of pressing for more comprehensive administrative, judicial and police reforms.[7] [8]
1. Complete clamp down on liquor trade
2. Self-defense training for women as part of educational curriculum
3. Special protection force for women security in every district
4. Fast-track court and special investigating & prosecuting wing in every district[3]
To press the respective state governments to implement the movement’s four-point charter of demand, a foot soldier unit called Nirbhaya Vahini was launched in early 2014. The unit has over 10,000 volunteers.[9]