| Lok Sabha TV- Discussion on “Civil Society and Governance” by Mazher Hussain and Subrat Das - 8 pm to 9 pm, 30th June 2011 |
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Discussion by Mazher Hussain and Subrat Das on Lok Sabha TV on “Civil Society and Governance”. Anchor: Paranjoy Guha Thakurta – Telecast: Thursday, 30th June 2011 from 8 pm to 9 pm. Repeat Telecasts on Sunday 3 July 7 am; Tuesday 5th July 4 pm and Monday 11th July 11 am. |
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| General Assembly Development Dialogue: Panel Discussion 2 |
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The development dialogue was held in the UN General Assembly 14th June 2011, New York. WNTA & GCAP Co-Chair Amitabh Behar was one of 3 panelists in the discussion alongside Richard Manning (independent consultant) and Dr. Musimbi R.A. Kanyoro of the Lucile and David Packard Foundation. In addition there were interventions from the following Member States - US, India, The Netherlands and China. |
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| The People's Verdict: Civil Society Review of UPA-II Government's Performance |
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Wada Na Todo Abhiyan (WNTA) is holding a Civil Society Review of 2nd year of UPA –II on 23rd and 24th June 2011, 9:30 AM – 5 PM at Vishwa Yuvak Kendra, New Delhi. A panel discussion around this theme will be part of the programme.
The UPA–II completed its 2nd year in the office this May. As part of our continuous process, this year too, WNTA is planning to take stock of the achievements and gaps against the promises made by UPA–II in their Political Manifesto.
The ‘Civil Society Review’ is a collective effort to evaluate the performance of the government over the last one year from the perspectives of the Dalits, Adivasis, Women, Minorities, Aged, Disabled and other marginalized sections of the society. The outcomes of this review will form the basis for advocacy and social action at the national and state level for a large number of organizations associated with this process.
The proposed Civil Society Review will involve representatives from the government and the ruling coalition, members of other political parties and the opposition, members from civil society and academia. |
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| Approaching Equity: Civil Society Inputs for the Approach Paper – 12th Five Year Plan |
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Historically, civil society groups have engaged with the Planning Commission by both constructively critiquing it as well as engaging with it to either develop plans, and/or by serving as advisors. As a result of the sustained, longstanding effort to have civil society perspectives inform planning and make it a people-oriented process, the Planning Commission has, in a pathbreaking move, approached civil society organisations to engage with them openly, formally and systemically and opened up the process for inputs into the approach paper (instead of sharing and seeking inputs after the draft approach paper is ready).
Civil society groups feel this move is a key window of opportunity to actualise the shift of the planning process to a people-led one, make the 12th Five Year Plan inclusive, and create spaces for the most marginalized. There is also a need to institutionalize this process into a formal, systemic one. While the primary objective is to ensure that the planning process in India includes both civil society groups and citizens, the emphasis is to include the most marginalized groups. The other – equally important – objective is to ensure that all groups retain their autonomy.
It was decided that national consultations around 16 social groups would be held before the approach paper is prepared, and an attempt would be made to get regional inputs by spreading national consultations geographically. Different civil society groups representing these communities and working with them would lead the process, where the attempt would be to reach out further to all the actors working with the same social groups across the country. It was also decided that the Planning Commission members would be invited to these consultations (to which they agreed). WNTA facilitated these consultations.
This publication is a culmination of these consultations and contains all the recommendations made by the different social groups. |
| Download >> ‘Approaching Equity: Civil Society Inputs for the Approach Paper – 12th Five Year Plan’ (Full Document) |
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| Radio Program: ‘Haq Hamara Wada Tumhara’ |
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WNTA’s bi- weekly radio programme called 'Haq Hamara Wada Tumhara' will broadcast its next episode on Communal Violence.
It will be aired on AIR Rainbow (FM 102.6). 17th June, 2011, “Haq Hamara Wada Tumhara”: Vrinda Grover speaks on Communal Violence, AIR Rainbow (FM 102.6) |
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| A Civil Society Delegation meets the Hon'ble Prime Minister of India on Millennium Development Goals |
| August 19, 2010, New Delhi: A civil society delegation headed by Ms. Supriya Sule, Hon'ble MP, met with Dr. Manmohan Singh this morning to present a civil society memorandum signed by the leading civil society organisations. Members from Wada Na Todo Abhiyan, Centre for Legislative Research and Advocacy, Oxfam India, Right to Food Campaign, United Nations Millennium Campaign, etc. were part of the delegation. |
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| Panel Discussion on 1 year of UPA – II |
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17th June, 2010, India Islamic Cultural Centre, Delhi Organized by: Wada Na Todo Abhiyan
A panel discussion was held on 17th June, 2010 at India Islamic Cultural Centre, Delhi to discuss on the performance of the government over last one year from the perspectives of the dalits, adivasis, women, disabled and other |
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marginalised sections of the society. Dr. Ramdayal Munda, Member of Parliament and member of National Advisory Council, D. Raja, Member of Parliament, Varghese K George, Political Bureau Chief, Hindustan Times and Ms. Pamela Philipose, Director, Women’s Features Service participated in the discussion as the key panelists.
A background note comprised of the statistical data and the responses of various thematic experts on UPA II performance was shared with the media and the NAC. |
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| Universalisation of Education and the Issue of PPP in India |
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27-28th March 2010, Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh
Organized by: Wada Na Todo Abhiyan , Samarthan and Vikas Samvad
A two-day National consultation was organized on 27-28th March 2010 at Bhopal, Madhya Pradesh to generate wider debate and discussion on Universalization of Education |
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and the issue of Public Private Partnership in India. The underlying objective was to unfold the implications of such an approach to the lives of millions of our children, especially those who are socially excluded and marginalized. Eminent speakers like Ramakant Rai (NCE), Praveen Jha, Ashok Agarwal (Social Jurist), Janaki Rajan, etc took part in the consultation. There were about 250 participants across 26 states and UTs, India.
A set of recommendations was developed by the participants to be shared with the Ministry of Human Resource Development. |
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| Upcoming events from WNTA |
Women’s Tribunal against Poverty-III (Between 25th August and 7th September)
Wada Na Todo Abhiyan is holding Women’s Tribunal against Poverty (WTP-3) in 8 states across India. Women who represent most excluded groups (caste, religion and ethnicity as well as geographical locations) would be voicing their experiences in the context of Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) – specially reduction in disparities (social, economic and political), access to health services (comprehensive including maternal and infant health care services) and to quality education (universalization of education with quality). |
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| National consultation on Livelihood |
| The consultation will be held in Ranchi on 13, 14 September 2010. The overall objective of the two-day consultation is to look at the livelihood issues of those socially excluded and marginalized in India. The deliberation would be revolved around three key bills, Forest Workers Rights Act, Seeds Bill 2009 and MGNREGA. Various thematic experts from across the country are expected to take part in the deliberations. |
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The recent publications from Wada Na Todo Abhiyan
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- Popular Aspirations, Promises, commitments and Missing Links.
- Universalisation of education and issue PPP in India
- A Civil Society Response on 1 Year of UPA-II
- A Response to India Country Report on Millennium Development Goals
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