When do you plan to have this workshop? Kanchan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Nilesh Singit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, March 15, 2008 00:14 Subject: [AI] Disability Media Workshop
> Sorry if this is being posted again.. I am having > problems with my > email, i am not sure if mails are going or not. just > sending again to > be sure. Sory for cross posting > > Dear Friends , > > India Centre for Human Rights and Law (ICHRL) is > planning a half day > workshop on the role of content creators, in films, > television and the > written media. The aim of the workshop is to sensitize > media persons on > portraying the disabled without resorting to cheap > gimmicks that would > offend the sensibilities of the disabled community. > > ICHRL is a comprehensive human rights centre that > fights for access to > justice for all vulnerable sections of society, > including women, > children, disabled, and other minorities and > vulnerable communities. As > a part of the Disability Rights Network, ICHRL runs a > disability rights > initiative which provides legal aid and counseling to > the disabled. > Approximately 10 percent of the world's population has > some form of > disability. Historically persons with disabilities > have been subjected > to physical and mental abuse by their able > counterparts. Given the > oppression suffered by the disabled, there is every > reason to believe it > is a matter of utmost importance to include them into > the social > mainstream. It is not the disability per se which > renders persons with > disabilities more vulnerable to abuse but the negative > social > perceptions and stigmatization, which reduces them to > positions of > powerlessness and dependence. > > Media organizations have an enormous influence in > educating and > empowering individuals. The extent, to which they can > play a positive or > a negative role, is evident from Bollywood itself. On > the one hand there > are insensitive films where the disabled have been > portrayed in a > derogatory fashion while on the other hand there are > sensitive movies > like Tare Zameen Par, Iqbal and Black. This shows how > essential it is to > communicate the right message to the public. > > This workshop is an acknowledgment that in-depth, > sensitive and accurate > portrayal of the issue can contribute substantially > towards meeting this > challenge. We are planning to invite representatives > from disability > organizations, print, television and films. Through > this program we hope > to initiate a process which will focus on improving > the understanding of > media professionals where disability related issues > are concerned and > improve their ability to communicate effectively with > the general > public. We have requested CBFC (Central Board of Film > Certification) to > join us in this discussion and help us in getting a > better of the > disabled and move towards a better portrayal of the > disabled. This will > be an opportunity for participants who have worked on > this issue both as > a member of the media and as a Disability Rights > activist to meet on a > common platform and review current media trends vis a > vis disability. > > You and your students are cordially invited to this > meeting. > > Organizing Committee > > Prof Nandini Sardesai, Sociologist and member CBFC and > Consumer > Complaints Council ASCI; > Deepika D'Souza Executive Director, ICHRL; > Nilesh Singit, Co-ordinator Disability Rights > Initiative, ICHRL > Sujata Krishnamurthi, Associate Editor, Combat Law, > ICHRL > > > Contact > > Sujata Krishnamurthi 9820050453 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Nilesh Singit [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Raju Waghmare 9820946125 [EMAIL PROTECTED] > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reshma Jagtap at 2343 9651/2343 6692/2343 4754 > > -- > Yours truly, > Nilesh Singit > > http://www.nileshsingit.com/ > > > > > ___________________________________________________________ > Rise to the challenge for Sport Relief with Yahoo! For Good > > http://uk.promotions.yahoo.com/forgood/ > > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with the subject unsubscribe. > > To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, > please visit the list home page at > http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in > To unsubscribe send a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
