Dear sir/madam,
If possible please perform at Lucknow /Uttar Pradesh. here is need of such type worlshop.we may support you for the same. Devnandan On 3/15/08, pamnani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > 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! 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