MAVA India | Milestones and Recognition

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Milestones and Recognition

To date, reached out to over 50,000 men and women facing gender-related problems, Successful in handling over 600 individual cases
Taken specific stands for disadvantaged women and men by addressing contemporary gender-based issues from time to time These include :
i) Raising awareness about the acid attack on a 19-year old Dipti Khanna and mobilising monies for her plastic surgeries
ii) Support to the struggle for justice by a lecturer at Marathi Department, SNDT Women’s University molested by her Department Head
iii) Mobilising signature campaigns involving men and support meetings in aid of social activist Bhanwari Devi, Rajasthan - who was gang-raped and the 5 accused were acquitted
iv) Massive Campaigns on Domestic Violence and Cruelty meted to girls and women out of jilted love
v) Falsifying the claims made by Purush Hakka Saurankshan Samiti that women in large numbers are misusing Sec. 498 A of IPC to harass innocent men
vi) Creating awareness about mute spectatorship by the public in wake of rape of a minor girl in a suburban local train
Purush Spandana (meaning Male Vibrations), the annual Diwali magazine in Marathi language brought out by MAVA, making waves. The Magazine uses all forms of expressions (exclusively by men) - short stories, first-person accounts, interviews, graphics, plays, poems, analytical articles, group discussions, micro-studies and interviews. Subjects cover a vast canvas of contemporary issues ranging from sexuality, relationships, socialization, violence against women in diverse forms like sex-selective abortions and murders of young girls by rejected men. ‘Breaking the Moulds’, a book in English on men’s expressions released in 2007 by MAVA is being reviewed by various newspapers and magazines as ‘path-breaking’, ‘India’s pioneering exploration of masculinities’
MAVA approached by various organizations across India – Colleges, Schools, Corporate Houses, NGOs for conducting trainings and workshop on gender sensitivity and anti-sexual harassment at workplace
700 plus Youth Mentors from 9 districts of Maharashtra have reached out to over 4,00,000 peers and young men using out-of-the box methods spreading messages on women’s rights to dignity and safety
MAVA started a new initiative called Maanush (meaning ‘Being Humane’) in September 2020. In collaboration with 3 organizations Bodhana Trust in Assam, ANANDI - Area Networking and Development Initiatives, Gujarat and Jain University in Bangalore, Karnataka, MAVA will be intensely sensitizing and mentoring select young men on gender, toxic masculinity and sexuality matters, in coming 3 years.

Ashoka Changemakers’ Award (US) in 2010

MAVAs Gender Sensitization and Mentoring Initiative among Young Men was adjudged, among 155 entries received globally at Ashoka Changemakers, as the most promising solution to prevent gender-based violence against women and received Grand Prize.

Maharashtra Foundation Award (US) in 2011

The award conferred by Maharashtra Foundation, US for notable contribution towards gender equality.

Recognized by GOI for Best Practice in Public Service Delivery

MAVA’s Gender Sensitization and Mentoring Initiative among young men featured as an example of ‘Best Practice in Public Service Delivery’ by the Government of India’s website in 2011 (Report link)