October 26 & 27, 2011 : Workshop : Human Rights and Advocacy
The topic of the two-day workshop was “abuse” and how to prevent it. On Day One, the participants had opportunity to think about what “abuse” is and how it could be defined.
On the second day, they were divided into two groups and tried a role play. One group performed an abuse at workplace, while the other showed a case of a disabled student abused in the classroom. This activity triggered some of them to disclose their own past experiences. Thus it provided them an opportunity to share their stories and thoughts on abuse and to discuss why work needs to be done to stop and prevent abuse of differing kinds.
This workshop was not only thought-provoking but also challenging in an emotional sense, but the participants proactively participated in it for two days. They reflected it as educational and also an impacting experience at the personal level.
