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| founder = [[Manasi Pradhan]]
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The '''Honour for Women National Campaign''' is a nationwide [[Social movement|movement]] in [[India]] to end [[violence against women]]. The movement was founded by women’s rights activist [[Manasi Pradhan]] in the year 2009.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/print.php?printFOR=storydetail&story_url_key=three-strategies-to-curb-violence-against-women&section_url_key=state-editions |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826000217/http://www.dailypioneer.com/print.php?printFOR=storydetail&story_url_key=three-strategies-to-curb-violence-against-women&section_url_key=state-editions |archive-date=2016-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.thestatesman.com/mobi/news/43178-courage-rewarded.html | title=Latest News, India, Bengal News, Breaking News|website=Thestatesman.com| date=2018-03-04}}</ref>

[[File:Nirbhaya Puraskar Photo 1.jpg|thumb|[[Manasi Pradhan]], [[Geeta Chandran]], [[Shabana Azmi]], [[Kamla Bhasin]] and [[Meenakshi Gopinath]] at 2017 [[Nirbhaya Samaroh]] held by the Honour for Women National Campaign in [[New Delhi]].]]
Launched under the aegis of [[OYSS Women]], the movement galvanized in the aftermath of the [[2012 Delhi gang rape]] incident.<ref name="auto">{{cite web | url=http://www.newindianexpress.com/states/odisha/Three-pronged-Strategy-to-Curb-Crime-Against-Women/2015/04/12/article2760160.ece | title=Three-pronged Strategy to Curb Crime Against Women|website=Newindianexpress.com}}</ref>

== Mission ==
The principal objective of the movement is to end [[violence against women]] in [[India]] and secure economic, social and political [[justice]] to all women in the country.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=67003 |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2016-06-07 |url-status=dead|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160506163458/http://orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=67003 |archivedate=2016-05-06 |df= }}</ref>

== Strategy ==
The movement employs a multi-pronged [[strategy]] to fight the menace of [[violence against women]] in [[India]].
It uses a plethora of vehicles i.e. [[women’s rights]] stall, [[women’s rights]] festival, [[women’s rights]] meets, [[women’s rights]] literature, audio-visual displays, street plays etc. to raise awareness on [[legal]] and institutional provisions to fight [[Crimes against humanity|atrocities]] on women.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/at-chilika-meet-rural-women-vow-to-fight-against-violence.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042013/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/at-chilika-meet-rural-women-vow-to-fight-against-violence.html |archive-date=2016-03-04 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/ncw-chief-inaugurates--womens-rights-stall-at-puri.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826030640/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/ncw-chief-inaugurates--womens-rights-stall-at-puri.html |archive-date=2016-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

On the other hand, it puts pressure on the [[Government|state]] by mobilizing [[public opinion]] and sustained campaigning for institutional changes and correctional measures to contain [[violence against women]].<ref name="auto"/>

== Charter of Demand ==
After a four year long effort involving a series of [[nation]]al and state-level seminars, workshops and consultations involving stakeholders from across [[India]], the movement came up with a draft ‘Ending Violence against Women : A National Roadmap’.

On recommendation of a sub-committee that made a thorough perusal of the draft, it was decided that the movement would focus on a four-point charter of demand that could be implemented at the level of state governments at the earliest. Once the implementation of the four-point charter of demand is ensured, the [[Social movement|movement]] can move to the next level of pressing for more comprehensive [[Public administration|administrative]], [[judicial]] and police reforms.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=41965 | title=Odisha Diary-Fuelling Odisha's Future|Latest Odisha news | website=Orissadiary.com | access-date=2016-07-01 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160818025409/http://www.orissadiary.com/CurrentNews.asp?id=41965 | archive-date=2016-08-18 | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/roadmap-drawn-for-rural-women-empowerment.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826040556/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhubaneswar/roadmap-drawn-for-rural-women-empowerment.html |archive-date=2016-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

== Four-Point Charter ==
1. Complete clamp down on [[liquor]] trade

2. Self-defense training for women as part of educational [[curriculum]]

3. Special protection force for women [[security]] in every district

4. Fast-track court and special [[Criminal investigation|investigating]] & prosecuting wing in every [[district]]<ref name="auto"/>

== Nirbhaya Vahini ==
To press the respective state governments to implement the movement’s four-point charter of demand, a foot soldier unit called [[Nirbhaya Vahini]] was launched in early 2014. The unit has over 10,000 [[Volunteering|volunteer]]s.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/nirbhaya-vahini-to-fight-violence-against-women-in-odisha.html |title=Archived copy |access-date=2016-07-01 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826034159/http://www.dailypioneer.com/state-editions/bhopal/nirbhaya-vahini-to-fight-violence-against-women-in-odisha.html |archive-date=2016-08-26 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{{commons category|Honour for Women National Campaign}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

[[Category:Social movements in India]]
[[Category:Feminist organisations in India]]

Honour for Women National Campaign - Revision history

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