- We are happy to invite you to the launch of
- Campaign on
- Right To
- on 19th March 2013 (11 AM – 3 PM) at
- Rajendra Bhawan, Deen Dayal Upadhyay Marg, New
- . On the same
- day, collectives of social organisations are launching the campaign in
- Nepal, Pakistan, Bangladesh and
- as part of a coordinated
- effort of people’s organisations in South Asia and Regional level
- launch taking place in
- .
- The Campaign is launched in
- in form of different activities
- across 18 states, including state capitals and different district
- level programmes. It will be followed by a series of activities on the
- issue. We request you to participate in the campaign and join us in
- this endeavor to “Make the Right Real and promote Right to Sanitation
- for All in India”.
- Sanitation and hygiene have been much neglected areas in India as well
- as in South Asia. India is the global capital in terms of people going
- for open defecation. Rural sanitation coverage is still around 30%
- (Census 2011) and the budget allocation is hardly 0.2% of our
- . It
- results in deaths of more than 1000 children in India everyday and a
- loss of more than 6% of the GDP every year. Persons with disability,
- women, girls and socially excluded communities are the worst sufferers
- of this neglect too sanitation and hygiene. Our society and the
- government need to take special action on this subject to spread
- awareness and cultural change, abolish manual scavenging, increase
- budgetary allocations and utilization and recognize Right to
- Sanitation as a fundamental constitutional right for all citizens.
- Your participation and solidarity in the Launch of the campaign and
- its follow up activities is important to strengthen the cause of the
- Right To Sanitation, especially for the marginalized and excluded
- communities in India.
- Looking forward to your participation in the launch event on 19 March
- 2013. A tentative program schedule is given below.
- In solidarity,
- Rajni Tilak
- On behalf of
- Delhi Campaign Launch Convening Team
- Schedule of launch programme for
- India Launch of Campaign on Right To Sanitation
- 10.30 AM – 11.00 AM Registration and Welcome songs
- 11.00 AM – 11.15AM Welcome and introduction to the launch programme
- 11.15AM – 11. 30 AM Introduction to the campaign : Purpose,
- strategies, targets, expected results, key demands
- 11.15 AM– 11.45AM Sharing by
- on the situation
- 11.45AM — 12.15PM Comments by social organizations on the situation
- 12.15PM — 12.30PM Messages of
- 12.30PM – 1.00 PM Addresses by Chief Guest and Experts,
- 1.00PM –1.10 PM Signatures for the launch
- 1.10PM – 2.00PM Lunch Break
- 2.00PM – 2.45PM Future suggested action for the campaign : group of
- community leaders, experts and activists
- 2.45PM – 3.00PM Conclusive Remarks : DCCT
- 3.00 PM– 4.00
- Conference
- 4.00 PM Tea and Departure
- —
- Rajni Tilak
- National Convener
- Rashtiya Dalit Mahila Andolan
- M-3/22, Model Town-III, Delhi 110009 INDIA
- Telephone: +91-11-27419002 Fax: +91-11-27442744
- website:
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