Rubaroo is a Hyderabad based organization that facilitates shared learning among adolescents and young people, empowering space co-created by the young to understand their own selves, society and social issues, to become socially conscious leaders in their own capacity. Our vision is to bring young people together on various issues. Gender being an important issue is also incorporated into our programmes with adolescents and youth.

Every year, the United Nation observes 25 November, International day for the Eradication of Violence against Women, to 10 December, International Human Rights Day, as the 16 Days of Activism against Gender Based Violence across the world. This year, the UN Secretary-General’s Campaign is “Orange the world: End violence against women and girls.”

To express our solidarity with the world wide campaign, Rubaroo has been actively engaging in this campaign for the past 2 years from Hyderabad. This year, the campaign focuses on marriages and gender roles. We will be hosting a film screening followed by discussion, interactive games and exercises exploring the theme of marriage, partnerships and relationships and how gender plays a role in it; and facilitate conversations on gender vis a vis equality, identity, violence and basic human rights. We constantly make efforts to ensure that the event is a safe space where people can feel free to share their own personal journeys/ experiences and opinions. We especially extend our invitation to couples in open and marital relationships to come and share their thoughts and experiences with us.

The film screening followed by discussions will be an open event at Lamakaan, on 10th December 2016 from 4:30 to 6:00 pm.