UPCOMING PROGRAMMES 

June
04: Quarterly District engagement and dialogue
08: State level: SWAN review
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
20: State level: Small-scale Women Fishworkers: Review of district processes
23: International Widows Day
24: State consultation on coastal ecosystems
25: National consultation on marine fisher rights
28: National level: Quarterly Lawyers’ forum
28: National level: Monthly PoA review

Saturdays (7, 14, 28):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle

July
03-05: State level systems analysis workshop: Entitlements
05: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review
16: Founders’ Day
15-17: Zonal level training: Access to constitutional rights (Cuddalore, Chennai, Chengalpattu, Mayiladuthurai,  Nagapattinam, Tiruvallur and Villupuram).
20: State level: SWF: Review of district processes
22-24: Zonal level training: Access to constitutional rights (Ramanathapuram, Kanyakumari, Pudukkottai, Thanjavur, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli and Tiruvarur).
26: National level: Monthly POA review
26: District level: One-stop women’s awareness and support centres: Quarterly survivors’ forums
29-31: Zonal level training: Access to constitutional rights (Erode, Ariyalur, Dharmapuri, Nilgiris, Perambalur, Salem, Tirupathur, and Trichy).

Saturdays (12, 19):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle

August
02: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
3-8: Single Working Women’s Week
04: Single Working Women’s Day
5-7: Zonal level training: Access to constitutional rights (Dindigul, Coimbatore, Madurai, Sivagangai, Theni, Tenkasi, Tiruppur, and Virudhunagar).
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
14: Crime Against Women: National Report Release (Online)
15: State level: SWAN review
15: Grama Sabha monitoring
20: State level: SWF: Review of district processes
25: Quarterly Factsheet on PoA implementation in Tamil Nadu (District-wise)
30: District level: Quarterly District Citizens Committee Meeting
30: National level: Monthly PoA review

Saturdays (9, 16, 23):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle

September
01-13: District level: Trainings for lawyers, HRDs, POA members)
06: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
03: District level: Quarterly engagement and dialogue
15: State level: SWAN review
15: Biannual microstudy: Monitoring trends in fulfilment and challenges faced by excluded communities
20: State level: SWF: Review of district processes
27: District level: Quarterly Lawyers’ forum
27: National level: Monthly PoA review

Saturdays (13, 20):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle

October
01-13: District level: Training for lawyers and HRDs
04: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
03: District level: Quarterly engagement and dialogue
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
9-11: Zonal level training: Access to constitutional rights in Tiruvannamalai (Participating districts: Kallakurichi, Kanchipuram, Karur, Namakkal, Ranipet, Tiruvannamalai and Vellore)
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review
20: State level: SWF: Review of district processes
25: National level: Monthly PoA review
27: District level: One-stop women’s awareness and support centres: Quarterly survivors’ forums

Saturdays (11, 18):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle

November
02: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
02: State level: TN POA status of implementation 2023 Report release
06: State level: POA Annual Convention & Strategic Planning
07: State level: SDG Watch TN VIII Annual Convention
07: Defenders Day
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
17: State level: POA Annual convention and performance report release
18: State level: Civil society annual convention and strategic planning
20: State level: Small Scale Women Fishers network meeting (Review of district processes)
25: District level: Quarterly POA implementation factsheet
25-30: State, district: 16 days activism – Violence against violence against women and girls
29: National level: Monthly PoA review
30: District level: Quarterly POA meeting

Saturdays (09, 16, 23, 30):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation

December
01-10 December: State, district: 16 days against violence against women and girls
04: District level: Quarterly engagement and dialogue
07: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
10: State level: Strengthening state human rights mechanisms (SDG 16)
10: Human rights defenders day
15: State level: SWAN livelihoods review
20: State level: Small Scale Women Fishers network meeting (Review of district processes)
21: District level: Training for POA monitoring
26: State level: Social security scheme monitoring and dissemination
27: National level: Monthly PoA review
27: Zonal level POA training, survivors’ forum, SWAN, fisher women consolidation: Villupuram
28, 29: Zonal level convening: Ariyalur
28: National level: POA national review
30: Zonal level convening: Tiruvarur
31: Zonal level convening: Madurai

Saturdays (7, 14, 21, 28):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle 

Upcoming programme 2026

January
02: Zonal convening: Kanyakumari (the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989 (POA), Survivors Solidarity and Support Forum, SWAN, Fisher women)
03: Zonal convening Tirunelveli
04: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
04: POA Training Theni
05: Zonal convening: Tiruppur
07: POA Training Salem
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
08: Zonal convening: Dharmapuri
10: Zonal convening: Thirupathur
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review: Social security schemes
16: District level: Balavana initiation
18: State level: Participation in, and engagement with, local government (online)
20: State level: Small Scale Women Fishers network meeting (Review of district processes)
25: District level: One-stop women’s awareness and support centres: Quarterly survivors’ forums
31: National level: POA national review
26: Programme support: Participation of women in local self-government

Saturdays (4, 11, 18, 25):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle

February
01: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
08-09: Core committee meeting: Single Women Action Network (SWAN) annual convention planning
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
14-16: Strengthening small-scale women fishworkers (SWF): Tiruvallur, Ramanathapuram, and Kanyakumari districts
20: State level: SWF meeting (Review of district processes)
22: North zone level POA training
28: National level: Monthly PoA review
25: State level: Budget analysis
28: Quarterly Factsheet

Saturdays (8, 15, 22):
0900-1800 Survivors’ support and solidarity forum
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1200: SWAN Annual convention: Core committee meeting
1530: Weekly study circle

March
Women’s history month
01: District level: Quarterly POA meeting
04: District level: Quarterly engagement and dialogue
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
09: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
17: State level: Small-scale Women Fishworkers: Review of district processes
24: SWAN: III Annual convention
28: National level: Monthly PoA review
30: National level: Quarterly Lawyers’ forum

Saturdays (8, 15, 22):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1200: SWAN III Annual convention: Core committee meeting
1530: Weekly study circle

April
Dalit history month
04: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
12,13 SWAN strategic planning meeting with Networks
15: State level: SWAN review
16-18: State level: Half yearly engagement (SCVMC+)
20: State level: Small-scale Women Fishworkers: Review of district processes
25: Legal Clinics and Survivor forums
25: National level: Monthly PoA review
26: District level women fishers support and solidarity forums
26: District level: One-stop women’s awareness and support centres: Quarterly Survivors’ forums

Saturdays (11, 18, 25):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle

May
01: May Day [International Workers’ Day]
02: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
06: SWAN Framework drafting committee meeting
08: SWAN monthly coordination meeting
09: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
14,15: Survivors’ Solidarity and Support Forum: North Zone training
17: SWAN: Systems and Structures drafting committee meeting
20: State level: Small-scale Women Fishworkers: Review of district processes
19: District level: Quarterly factsheet
30: District level: Quarterly District Citizens Committee Meeting
30: National level: Monthly PoA review

Saturdays (9,16, 23):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle