UPCOMING PROGRAMMES
March
Women’s history month
01: District level: Quarterly POA meeting
05: District level: Quarterly engagement and dialogue
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
20: State level: Small-scale Women Fishworkers: Review of district processes
22: SWAN: Annual convention and NCRB-CAWG Report release
29: National level: Quarterly Lawyers’ forum
Saturdays (01, 8, 15, 22):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1200: SWAN Annual convention: Core committee meeting
1530: Weekly study circle
April
Dalit history month
01: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
12: State level: POA Annual convention
13: State level: Engagement meet on POA Status Report
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: National level: Quarterly POA review
26: District level: One-stop women’s awareness and support centres: Quarterly Survivors’ forums
Saturdays (12, 19):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle
May
03: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review
20: State level: Small-scale Women Fishworkers: Review of district processes
27: District level: Quarterly factsheet
31: District level: Quarterly POA meeting
Saturdays (3,10, 17, 24):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle
June
04: Quarterly District engagement and dialogue
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review
20: State level: Small-scale Women Fishworkers: Review of district processes
28: National level: Quarterly Lawyers’ forum
Saturdays (7, 14, 28):
1100: Programme support: POA implementation
1530: Weekly study circle
July
05: CEO forum online review: Implementation of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act 1989, POA, in Tamil Nadu
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review
16: Founders’ Day
20: State level: SWF: Review of district processes
26: National level: POA national review
26: District level: One-stop women’s awareness and support centres: Quarterly survivors’ forums
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
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review
25: Quarterly Factsheet
20: State level: SWF: Review of district processes
30: District level: Quarterly POA meeting
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
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
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
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: POA national 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
10: State level: Strengthening local government: Social security implementation (SDG based)
15: State level: SWAN review
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
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
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: 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
In the pipeline (Dates to be decided)
- Training: Budget analysis and engagement with special reference to budgetary allocations and social security schemes for SECs
- Training: Monitoring, dialogue, and engagement
- National convention: Labour and SDGs: The opportunities and the challenges
- Advanced training: Local government (panchayat raj) (governance and financial skills, inclusive village development planning, child and women friendly villages, beneficiary mapping and need fulfillment, model grama sabha, rights and duties)
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: 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
25: 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
22: National level: 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