{"id":21284,"date":"2022-03-05T12:23:32","date_gmt":"2022-03-05T12:23:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/faceinews.com\/?p=21284"},"modified":"2022-03-05T12:28:37","modified_gmt":"2022-03-05T12:28:37","slug":"how-penn-a-tamil-nadu-based-organisation-fights-sexual-violence-through-awareness-raising-and-empowerment","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/?p=21284","title":{"rendered":"HOW PENN, A TAMIL NADU BASED ORGANISATION, FIGHTS SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH AWARENESS RAISING AND EMPOWERMENT"},"content":{"rendered":"

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HOW PENN, A TAMIL NADU BASED ORGANISATION, FIGHTS SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH AWARENESS RAISING AND EMPOWERMENT<\/p>\n

New Advisory Board features eminent personalities such as Mr S.R. Jangid, Dr. Kamala<\/p>\n

Selvaraj, Justice Prabha Sridevan, Ms Revathi, Mr. Ravichandran Ashwin, Ms D. Sabitha,<\/p>\n

Mr P. Unnikrishnan and Dr Venkatraman (UNESCO).<\/p>\n

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Chennai-based PENN (Protection & Empowerment of Naree) is a registered Trust working,<\/p>\n

with a proactive approach, to prevent sexual violence against women and children, using a<\/p>\n

range of methods, including self-defense training, gender sensitisation, arts-based<\/p>\n

empowerment and working closely with authorities. They commemorated their<\/p>\n

second anniversary with a press meet and event on March 5th 2022 at Welcomhotel Chennai. Singer Ms. K S Chitra was the Guest of Honour.<\/p>\n

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The event marked the launch of PENN\u2019s new Advisory Board. Guests at the event<\/p>\n

included eminent personalities who have joined the same, including Mr S.R. Jangid IPS (DGP –<\/p>\n

Retd -Tamil Nadu, Educationalist), Dr. Kamala Selvaraj (Chairperson, GG Hospitals), Justice<\/p>\n

Prabha Sridevan (Rtd Judge – Madras High Court), Mr. Ravichandran Ashwin (Indian<\/p>\n

Cricketer), Ms. Revathi (Actor \u2013 Director- Social Worker), Ms D. Sabitha, IAS (Additional<\/p>\n

Chief Secretary- Retd), Mr P. Unnikrishnan (Carnatic Vocalist), and Dr Venkatraman (Senior<\/p>\n

Consultant – UNESCO). The PENN anthem, composed by Lyricist, Music Director and Trustee<\/p>\n

V. Sriram Sharma and performed by renowned playback singer , Padma Bhushan Ms. K.S.<\/p>\n

Chithra (multiple National Awards Winner) and the video for the same was launched.<\/p>\n

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PENN\u2019s trustees are: Mr. VS Sridhar (Senior corporate leader involved in the cause of<\/p>\n

women\u2019s safety since 2012), Mr. Sriram Sharma (theatre director, music composer,<\/p>\n

playwright), Ms. Swarnalatha Mahesh (advocate specialising on woman and child safety)<\/p>\n

and Mr. Sathyan (entrepreneur, event management, music and art educator).<\/p>\n

Some of the activities that have been held since the organisation\u2019s inception include<\/p>\n

community engagement programmes, Self Defense & Cyber Security workshops at<\/p>\n

Educational Institutions & Work places to prevent sexual abuse of women, children,<\/p>\n

workshops on Prevention of Sexual Harassment ( PoSH ) in companies, awareness creation<\/p>\n

through musical theatre play on the legendary Velu Nachiyar by V Sriram Sharma,<\/p>\n

collaboration with the Police Department on creating awareness to prevent child marriage,<\/p>\n

and social media campaigns to create awareness amongst audience to prevent sexual<\/p>\n

abuses. PENN continued its work, even during Covid times, through online engagement with<\/p>\n

vulnerable communities.<\/p>\n

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Speaking on PENN\u2019s work, trustee Mr. VS Sridhar says, \u201cSexual violence is a serious issue in<\/p>\n

India and the world. We came together to form PENN because we were alarmed by the<\/p>\n

increasing incidence of sexual abuse, violence against women & children in India. As per<\/p>\n

statistics ( 2020 ) of National Crime Records Bureau, across Country, every day, 77 women<\/p>\n

are raped , while 109 children are sexually abused, daily out of which 54% are boys.<\/p>\n

At PENN, we are committed to bringing about the societal change to prevent sexual abuse &<\/p>\n

violence against Women & Children. We eagerly look forward to bringing more activities to<\/p>\n

the general public that sensitise, educate and empower.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

HOW PENN, A TAMIL NADU BASED ORGANISATION, FIGHTS SEXUAL VIOLENCE THROUGH AWARENESS RAISING AND EMPOWERMENT New Advisory Board features eminent personalities such as Mr S.R. Jangid, Dr. Kamala Selvaraj, Justice Prabha Sridevan, Ms Revathi, Mr. Ravichandran Ashwin, Ms D. Sabitha, Mr P. Unnikrishnan and Dr Venkatraman (UNESCO). Chennai-based PENN (Protection & Empowerment of Naree) is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21285,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,10,25,27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-21284","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-cinemas","category-corporate","category-entertainment","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21284","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=21284"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21284\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":21293,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21284\/revisions\/21293"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/21285"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=21284"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=21284"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.faceinews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=21284"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}