Violence against women and girls is one of the most widespread violations of human rights. It can include physical, sexual, psychological and economic abuse. This episode of Ek Duniya Ek Awaaz deals with the various steps taken by the government, civil society organisations and employers to prevent and denounce violence against women. Dr. Ranjana Kumari, Director of Centre for Social Research said male members have to play a critical role in reducing the incidents of violence against women.

'Tamasha' is a character in this radio drama describing life of a girl who lives without her father and doesn't know about him. Actually, this father never wanted a girl child in his family so girl and her mother escaped from his family and started living independently.

इस रेडियो कार्यक्रम मे लड़के और लड़की के लिंग भेद को लेकर चर्चा की गई। हमारे देश मे आज भी लड़कियों के जन्म लेने पर कई माता पिता दुखी हो जाते है, यहाँ तक कि बेटे की चाह मे कई लोग गर्भ मे ही लड़की को मार डालते है। इस कार्यक्रम मे एक छोटी- सी कविता के द्वारा लड़कियो के महत्व को समझाने की कोशिश की गई।

Women of the capital city Delhi and other cities feel insecure while using public spaces and crowded public transports, and the problem also needs a long term change in mindset. A baseline survey reveals very clearly that being a woman is itself a risk factor in Delhi and that woman feel insecure in crowded public places, due to poor lighting on roads and lack of clean public toilets. A major section of slum dwellers in cities are women and reducing urban vulnerability needs to be integrated with urban planning and policy making. Through this radio programme students of Delhi University talk about how do they feel about their city.

Gender Mainstreaming focuses on gender roles and relationships rather than on women only; it is designed to ensure that women and men have access to project resources, services and opportunities. However, there is a marked inequality between both men and women on the same. This episode highlights Gender mainstreaming as an important aspect of good governance. It seeks to ensure that institutions, policies and programs respond to the needs and interests of women as well as men, and distribute benefits equitably between women and men. To substantiate on Gender Mainstreaming Dipta Bhog from Nirantar and Prof. Rama Swami.

The world today is witnessing the storming of male bastions by women. Women are moving ahead in all fields and are proving themselves as equal to men and many a times even better than them. But a dark side to this positive picture is painted by violence against women. In spite of having made great strides in various professional fields, women are today still victims of violence perpetrated by men. And a large number of them are victims of domestic violence. This makes for a chilling realization that many women are not safe even in their own homes. The origin of this problem can be traced to gender discrimination which is to be found across the world but is especially rampant across South Asia.

කාන්තාවන්ට සංවර්ධනය උදෙසා කාන්තාවට අධ්‍යාපනයේදී මෙන්ම රැකියා අවස්ථාවන් ලබා ගැනීමේදී සමාන අයිතිවාසිකම් ලබා දීම By framing women to their traditional roles as mothers and housewives they are unable give their full effort to the development of the economy as citizens. In order to overcome this gender equality should be practiced in every sphere of the society.

පවුක් තුළ පැවිතිය යුතු වැදගත්ම සාධකය වන්නේ සෙෘඛ්‍ය මට්ටම හොදින තිබීමයි. නමුත් පවුල තුල කාන්තාවට ලැබිය යුතු පෝෂණමය ප්‍රමාණය නොලබී යයි....... It is important to equally share food, responsibilities and any other house hold matters both by the husband and wife within the family

දේපල වල වගකීම ඇත්තේ වැඩියෙන්ම ලැබී ඇත්තේ පවුලේ පිරිමි උදවියටයි. නමුත් කාන්තාවක ් පවුලක් නඩත්තු කිරීමට ගන්නා වෙහෙස හා මන්සිය දේපල වටිනාකමට වඩා ඉතාමත් වැඩියි Property is mainly owned by males in the country. They do not want to involve women in developing the property. Though by law after the death of the husband the wife inherits half of his property and the other half goes to the children, what we often see is that it is the sons in the family that maintain the property and its benefits. Isn’t a woman’s effort to bring up her family is much more valuable than property?

සියලුම මිනිසුන්ට ගරැ කරන, සියලුම ජාතීන්ට ගරැ කරන සියලුම ආගම් වලට ගරැ කරන සමාජයක් බිහි කිරීම අප සැමගේ යුතු කමයි. සියළුම මිනිසුන්ට මෙන්ම සත්වයන්ටද ජීවත් වීමට අයිතියක් ඇත.එම අයිතිය සුරැකීමට අපේ යුතුකමකි. වගකීමකි.