Head Strategy and Collaboration at Enfold India - Creating Safe Spaces - Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
Enfold Proactive Health Trust is building safe, inclusive communities. We use a 360° approach to address gender based violence and child sexual abuse:1. Life skills based sexuality and personal safety education for children and adults.2. Medico-legal and psycho-social support to children and families affected by sexual violence.3. Advocating and providing training in multidisciplinary-team-approach to strengthen systems.Our Programs:For Educational Institutions:Life Skills based Personal Safety Program for Students, School StaffSupporting School Child Protection Systems and AuditCertificate and Diploma Courses in Colleges For Corporates:Supporting with Prevention of Sexual Harassment at the Work PlaceChild Sexual Abuse-Prevention strategies for employeesSocial responsibility and positive parentingHealth, lifestyle and well-beingSkills at workFor Stakeholders – Police, Doctors, Media, Judicial and Government Personnel Skill enhancement programs for adult stakeholders involved in prevention, redressal and rehabilitation of child sexual abuse.CCRU: Setting up hospital-based Collaborative Child Response Units, training a multidisciplinary team to manage cases of sexual violence in a sensitive and effective manner.For the Community and IndividualsDemystifying Sexuality – a comprehensive course for adultsChild Sexual Abuse-Prevention strategies, roles and legal responsibilities under the POCSO Act. Our Reach:As of March 2017, Enfold had interacted with over 1,46,641 children (class I-X) and college youth, about 25416 teachers, parents and support staff, 2135 police, doctors, media and judicial personnel, 862 counsellors and social workers in over 30 cities in India.The Beginning: Enfold Proactive Health Trust was founded in 2002 by Dr. Sangeeta Saksena and Dr. Shaibya Saldanha in response to the silence and apathy around gender-based violence and child sexual abuse. They could see the effect of this trauma on their patients in their day to day practice as gynaecologists. They felt that the lack of social discourse on sexuality and all its ramifications was harmful to all ages and strata of society.