One Billion Rising 2023

The UGC Centre for Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University organised the programme “One Billion Rising”- a global campaign to create awareness in order to end violence against women (cisgender, transgender, and those who hold fluid identities that are subject to gender-based violence) in human history in collaboration with Drishti: A Queer Collective and Akam Foundationon 14 February 2023 at 1 p.m. onwards. Students and Faculty members from various Departments and Centres for Studies of Dibrugarh University and Students from various colleges affiliated to Dibrugarh University participated in the programme. Various activities such as Painting, Poster and Slogan Making, Open Mic,Dance for Freedom, and Flash Mob were conducted to mark the occasion.