ENGAGE_October Workshop- India
On October 3, 2023, 4 girls and 12 young women with disabilities participating in India met to commence the second workshop of the year. This three-day workshop was dedicated to creating a theatre play to be performed on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities (December 3). Here the participants played several theatre games to facilitate coordination, learn role-play as a medium of activism and also wrote a script for a play. They also shared their learning experiences in the Youth Leadership Circle (YLC) event and devised ideas through which they could continue to build a network of girls and young women with disabilities in their villages in the district of South 24 Parganas, West Bengal, India.
The video shows participants engaging in a theatre game, where one is role-playing as a Tiger (king of the jungle) who suddenly spots a deer and chases it. One picture shows YLC leaders sharing the Manifesto they had made in Vietnam in June, 2023. The second picture shows Dr. Xuan Thuy Nguyen joining us virtually for a meet and greet.
Watch the video “Role-playing as Tiger” video
A group of girls and young women presented their manifesto from the YLC workshop
Dr. Nguyen engaged in the workshop virtually