Besides specific research and advocacy projects Nirantar also responds to and participates in other advocacy events.

Some recent interventions have been:

Coordinating the writing of the education chapter of CEDAW Shadow Report

Participating in certain key advocacy forums in mainstream education. Nirantar has been involved in writing sections of textbooks to demystify the concept of gender and illustrate how it can become an integral part of educational material and classroom interactions. Other advocacy work in this area has taken the form of training teachers, discussing issues of textbook writing and curriculum with researchers, students of education, NCERT and DIET representatives and so on. Our presentations have used examples from the textbooks to show how innovation in the style and content can be achieved.

Participating as a member of the working group constituted by the Ministry of Women and Child for the 11th Five Year Plan and the sub group on girls’ education and Mahila Samakhya constituted by the Ministry of Human Resource Development.