Seno is a primary school teacher based in Chizami village, Nagaland and has worked with the North East Network (NEN), a women’s rights organisation, as a team leader in Nagaland, since 1998. She will talk about the significance of addressing issues of creative expression alongside those of development.
Seno is one of the core members of NEN that built the NEN Resource Centre in Chizami village, providing a creative learning space for the community, where young people in particular, get access to arts education (music, poetry, dance, painting, photography, filmmaking, etc). She has been involved in community mobilisation, capacity building and advocacy on issues related to livelihoods, environment, peace building and women’s rights. In 2006, she was awarded the Stree Shakti Puraskar by the Government of India.
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