The Maa Ghara, Koraput district unit celebrated the International Women’s Day at Semiliguda in Koraput district on Sunday. Sabari Chaterjee from the HAl ladies’ Club, Sunabeda attended the event as chief guest and CDPO of ISDS, Semiliguda Snigdha Mishra and Sunabeda police station ASI Pratima Sahu as guests of honour.
The guests highlighted various problems faced by women in the country and called for the need of women empowerment to bring an end to various women-related issues. Besides, a workshop on Right to Information Act-2005 was organised on the occasion.
Senior journalist Ajay Kumar Sahu, Snigdha Mishra and Shaik Ibrahim joined as resource persons and narrated the provisions of the RTI Act. They exhorted members of the Maa Ghara to take advantage of the Act to combat corruption in the society. Maa Ghara unit president Sanjuktarani Sahu presided over the meeting.