The ‘Crime against women’ branch of Madhya Pradesh police in support of Mozilla Community would organise a two-day seminar on woman empowerment - ‘Womaniya Conference’ by providing the technical education to the women on the occasion of International Woman Day here on March 8 and 9.
Additional Director General of Police Pawan Jain informed that the knowledge was the primary tool of empowerment and in the current scenario technical knowledge had become important for everyone.
The seminar aimed to provide technical knowledge for woman empowerment and the whole programme would help in developing a better understanding regarding the tools and technology used nowadays, he added.
The programme would be held at BHEl auditorium and Director General of Police Nandan Dube would be the chief guest on the inauguration ceremony which would be held on March 8.
Additional DGP (Woman Crime) Aruna Roa said that support systems meant for women during difficult situations would be discussed. The support system had incorporated several changes and was updated but the women remained unaware of the changes meant for their safety, security and help and these kinds of platform provides a good platform for providing information of technical advancement and their use to protect and at the same time could add the technological tools for earning.
The inauguration programme would be headed by Principal Secretary of Woman and Child Development Department BR Naidu.
During the seminar, computer experts from Bhopal, Bangalore, Kolkata, Pune, Mumbai, and Hyderabad would participate in the seminar. A special session on Woman and Technology would be held by computer expert form Bangladesh Tanha Islam.