For providing equal rights to women in every social field it is necessary that their participation should be ensured in all high-level decision-making committees and institutions meant for taking decisions in women’s interests.
This was stated by Prasar Bharti chairperson Mrinal Pandey while releasing a souveneer ‘Spandan’ of Indian Administrative Service Officers’ Wives’ Association’s (IASOWA). Pandey also inaugurated the IASOWA’s website.
Pandey also informed about women’s status and decisions taken by Central Government and added that her life was influenced by her maternal grandmother, mother, Indira Gandhi, Vijaylaxmi Pandit and Ilaben Bhatt. All these women fearlessly expressed their views in the interest of society and women. Pandey also informed about mindset and views of rural women also.
lASOWA’s president Malusha de Sa laid stress on non-formal education in slums. Expressing gratitude to those extending cooperation to the society for helping cancer patients, she, hoped that they would continue to do so in future. DeSa said that expansion of lASOWA’s service and work area will be considered.
Outgoing IASOWA president leena Parasuram said that women wish to have equal right in society, clean living atmosphere and violence-free society. She also informed about works done in education sector by Malala Yousuzai of Pakistan and attack on her. She also informed about works undertaken by IASOWA during her term. lASOWA’s secretary Nishi Agrawal talked about camps, computer training programmes, heart treatment camps held in slums and other programmes and added about 95,000 unemployed persons have secured employment through training programmes conducted by the institution. IASOWA has arranged treatment of 568 children.
MP State Election Commissioner R Parasuram and lASOWA’s members were present on the occasion.