The International Women’s Day is not about women, it is about men who don’t have respect for women, said noted social activist Padma Shri Dr Sunita Krishnan.
She was speaking at the International Women’s Day celebration at KIIT University on March 8. Citing examples from Maharashtra in which women were at the forefront to kill female fetuses, she stressed that women need to change their own mindset towards woman and girl child.
The woman’s body is not a sex object. Women should change the attitude and mindset of men towards them in this respect, she said.
Kathak maestro and former bureaucrat Padma Shri Sovana Narayan said even though woman is worshipped as shakti (power) in Indian tradition, majority mindset is that she is abalaa (powerless) and durbala (weak).
Chief Public Affairs Officer, US Consulate, Hyderabad Gabriel Hons-Olivier said, “America believes woman is the engine of growth and it is committed to advance the rise of women globally.”
Trafficking of women is the most heinous crime, along with arms and drugs trafficking, Consul General of Turkey in Hyderabad Arda Ulutas stated.
Turkey has taken many steps to prevent women trafficking and give women equal rights and opportunities in every sphere, he informed.
Today women have shown that their capability and competence are equal to men in every sector, said Indian wrestler and Arjuna awardee Alka Tomar.
Noted filmmaker leena Yadav said women should be honest and true.
Founder, KIIT and KISS Achyuta Samanta stated 40 per cent of employees in KIIT and 60 per cent in KISS are women. Similarly, 40 per cent students of KIIT and 60 per cent of KISS are girls, he added.