The National Commission for Women (NCW) and the Kalinga Kusum Foundation (KKF) recently organised a national workshop on the Role of Women in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) here.
Mayor Ananta Narayan Jena inaugurated it while MlA Priyadarshi Mishra, former Member of State Commission for Women SnigdhaPanigrahy, Prof JyotirmayeeAcharya of Sri Sri University and sociologist Prof Rita Ray of National law University Odisha (NlUO)were present.
Workshop coordinator Swati Tanmaya Mishra of KKF introduced guests and managing trustee Dibya Chand Shukla introduced the theme of the workshop.
Speakers highlighted the gender-specific roles and identified how water is related to the womenfolk. They also stressed on the need of increasing awareness and openness in discussing menstrual hygiene.
The first technical session was on Women and WASH: Safety, Security, and vulnerabilities. The second technical session was on Community leadership in WASH, while the third technical session was on State role and citizen’s rights. Besides experts, the students of National law University Odisha (NlUO), Sri Sri University and DAV School of Business Management (DSBM) spoke.