Women are now not helpless, they do strengthen themselves, Annapurna Devi, State Water Resources and Child Welfare Minister, said in a one-day workshop organised at Jagannath Jain college on the topic, ‘Female sexual harassment at educational institutions,’ on Friday.
She said, “I am happy the college has convened a seminar on this topic of national importance. Principal and college management must be congratulated for this effort to inform and sensitise the teaching faculty and the students to this intractable problem which seriously affects young women who aspire for higher education and better employment opportunities.”
Addressing the workshop the Minister said, “Awareness towards this very subject is very important students as well as teachers must support to the victim if come to knowledge. Elimination of Gender inequality is one of the basic planks of any institution “
Kiran Kumari, member of woman commission and advocate by profession gave important legal information related to the sexual harassment. She said not only the lay men of the society are involved in the crime but educated and people on higher posts and with high profile status are also involved in the crime so we must aware about the legal points of the crime and we must raise our voice against the crime. She also also appealed students to be self sufficient and be ready to face any such problem at institutes and working places.
Sangita Kumari, SP, Koderma said, “Gender inequality is one of the basic planks at working places and educational institutions. Society must deal with equality in education. State shall take all appropriate measures to eliminate discrimination against women in order to ensure to them equal rights with men in the field of education and in particular, to ensure, on the basis of equality of men and women the same conditions for career and vocational guidance, for access to studies of all categories, in rural as well as in urban areas; this equality shall be ensured in preschool, general, technical,professional and nontechnical education, as well as in all types of vocational training.”