Women Cell
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Overview
The women cell of the college envisions & advocates an egalitarian society, as envisaged in the Indian Constitution. Aiming at intellectual and social upliftment of the female students, it seeks to empower women in all spheres of life thus enabling them to become agents of social and economic change. It proactively seeks to orient them to recognize their true potential through guest lectures, seminars, awareness programmes, life skill training programmes and other welfare activities. The target group includes the institutional students, women from the local community and primary & secondary level students at nearby schools.
Objectives
- To impart knowledge regarding social, legal, and constitutional rights of women to prevent gender bias and sexual harassment
- To enable them to make informed choices in areas like education, employment, and health.
- To instil positive self-esteem and develop their critical thinking skills so that they can take the right decision in and for their lives.
- To make them aware of different kinds of violence: sexual, physical, & mental and equip them with the knowledge and courage to fight against them.
- To empathetically deal with incidents of discrimination against women or their sexual harassment by employer(s) or student(s).
- To sensitize the St. Thomas College community on gender equity issues by organizing sensitivity programmes like seminars, workshops, panel discussions etc.