Faridabad News, 30 July 2020 : D.A.V. Centenary College, Faridabad,organized a National Seminar on ‘Women Empowerment and Gender Sensitivity: Need and Issues’ under the patronage of the Officiating Principal Dr. Savita Bhagat and with Dr. Ruchi Arora, Teacher in Charge, Women Cell, as the Program Convener. The webinar was meant to highlight the needs and issues of Women Empowerment and Gender Sensitivity. The Chief Guest, Sh. Shiv Raman Gaur (IAS Retired), Director, Higher Education, DAV CMC, New Delhi, a great educationist, philosopher, a visionary and a great poet, expressed his views on gender equality and said that empowering women contributes to growth, development and stability of society. The keynote speaker of the webinar was Dr.(Ms.) Ranjana Aggarwal, Director, CSIR- National Institute of Science, Technology and Development Studies, New Delhi.
On this occasion, the Chief Patron of the program, Dr. Savita Bhagat, expressed her heartfelt gratitude to the Chief Guest and the Keynote Speaker. She delineated her views on the gender bias in society that leads to less formal education of women. Hence women’s knowledge, potentialities and abilities go unnoticed and remain unutilized or underutilized. . Every gender must equally share the warmth of the sun, added Dr. Savita Bhagat.
Sh. Shiv Raman Gaur emphasized the significance of the topic, dwelling upon its relevance not only to women but to men also. He cited some examples from English Literature to illustrate his point. He said women was given more importance than men in the Vedic period. But the status of women deteriorated with the passage of time. In the modern era, women should be made self-reliant and improving the status of women will enhance their decision- making capacity in all spheres of life and ensure their holistic growth .
Dr. Ranjana Aggarwal, recipient of many prestigious awards with a lot of important work in the field of women’s empowerment to her credit, beautifully delineated the difference between Sex and Gender and also the ups and downs in the women’s status since the Vedic period. Gender Equality means equality for both boys and girls. She talked about the unequal representation of gender in many important areas including the political sphere and also talked about the parameters of gender inequality given by the Nobel Laureate Amartya Sen. The session was very well moderated by Ms. Ankita Mohindra. There was a question answer session conducted by Dr. Ruchi Malhotra wherein the keynote speaker suitably clarified all the doubts and concerns. The session turned out to be very productive and fruitful as a great number of young students as well as the faculty exhibited interest in it. With the cooperation of all, the webinar proved to be a big success.
