WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CEL

Mahendra College of Engineering established a Women Empowerment Cell in September 2013 to empower women and help them in all walks of life.

VISION

• Maintaining and strengthening the status of Women.

MISSION

• To create awareness of feminine potential.

OBJECTIVES OF WDC

• To create social awareness about the problems of women and in particular regarding gender discrimination.
• To develop the self confidence of Women.
• To guide about Women Welfare Laws.
• To assert the importance of spiritual, economic, social, racial and gender equality.
• To highlight the importance of health and hygiene.
• To directs Women’s role in the society. To develop multidisciplinary approach for the overall personality development.
• To organize seminars, workshops relating to women development.
• To prevent sexual harassment and to promote general well-being of female students, teaching and non teaching women staff of the College.
• To provide and maintain a dignified, congenial working environment for women employees and students, where they can work, study and explore their potential to the fullest.

ACTIVITIES

• Create social awareness about the problems of women and in particular regarding gender discrimination.
• Encourage participation of working in the area of women’s development in the activities of the Cell.
• Organize seminars, workshops for creating general awareness and orientation of students, teachers, and non-teaching staff for their active and sustained participation in the activities of Cell.
• Organize various types of training programmes and create awareness about self-employment schemes for the encouragement of self-reliance among women.

 

ROLES AND FUNCTIONS

• To encourage involvement through academic, cultural and outreach activities such as talks, seminars, workshops, community action, drama, street theatre, poster-making etc.
• To become a resource centre for women and provide a forum for exchange of ideas.
• To review safety and security measures for female employees and girl students at Francis Xavier Engineering college campus.
• The cell intends to bring girl students to the forefront of different activities in the college by offering various facilities and benefits to them. It provides a platform for the female students to explore their co-curricular abilities.

Members of the Women Empowerment Cell

   
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