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Guest Lecture on "Women Welfare and Law"
on 24.07.2017
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| Dr.D.Pandiaraja, Principal, Thiagarajar College, delivering the presidential address on “Women Welfare and Law” |
Mr. G. Prabhu Rajadurai, B.A., B.L., Senior Advocate, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court addressing the students on “Women Welfare and Law”. |
The Women’s Studies Centre conducted a workshop on “Women Welfare and Law” for the girl students on 24th July 2017. Briefing the activities of the centre, Dr. A. Suganthi, former Director, Women’s Studies Centre emphasised the need for such a programme. In his presidential address, Dr. D. Pandiaraja, Principal insisted that knowledge of law is essential to women since we live in a Gender biased society. Mrs. S. Anusha, Programme Organizer, NLPC (National Legal Rights Protection Council) briefed about the programme. G.Prabhu Rajadurai, Senior Advocate, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court addressed the students about law in general and focused on sexual harassment. He sensitized the students on gender justice by screening clippings from movies and he instilled confidence to fight back courageously. It was a step towards educating the girl children to address issues without fear. Students were interactive and they expressed their wish to educate men also, regarding this.
Prizes were given to active participants. Ms. Nivedita, Department of Psychology proposed the vote of thanks.
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