The University of Kashmir on Monday organised several events, including a seminar and a webinar, to celebrate the International Women’s Day.
At an impressive ceremony in VC Secretariat, Vice-Chancellor Prof Talat Ahmad unveiled a poster of an awareness campaign on women’s health and hygiene.
The day-long awareness campaign—organised by the Centre for Women’s Studies and Research (CWSR)—aims to educate women in several areas of Tral, including Dedarpora, Souinard and Aripal about the importance of personal hygiene, on March 9.
The awareness campaign is part of a project being undertaken by the CWSR under RUSA
Prof Talat said poor hygiene impacts all types of health, including physical and mental health.
“According to top world health institutions and bodies, maintaining personal health not only leads to diseases prevention, but is also an effective way of keeping the viruses and bacteria away from our body,” he said, appreciating the CWSR and its student participants for planning the community-level awareness campaign.
KU Registrar DrNisar Ahmad Mir and Coordinator RUSA DrManzoor Shah highlighted how the university is planning to undertake grassroots studies and awareness campaigns under RUSA-sponsored projects for the benefit of the society.
Coordinator CWSR Prof TabassumFirdous talked about the key objectives of the awareness campaign.
The Department of Social Work (DoSW) also organised a day-long seminar titled “Women in Leadership: Achieving an Equal Future in a Covid-19 World” to mark the International Women’s Day.
Dean School of Social Sciences Prof M Y Ganai chaired the inaugural session, where Prof Neelofar Khan, Director Institute of Home Science was a guest of honour and Principal Institute of Music and Fine Arts Prof Mohammad Hussain was a special guest.
Prof Ganai, Prof Khan and Prof Hussain highlighted the vast contributions of women in different fields of life and the leadership roles they have assumed from time to time. Coordinator DoSWDrAadil Bashir highlighted the purpose of celebrating the Women’s Day.
Dr Shazia Manzoor also spoke during the seminar, where students of DoSW performed a skit on discrimination of women and other related concerns. Later, an expert team from Foundation of Sports Learning and Development (FSLD) acquainted women participants with different self-defense techniques.