St Aloysius College Holds ‘Gender Taboo’
Mangaluru: The Department of Journalism of St Aloysius College (Autonomous), organized a developmental programme on ‘Gender Taboo’ on 6th August 2018. This was an initiative by the 2nd year journalism students to throw light on Gender Taboos and issues prevailing in the country. Dr Balika Prashanth, Vice Principal of SDM Law College was the chief guest.
Chief Guest, Dr Balika, who has 22 years of teaching experience with UG and PG law students, spoke at length about the discrimination in the society on the basis of gender and how the involvement of legislature helps citizens on this matter. She emphasized on the Prevention of Sexual Harassment at Workplace Act. She urged the
students to be aware of their rights so as to avoid any exploitation in the future.
The Presidential address was delivered by Jishnu S Menon, Assistant Professor of Journalism, St. Aloysius College. Besides this, there were TWO paper presentations by the students of journalism on the topics ‘Gender Taboo’ and ‘Sanitation Facilities of Women’. The programme also witnessed a skit performed by the students of
Al-Madhyam association that highlighted the misconceptions faced by the genders in our society
In an ever-growing populated country such as India, the focus on “gender taboo” is considered to be important. The women of India will continue to bring all the important and attractive attention from the rest of the world because Indian women are active and brilliant. Indian women are becoming increasingly important in our Armed Forces, Aviation and also in many Law Enforcement Divisions. The ratio of women to men is becoming closer than ever before. Our Educational systems as well as our Medical systems, Indian women are contributing a great deal, and this trend will continue to grow. Let the… Read more »