WELCOME TO WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CELL (WEC)

History of WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CELL (WEC)

The Department of WOMEN EMPOWERMENT CELL (WEC)  is as old as the establishment of the institution itself. In short it is a 13-year-Old department established in 2008.

The Department is Headed by Dr SAILAJA C S from July 2017 working  hard with the department.

STAFF PARTICULARS

The particulars of present staff working in this department are as follows.

TEACHING FACULTY

Vision

To empower women in all spheres of life enabling them to become agents of social and economic change and inculcating ethical values for the betterment of self, family and society.

Mission

To train women to acquire wide range of skills and knowledge. To develop and increase their social, economic and intellectual capacities for peace, security and prosperity of mankind.

WEC is a cell made to help sensitize students towards the various problems faced by women and other gender-based issues. WEC empowers women to face the present challenges by providing tools and techniques that help to eliminate individual stress. A sense of community is created that allows women to face these challenges as a team rather than individually. The goal of Women Empowerment Cell is to bring about the advancement, development and empowerment of women. The Women Empowerment Cell encourages women to find practical solutions to their challenges so that each one becomes self-dependent in their own right. The responsibility of the Women Empowerment Cell is to follow the Mandatory Guidelines of the university, regarding the security arrangements for Girl Students and Women staff of our Institution

Objectives

• Evolve all possible strategies for empowering women in not only socio-cultural aspects but also in holistic way towards the betterment of the society.
• To educate the establishment towards gender sensitization
• To help women students understand their strength and potential
• To motivate and inspire girl students in their pursuit of excellence.
• To promote awareness among girl students on occupational, legal and constitutional rights.
• To educate girl students on women health issues and measures to be taken.
• To sensitize girl students on gender equality and to further encourage them to advocate gender equality within the community.
• To make girl students realize their strengths and be empowered.

Roles and Responsibilities

• To spread the objectives of WEC among the girl students.
• To participate actively in the events and competitions organized by the cell and encourage other girl students to participate.
• To allow girls to organize enthusiastically the events of WEC under the guidance of the cell.
• To motivate the girl students of the class to become extroverts.
• To bring to the notice of the faculty representative of their respective department, if any gender specific issue arises among the girl students.

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Women Health

The women empowerment cell is dedicated to the goal of promoting overall health and mental, physical, social well being of women and girls throughout the campus. Women and girls face distinct challenges and problems in day to day life and continue to experience inferior control over their health issues due to various socio-economical, personal, professional and environmental factors. The women empowerment cell nurtures women for better health by educating them and providing a network of assistance, workshops and counseling to strengthen their female values such as creativity, empathy, emotional skills, mutual connection and economic status

Self Defense

Just one thing for the women to understand -“Everything depends upon your perspective of seeing yourself.”
Women aren’t weak. They are such powerful beings, and it is unfair to be the victims. Women should develop the attitude to feel powerful and super strong from within and achieve anything they set their minds to. One step towards learning self-defence can let women claim the universe

Sanitation and Hygiene

Access to basic sanitation and good hygiene is a human right.
Right now, nearly two billion people live without access to basic sanitation and another 800 million people lack basic access to safe water. For women and girls, these challenges are disproportionately difficult, making it a significant hurdle for women in the world today. Safe water, sanitation, and hygiene go hand in hand, and one cannot be fully realized without the other and they are the most building blocks for empowering women everywhere. Poor sanitation has significant impacts on the safety, well-being, and educational prospects of women. Girls’ lack of access to a clean, safe toilet, especially during menstruation, perpetuates risk, shame and fear. With the considerable impact of unhygienic sanitation facilities on health, lack of facilities in the workplace can have an impact on absenteeism, affecting livelihoods, productivity levels and ultimately the economy. Reduced time, health, and care-giving burdens from improved water and sanitation services give women more time for productive endeavors, education, empowerment activities and leisue

Literacy

Women Entrepreneurship

“Women entrepreneurs are those women who innovate, initiate or adopt a business activity”.-Schumpeter

The status of women entrepreneurs is essential for economic growth. Women now engage not only in their respective fields, but also in professions including trade, manufacturing and engineering. In order to meet changes in trends, challenges global markets and be sufficiently competent to retain and aspire for excellence in the entrepreneurial arena. Women entrepreneurship must be properly moulded with entrepreneurial traits and abilities. The motivational factor behind this desire is a sense of independent decision-making towards their careers and lives. Women are progressing day by day in this digital era and transforming themselves from job-seekers to job creators. Hence, women entrepreneurs viewed as an effective strategy to eliminate both rural and urban problems.

Legal Awareness

The Latin phrase: “ignorantia juris non excusat” which is applied universally provides that ignorance of law is not excusable. This principle is applied to illiterates as well.
Knowledge of laws/ remedies of one’s country enable a personto stand for herself and fight against injustice in the society and to impart practical knowledge about the basic legal rights and remedies provided under various women related laws, thereby making them fit to face the challenges in real life situations. Moreover, knowledge of Legal Awareness is not only crucial for balanced development of young minds it will also help students information of correct values, self-discipline and national spirit.

Recognizing the need to impart legal awareness to women and girls, regarding their right

Function/ Future plans

The functions of the constituted Committee of the Women Empowerment Cell are as stated below:

1. Organise workshops, seminars, interaction programmes on health, safety, literacy, entrepreneurship, and legal rights for women on campus.
2. Create awareness among men and women to sustain gender equity.
3. Encourage study/research projects, and discussion forums to de bunk gender stereotypes.

1. Formulate public awareness campaigns as part of Community Outreach Programmes.
2. Consider such other matters as may deem fit to the Committee and the University administration.

In this regard, each committee member plays a crucial role in achieving the Women Empowerment Cell's Vision and Mission. Since the members hail from Sciences, and Humanities, it is a perfect college that offers individual expertise to accomplish the functions of the Cell.

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