First Woman First woman chief minister of India was Sucheta Kriplani, 1958 THE GLOBAL TIMES | MONDAY, MARCH 24, 2014 Youth Power 2013-14 7 Panel Discussion It’s time to discuss YOU H POWER Heated debates, expert opinions, exchange of varied viewpoints... the panel discussion conducted by the YP teams in their respective schools saw all this and more AIS PUSHP VIHAR | Nutrition & women PANELISTS Mukesh Setia, educationist, Avte India & social worker in V4U organisation Navneet Kumar Dhamija, deputy health commissioner, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Preetu Mishra, consultant nutritionist, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare Dr Harsh Ved, specialist, family medicine, Lok Nayak Hospital Dr Ruchi Bhandari, senior gynaecologist, Saket City Hospital Anoop Gurung, physical education teacher, AIS PV Rumpa, helper, AIS PV TOPICS Importance of women health Causes of malnourishment in women Repercussions of malnourishment in women AIS GURGAON 43 | Sanitation & hygiene for women Actions undertaken by the government to eradicate malnourishment in women HIGHLIGHTS The discussion focused on factors that contribute towards malnourishment in women such as wrong feeding habits, social circumstances and societal pressures. Dr Dhamija stated, “86% of the women in the country are anaemic.”G T Methods AIS NOIDA | Self defence for safety of women AIS GUR 46 | Vocational training to empower women PANELISTS Dr (Mrs) Anju Khanna, chief mentor, Ipsaa Day Care. Seema Nagar, English teacher, Educare Ruby Khan, editor, Hindustan Times Aarti Chopra, principal, AIS Gur 46 Stuti Pathak, counsellor, AIS Gur 46 Issrat, one of the women trained by the YP team TOPICS COVERED Ways to empower women Dealing with stereotypes Views of the previous generation on modernisation of the Indian woman Providing exposure to girls living in protected families Homemakers not given their AIS MAYUR VIHAR|Education for women PANELISTS Dr Deepika Chaterjee, professor (Sociology) Aparna, founder, Prabhav (NGO) Rahul Kapoor, head, Amitasha Debjani Sengupta, principal, AIS MV Poonam Jha & Radha Sharma, students, Amitasha TOPICS COVERED Necessity to improve literacy rate in India Role of literacy in curbing social vices Government policies and their implementation Changes brought about by efforts of the NGOs HIGHLIGHTS The significance of education in a woman’s life was summed up when Amitasha students spoke of the difference that education had made in their lives. “My parents feel proud when I can recite a poem in English,” said Radha Sharma. G T due credit HIGHLIGHTS "Why isn't housework given any importance? Why is it taken for granted?" was a question put up by a student when the discussion steered towards emphasising the importance of women to be employed for their own empowerment. G T PANELISTS Prukalpa Sankar, founder, Social Cops Dr Udita Tyagi, founder, Dishaa Foundation (NGO) Madhvee Shree, secretary, Delhi chapter, India Media Center Shashikala Kumar, sub-editor, Mayur Infomail TOPICS COVERED Role of youth, media, law and AIS SAKET | Respect for women PANELISTS Dr Mubin Zehra, social analyst, author, columnist & academician Ajay Pratap, SHO, Saket police station Sonal Kapoor, founder CEO & creative director, Protsahan India Foundation TOPICS COVERED Definition of eve teasing Reasons for eve teasing Teaching young children PANELISTS Ila Samar, Sr doctor, Paras Hospital Anu Gupta, Sr nutritionist, Apollo Reena Bharti, president, Parivar Shakti (NGO) Prachi Gandhi, parent Rachna Singh, executive director, End Poverty India (NGO) Vishakha Chitnis, principal, AIS G43 Sangeeta Sethi, coordinator, AIS G43 Ranju Modi, doctor, AIS Gur 43 Shalini Ramaul, teacher, AIS Gur 43 Tirupati, helper, AIS Gur 43 about eve teasing Instilling respect for women in young children HIGHLIGHTS A student mentioned that the police was non cooperative. SHO Ajay Pratap completely disagreed with the statement and invited all the girls of the school to come to the police station and see that the police officials were not at all non cooperative as reported. police force in women security factors instrumental in making women feel safe Changing mentalities or empowering women – what’s more important for women safety HIGHLIGHTS The discussion on ‘role played by media in women empowerment’ saw some roaring arguments between the panelists. G T Key AIS VASUNDHARA 1 | Stop dowry, protect women PANELISTS Anil Kumar Chunduru, advocate Ranvijay Singh, commanding officer, Indirapuram Manika Pal, counselor, AIS Vas 1 TOPICS COVERED Hindu Marriage and Succession Act Dowry laws and their enforcement Dowry as an offence and punishment Present scenario and cases registered HIGHLIGHTS What is dowry? This question prevailed over the discussion and brought numerous aspects pertaining to dowry to the fore. Anil Kumar Chunduru stated that it was not just monetary demands but also the expensive gifts that classify as dowry.G T TOPICS COVERED Communication between parents and girls at the onset of puberty Role of parents vis-à-vis hygiene & sanitation requirements of girls Role of government in sensitisation HIGHLIGHTS “In rural areas, the condition is even worse where women are treated no less than untouchables (during periods). And all this is there because it’s a ‘dirty’ thing for them to have periods.” Rachna Singh AIS VASUNDHARA 6|Abuses faced by urban women PANELISTS Nimesh Desai, director, IHBAS, Delhi University Anuj Gandhi, college student and an active member of several NGOs Vibha Sharma, professor in psychology, department of clinical psychology, IHBAS, DU Parwinder Singh, IPS, Ghaziabad, ASP (U/T) Rajeshwari Avtar, parent TOPICS COVERED Reasons for women abuse Responsibility of women Laws for women safety Women are pivotal for a family yet their voices are undermined. Why? Why do even educated and literate men commit heinous crimes against women? HIGHLIGHTS The discussion saw strong comments being made by the panelists. “It is a very unfortunate reality that crime against women has become a matter of normative behavior and not psychiatric behavior.” Nimesh Desai “I cannot tell you how scared I feelwhen my daughters step out of the house.” Rajeshwari Avtar “Girls are taught to be ‘patient’ from childhood, but that patience should come to fore when bearing pain and not abuse. Rules and regulations are introduced from time to time for women safety. It is the communication gap between the police and the people that needs to be reduced.” Parwinder Singh
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