jennifer
01-18-2008, 04:23 AM
FOR WOMEN EMPOWERMENT: :--
President Pratibha Patil receives the SAARC Gender Database from SAARC Secretary General Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji at the Sixth South Asia Regional Ministerial Conference in New Delhi on Thursday. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, is at left.
NEW DELHI President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Thursday called for implementation of stringent laws against sexual harassment of women at work places, and strict action against those indulging in teasing and molestation.
Inaugurating the Sixth South Asia Regional Ministerial Conference to commemorate the World Conference on Women here, Ms Patil said an important step in self-defence could be imparting training in judo and karate to all girl students to make them physically strong and confident to face challenges.
Read... (http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/18/stories/2008011853521500.htm)
President Pratibha Patil receives the SAARC Gender Database from SAARC Secretary General Lyonpo Chenkyab Dorji at the Sixth South Asia Regional Ministerial Conference in New Delhi on Thursday. Renuka Chowdhury, Minister of State for Women and Child Development, is at left.
NEW DELHI President Pratibha Devisingh Patil on Thursday called for implementation of stringent laws against sexual harassment of women at work places, and strict action against those indulging in teasing and molestation.
Inaugurating the Sixth South Asia Regional Ministerial Conference to commemorate the World Conference on Women here, Ms Patil said an important step in self-defence could be imparting training in judo and karate to all girl students to make them physically strong and confident to face challenges.
Read... (http://www.hindu.com/2008/01/18/stories/2008011853521500.htm)