Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Cell

Women constitute almost 50% of the Humankind. Their contribution in day to day life is invaluable and priceless. They render their services in every field of life, from daily household activities, as agricultural labourers, industrial workers, in the managerial positions, in service sector. However, women have not been able to; or rather, have not been allowed to reap the benefits of development, on par with men.

Thus women empowerment has become the buzzword of development discourse and thus, it is important to ensure the same in every field of life. Telangana Tribal Welfare Residential Degree College (Men) Kamareddy has a policy of Gender Equality that encourages equal participation of women in the College. Though the college is exclusively a men's college, the women are equal ratio in the Teaching faculty.

Further, the college recognises the fact that gender equality should also be inculcated among the male students who become the stakeholders of the society in the future. Further, the college is dedicated towards creating an egalitarian society which encompasses gender equality.

The College has thus established 'Women Empowerment Cell' during the academic year 2019-2020 and the same has been remaed as 'Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Cell' in 2023.

Composition

As a matter of policy, the Women Empowerment Cell shall be constituted as follows:

1. One coordinator and 4 members

2. Coordinator shall be a female faculty

3. Principal shall not be a member

4. One member shall be a male faculty

Objectives

• To make the students coming from rural and tribal background realise the importance of gender equality.
• To make students ready for a new world based on gender equality
• To create a positive environment in their families and the villages and thandas.
• To transform the students into forerunners of gender equality in their peer groups.
• To create a friendly and favourable environment for the women faculty and women workers in the institution.
• To promote gender equality in terms of academic and administrative functioning of the institution.

The functions

• To conduct awareness programmes, talks and seminars on gender equality and women empowerment.
• To screen movies, documentaries that give the message of gender equality and women empowerment.
• To conduct outreach programmes on gender equality and women empowerment.
• To celebrate National and International Women’s Day.
• To organise recreational activities during vacation for the women faculty.

Various Programmes

INTERNATIONAL CHILD RIGHTS DAY, 20th Nov, 2024

 

INTERNATIONAL MEN'S DAY, 19th Nov, 2024

 

International Women's Day Celebration

GEWEC Coordinator, Ms. P. Nalanda, rendering her message on the occasion of International Women's Day

Ms. M. Neelima releasing her message on the eve on International Women's Day 2024

Student Seminar on 'Men and Women - Two sides of the same coin'

International Men's Day Celebration

Ms. Madhuri, presenting a Seminar on 'Role of Women in Day to Day Life - An Appreciation'

Ms. M. Ramlaxmi presenting a Seminar on 'Gender Equality'

 

Resolutions

The Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Cell has passed resolutions from time to time to fulfill in objectives.

ONE

A resolution is passed by the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Cell to plan for a Certificate Course on ‘Gender Sensitisation’ for the first year students. The course shall be based on the Gender Sensitisation paper that has been discontinued by the University. Thus, to ensure that the students of the college are sensitised towards gender issues, a Certificate course shall be formulated and implemented for the first year students.

The Coordinator of Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Cell shall act as the course coordinator. Classes shall be shared by faculty from all the four disciplines.

The objectives shall be as follows:

• To make the students coming from rural background realise the importance of gender equality.
• To make students ready for a new world based on gender equality.

TWO

A resolution is passed by the Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Cell to give the following relaxations to the women faculty working in the institution.

1. The women faculty are eligible for exchanging their duties on the basis of mutual understanding without causing any disturbance to the smooth functioning of the institution.
2. The women faculty shall be exempted from night study duties and holiday duties during the night month of pregnancy to relieve the faculty of additional strain.
3. The women faculty are exempted from night study duties for the six months after completion of maternity leave. However, there is no exemption from holiday duties. This has been decided for the healthy growth of mother and child. This provision is applicable only for the first two kids of the female employee.

THREE

A Resolution has been passed in the year 2023 to change the name of the 'Women Empowerment Cell' to 'Gender Equality and Women Empowerment Cell'.