I.Jayanthi, Assistant Director, Tamil Nadu State Judicial Academy releasing the newsletter of Annamalai University on the occasion of international women's day in Chidambaram on Tuesday . Vice-Chancellor M.Ramanathan is in the picture.
CUDDALORE:
More number of women should come forward to study law courses so as to learn about their rights, duties and protective measures to be adopted, said I.Jayanthi, Assistant Director, Tamil Nadu Judicial Academy, Chennai.
She was delivering the special address on the occasion of International Women's Day celebrations organised under the aegis of National Service Scheme of Annamalai University at Chidambaram on Tuesday. Ms. Jayanthi said that the government had passed several legislations for safeguarding the rights of women, such as the Commission (Prevention) of Sati Act, Dowry Harassment Act, Indecent Representation Act, Domestic Violence (Prevention) Act, National Commission for Women Act, Child Marriage (Abolition) Act and so on.
However, there were lapses in the implementation of these Acts that had given place to perpetration of violence and atrocities against women, despite their socio-economic growth. To throw a protective cordon around them it had become imperative for women to study law courses. Ms Jayanthi said, adding that women should make it a point to study the Constitution that ensured equality and rights of women.
Ms Jayanthi made an appeal to Vice-Chancellor of Annamalai University M.Ramanathan to start a law college so as to enable women in this region to study law courses. Dr Ramanathan said that access to education had elevated the status of woman in society. For instance, the number of girl students in the university almost equalled that of boys, and moreover in dentistry 55 per cent was girls. Dr Ramanathan stressed the importance of sex education for children. It was a matter of concern that 50 per cent of women were anaemic and so also 50 per cent of pregnant women who give birth to malnourished children.
The problem was quite pronounced in below-the-poverty line group and this could combated only through joint efforts by men and women, he added. Registrar M.Rathinasabapathi said that it was tall leaders like Raja Ram Mohan Roy, Narayana Guru and Bharathiar who were in the forefront to uphold the rights of women. Sulochana Ramanathan, Vijayakumari Rathinasabapathi, Pl.Muthuveerappan, Dean, Faculty of Indian Languages, and T.R.Jeyaraaj, NSS programme coordinator, participated.
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