The first Patana Sadass of 2008 was held on 29th March. The topic of the programme was “personality development of women- necessity of the times”. Smt. Vatsala Ramdas of Thanal Suicide Prevention Centre, Kozhikode, presented the paper on the topic. She exhorted women to march ahead with the goals of progress and social well-being. To […]
A training programme for women in paper bag making and screen printing was organized from February 16th to 20th, 2008 in collaboration with Canara Bank. 26 selected women attended the four day training. A two day training programme for women in making fancy ornaments was organized in association with Canara Bank on 21st and 22nd […]
A two day training programme for entrepreneurship development among women was conducted under the joint auspices of Streechetana and Canara Bank on 30th November and 1st December 2007. The programme was held under the guidance and with the co-operation of the Entrepreneurship Development Institute of India, Ahmadabad. The workshop was inaugurated by Canara Bank Divisional […]
The next Patana Sadass which was held on 25th November 2007 was on ‘Women and Mental health’. The paper on this topic was presented by Smt. Sunitha T.V., Lecturer in Malayalam, Zamorins Guruvayurappan College, Calicut. She spoke on various aspects like physical, mental and sexual assaults on women, social and economic disparity, poverty, lack of […]
Workshop for Self Help Groups: A one day workshop for SHGs was held on Sept 29, 2007 at Youth Hostel with an aim to empower women and to promote the concept of self help groups. Presided by Smt. Radha Iyer, and inaugurated by Mr. M. Balakrishnan, Lead Bank Manager, Canara Bank, the workshop gave useful […]
A Patana Sadass on “the works of V.T. Bhattathirippad and their role in creating social awareness” was held on 22nd September 2007. The paper on the topic was presented by Smt. Preeta K; Lecturer in Malayalam, S.N.College, Chelannur She talked about the role of V.T.Bhattathirippad, who through his writings fought against social evils of the […]
Patana Sadass on “women‘s magazines” was conducted on the 8th of July 2007. Dr. K.S. Jayasree, General Secretary, Streechetana presented the paper on the topic and guided the discussions. She pointed out that while all such publications on women depict domestic and casual matters, they fail to bring out the fact that a family is […]
Smt. Meenakshi C.S, Asst. Engineer, Water Resources Dept. spoke at the 7th discussion session conducted on 24th March 2007 on the topic ‘Panchayati Raj and Women’. She emphasized the need for empowerment and participation of women to ensure the just and equitable distribution of production, wealth and money as envisaged by the Panchayati Raj system. […]
Symposium – Women and Challenges of Globalization Smt. Nirmala Apte, All India coordinator of Bharateeya Stree Shakti, delivered the keynote address in the symposium organized by Streechetana on May 6th 2007 on the impact of globalization. She pointed out that it is the women in the lower strata of society who are most adversely affected […]