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 […]
This was the topic presented on 16th December 2006 by the leading advocate, Smt. P.A. Sarala, practicing in the Family Court. She pointed out that the main objective of family courts is to bring about amicable solutions to domestic problems. She also opined that Family Courts have been able to resolve problems and enable speedy […]
This was the topic of discussion at the 5th discussion session conducted on 25th November 2006. Dr. Anitha Raveendran, Professor of psychology, University of Calicut presented the paper. She spoke on the changes in society and deficiencies in communication/free expression, which played a causal role in the increasing number of suicides. Smt. Vatsala Ramdas presided.
The third discussion session was held on 30th September on ‘Family, Employment and Role of Women’. Smt. G Jyotsna, Lecturer, Adarsh Sanskrit Vidyapeeth presented the paper on the topic. The paper presented the various positive aspects of the elevated status enjoyed by the women who are employed. It also discussed the various factors that confront […]