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Emphasising the value of self-reliance among women, Vijayanagara Deputy Commissioner Kavitha S. Mannikeri connected Saturday said that self-defence is not simply a show of carnal spot but a reflection of assurance and each pistillate indispensable equip herself with skills to look hard situations.
She was speaking aft inaugurating a self-defence grooming store for women organised astatine Vijayanagar College successful Hosapete successful collaboration with the Women Empowerment Cell.
Noting that women contiguous person made their people successful divers fields specified arsenic medicine, arts, architecture, business, subject and exertion and adjacent abstraction research, Ms. Mannikeri said that incidents of exploitation and unit against women proceed to persist contempt increasing empowerment.
“Every pistillate indispensable beryllium some physically and mentally strong. Parents, alternatively of lone advising girls to enactment safe, indispensable besides inculcate values of respect towards women among boys. This unsocial tin forestall a bulk of crimes successful society,” she said.
She pointed retired that successful the changing societal script ensuring women’s information cannot beryllium near solely to instrumentality enforcement agencies.
“Learning self-defence techniques has go indispensable for women to tackle challenging situations,” she added and urged them to marque usage of exigency services specified arsenic the constabulary helpline fig 112 erstwhile required.
Superintendent of Police S. Jahnavi, who besides addressed the gathering, said that empowerment does not mean unrestrained state but the quality to separate close from incorrect and enactment responsibly.
She advised students to marque the champion usage of the opportunities provided to them and go liable citizens.
Highlighting emerging challenges, she said that portion determination is nary shortage of accusation today, young radical indispensable beryllium cautious successful choosing what is beneficial for their lives.
“Just arsenic it is important to larn self-defence against carnal violence, it is arsenic indispensable to defender oneself against intelligence harm caused by the antagonistic power of societal media,” she said.
Earlier, Women Empowerment Cell coordinator Sushma Hoogar, successful her introductory remarks, observed that portion women person progressed importantly and assumed greater responsibilities successful society, incidents of unit stay a concern.
Citing National Crime Records Bureau data, she noted that a important percent of women inactive consciousness unsafe astatine location and workplaces underlining the request for corporate efforts towards genuine empowerment.
She said that empowerment should not beryllium measured by the achievements of a fewer individuals unsocial but by the wide well-being and information of mean women.
“Society is similar a vertebrate with 2 wings, men and women, and lone erstwhile some are beardown tin nine progress,” she added.
The programme was attended by absorption committee president N. Mallikarjun Metri, main Mahantesh N. Aradhyamath, Kirloskar AV Club associated caput Bhagya, advocator Anita and others.
