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Daijiworld Media Network – Mangalore (DV)
Mangalore, Feb 9: St Ann’s College of Education hosted Mother Josephine Memorial lecture on “Empowerment of women through employment - some relevant issues” at the college conference hall on Saturday February 9.
Addressing the gathering, Dr NK Tingalaya, chairman, academic council, Justice KS Hegde Institute of Management, Nitte, said that Christian missionaries came to Mangalore when the district was lagging behind in education. Their contribution to the field of education is immense.
"In India there are 354 million people whose economic condition is poor. If women are empowered then every family will be a happy family. In India nearly 31 cr women in villages live in poverty. If women in every village are well educated and employed then poverty in India can be eradicated", he said.
He also said that if government and private firms like banks provide employment opportunity to rural women, she can lead her family happily and she can also overcome problems. At present urban women get better education and employment while the rural women do not get proper education as well as employment and hence she cannot compete with the urban women. The banks which started smaller units in villages have helped the rural women by saving both her time and money and have also provided good employment opportunities for them.
“Women can be employed in the four prominent sectors namely banking, health, education and police. Guide the rural women in banking business and it will create employment opportunities. Schemes like pigmy help women and also provide employment. Government should hold the universal programmes to guide women and employ them. Today there are 500 such institutions in the country which guide women. At present, in the health sector, 22,000 villages do not have proper doctors, medical facilities and nurses. Doctors and nurses prefer to go to US to earn high. Women should be trained in the field of medicine and should be provide opportunity in villages. They should also be provided employment opportunity in police sector. In India only 2% women work in police sector. Even rural women should be provided with opportunities in this sector. In this way the programme organized in villages can bring about drastic changes in our country”, he added.
Dr Sr Lydia Fernandez former principal and manger of St Ann’s convent Mangalore, Sr Edna Furtado, educational secretary of Apostolic Educational Institution, Farita Viegas, Dr Sr M Clare were present on this occasion.