A guest talk on “Women’s Safety and Empowerment” was organized by the Sexual Harassment Redressal Cell on 27-09-2018 by PESIAMS College, Shivamogga, exclusively for the girl students. Dr. Rohini A.R, Associate professor, of CBR National College of Law, was the resource person.

The programme began with an invocation song by Ms. Sailakshmi of I Sem B.Com. Dr. K Sailatha, Principal of PESIAMS welcomed the gathering and introduced the chief guests.

In her speech remembering the words of Malala, Dr. Rohini A.R, said that it is more advisable for a woman to engage herself in self-defense rather than depending on mere law and enactments to safe-guard her. She further stated that a country’s real development is based on the extent of equality and status provided to the women in their society and she also pointed out that not only in India but also in the entire world women face harassment and discrimination. With the steep increase in crimes committed against women, it becomes all the more necessary for women to become physically and mentally strong and fight against the discrimination imposed against them in the male dominated society. Women must learn to be affirmative, self reliant, independent and take bold decisions. She opined that being alert, learning martial arts, developing good communication skills and life skills play an important role in protecting her from any harassment.