WDC Report for Academic Year 2020-21
1. Webinar
Topic: “POCSO – Laws in COVID Time”
Webinar was conducted on 18th June, 2020 on zoom platform by Resource Person Ms. Raina Khatri Tandon. (Founder/CEO of Right2rise.®, Certified POSH/POCSO Specialist and Human Rights Expert, Founder of RKT Foundation, felicitated by UN rex Karmveer Awardee and Women Achievers by World HRD Congress). 517 participants attended the webinar.
Ms. Tandon shed light on various cases all across India, highlighting and giving us a deeper insight into the stance of the POCSO Act. Even though the Act was introduced in 2012, there are many regions in India not only rural but are also urban area that do not promote the benefits of this Act. This states that, physical abuse is still a taboo, rather than a crime. Thus, to save the honour of the family and due to the stigma attached to it many individual cases are not reported. Through the session Ms. Tandon also mentioned that, as an evolving generation we need to create awareness on sex education for our younger generation beyond good and bad touch, as much as they are more prone to the hands of the perpetrator. Age is not a criterion any more, since the cases we see are inclusive of all age groups. Anyone going through abuse should be able to report it and should be aided with help, not only physically or mentally but also legally.
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2. Online Quiz
Online quiz conducted on 11th October, 2020. On the occasion of International Girls Child day WDC Organized Online quiz to spread awareness about achievements of women and their health and Hygiene to the students. 203 learners participated.
3. Guest Lecture on the topic Food Matters held on 22nd January 2021
138 participants attended. The Guest Speaker Ms. Urvashi Goyani (Dietitian/Nutritionist) stressed the importance of Healthy food intake to the young College Students as Nutrition is a critical part of health and development. It is known fact that Better nutrition is related to improved infant, child and maternal health, stronger immune systems, safer pregnancy and childbirth, lower risk of non-communicable diseases (such as diabetes and cardiovascular disease), and longevity.
She mentioned about seven main classes of nutrients that the body needs. These are carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, minerals, fibre and water. It is important that everyone consumes these seven nutrients on a daily basis to help them build their bodies and maintain their health. Deficiencies, excesses and imbalances in diet can produce negative impacts on health, which may lead to diseases
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4. Celebration of International Women Day.
WDC organized week long festivities to celebrate International Womens Day by organizing an array of events from 1st to 8th march.
On 1st of March, Poster making competition on topic “Roles of Woman in our life”, which had 43 participants.
On 2nd March, Essay and Poem competition on the topic “The Woman behind my story” with 16 participants.
On 3rd March, Webinar on “Women’s rights and empowerment”, conducted by Ms. Ankita Shroff joined by 196 participants.
On 4th March, Online Quiz on “Famous Women Achievers”. In which 142 learners participated.
On 5th and 6th March, two events on Instagram were organized. For social media presence, a drive to post a photo with the important women of their life using #ChooseToChallenge #WDC2021 and Gift Hamper making tutorials were posted on Instagram made by Ms. Sakshi Chaudhary, Ms. Virajita Chigullapally and Ms. Kajal Jain.
On 8th March: WDC Organized a Seminar to celebrate with the women who choose to challenge.
The Speakers for the event were Ms. Dimple Mehta, Ms. Gautami Kapoor, Ms. Priyanka Kasture and our alumnus VLCC Miss India Runner Up Ms. Manya Singh. 496 participants attended the event online and on Youtube Platform.
Ms. Dimple Mehta holds a degree in fashion and lifestyle design and ventured into the world of styling post her degree. She has worked closely with big Bollywood Artist. She also works InForStyle to speak about body positivity and mental health and runs a parallel with InForGrowth her Digital Marketing and Business Development company. She elaborated on the topic Body Positivity, were she explained that societal norms and expectations should not become one priority rather women should be able to indulge in self-love and care to promote a healthy environment around one and other.
Ms. Gautami Kapoor, An Indian television and film actress and model. She is well known for playing the role of Jaya in Kehta Hai Dil on Star Plus. She also gained popularity playing the lead in TV drama Ghar Ek Mandir and more recently in Parvarrish - Season 2 on Sony TV. She has also acted in many Marathi Movies. She gave an insight, that the entertainment industry does set standards for women to work by, but believing and supporting women to be entrepreneurs is giving scope to a bright future.
Ms. Priyanka Kasture is building brands using content is her thing. Starting from 2018, with the help of powerful content, Ms. Kasture has built a cumulative follower-base of over 4,50,000 people, and has secured over 8 million impressions per month, all organic. She is currently building Machine Learning India (MLI), ground-up. Being a budding young entrepreneur, she shed light on the position of women in the work space dynamic and also revealed that women can be over achievers.
VLCC Miss India Runner Up Ms. Manya Singh, spoke about how her struggle is her success and she dared all the young girls out there to dream big and make them reality through hard-work and success.
Women achievers spoke from different aspects which truly gave the event a persona of what a women is capable of, multitalented, dynamic and all rounder achievers.
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5. Webinar
Topic: Women’s Health Wisdom
86 Female Participants attended the webinar which was conducted by Dr. Mrs. Ranna Doshi. (MD, DGO, DFP, FICG) Gynecologist and Obstetrician.
Convenor of WDC Ms. Radhika Desai gave the welcome speech and introduced the highly inspiring Dr. Doshi. Some highlights included Dr. Doshi having an experience of 40 years and over more than 15000 deliveries done by her. Dr. Doshi has also won the Mayor’s award in 2015 for distinguished professional and social services. More than 10,000 patients benefited from Dr. Doshi’s social work.
Dr. Doshi stressed on the importance of a good lifestyle and how it affects the overall menstrual cycle of a female. Many other crucial topics like hypothyroidism and hashimoto were discussed by her. Remedies and consultation on many female related problems like PCOD and PCOS were discussed. Dr. Doshi alerted the participants when one should consult a gynecologist and which symptoms can be treated by simple remedies. Dr. Doshi also explained the importance of Women hygiene and gave tips where atmost care should be taken by young girls. Then Dr. Doshi answered few queries asked by the audience and ended with a gist of all the tips given in the webinar.
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6. Awareness Campaign on: Menstruation-Natural, Normal, Nothing More…
It is rightly said that "small drops of water today will make an ocean tomorrow".
Thakur College of Science & Commerce has collaborated with MenstrualHygieneDay.Org (Global), which is working in the direction of ending period poverty and stigma attached to it. Department of MA-EMA in collaboration with Women Development Cell of TCSC took an initiative to break the taboo around menstruation hygiene (MH) where no women or girl will be uncomfortable talking about menstruation and menstruation hygiene. To create awareness about menstruation hygiene, various offline and online events were conducted starting 20th May. Learners were informed about the significance of 28th May, which is celebrated as Menstruation Day. They were also enlightened as to why 28th May was selected as Menstruation Day. The Menstruation Bracelet Challenge was a great initiative to make people explore their creative side and spread awareness about MHM. Several renowned celebrities such Ritvik Sahore (Actor), Siddarth Nigam (Actor), Mahima Makwana (Actor), Simran Buddharup (Actor), Shibani Kashyap (Singer), Harshada Patil (Actor) joined hands with TCSC and helped reach the wider audience. On 28th May, a webinar titled “Menstruation-Natural, Normal, Nothing More” was organized, the objective of which was to normalize the talk about menstruation. Dr. Mukesh Gupta was invited as a guest speaker (MBBS, MS and DNB) Obstetrician & Gynaecologist, who cleared the myths related to menstruation and answered various questions related to it. The webinar was attended by more than 250 people, which made it a great success. It was a small step towards creating a world, where talking about menstruation would not be considered awkward.
