RONO HILLS, January 27, 2021: Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh, Arunachal Pradesh in collaboration with National Commission for Women, New Delhi organized two-day national webinar on “Violence against women with special reference to counselling” on 27th and 28th January, 2021. The webinar was conducted by the Women Studies and Research Centre, Rajiv Gandhi University and the Institute of Distance Education, Rajiv Gandhi University. More than three-hundred participants applied for registration from all over the country.
The program starts with introductory Remark by Prof. Elizabeth Hangsing, Director, Women’s Studies & Research Centre, RGU followed by the lecture of the Keynote speaker Dr. Kimnihat Vaiphei, Department of Psychiatric Social Work, NIMHANS, Bangalore. She stressed on the importance of validating women experiences and enhancing the safety of the women and ensuring people support in all possible ways. She opined that the violence against women throughout the life cycle phase. So, she suggests undertaking steps to prevent themselves from any such happenings of life-cycle violence. She stressed that during counselling session, one need to encourage the victim about empowering her, listening to her agony and pain she has been going through. She also mentioned that the victim should be provided with protection. She also talked about circle of abusesuch as tension building, incident, reconciliation and claim. She cited that we need multi-sectoral approach to tackle such daily happenings, like media, legal professional, NGOs, Community Leaders, Government Institutions, stakeholders, etc. Further, she mentioned System of practice where one sector itself will not help the women in a holistic way. The family can play a vital role in enhancing the support for the women. For instance, educating and making them understand the legal consequences, etc.NGO, Political, legal way, law and enforcement or the community leaders can play a vital role in preventing the violence against women. The Honourable Vice-Chancellor, Prof. Saket Kushwaha, who was the chief Patron of the inaugural session, also spoke on the program. The inaugural session was concluded with a vote of thanks by Ms. Chathiam Lowang, Assistant Professor Co-Coordinator, IDE, RGU.
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