Women Empowerment Cell-WEC

About Women Empowerment Cell

Women's empowerment can be defined as promoting women’s sense of self-worth, their ability to determine their own choices, and their right to influence social change for themselves and others.The Women Empowerment Cell holds this principle as a foundation for all its programmes and activities and has a vision to guide,help and empower women.

Women Empowerment Cell (WEC) of Aurora’s Degree & PG College has been constituted to empower and safeguard the rights of female members; faculty staff and students of College.

Objectives Of Women Empowerment Cell.

• To create awareness of Women's Rights and to empower Women.
• To educate both men and women on the need for Women Empowerment.
• To change societal attitudes and community practices by active participation and involvement of both men and women.
• To Host Guest lectures and Awareness programmes with dignitaries from various practices to share wisdom and educate students and faculty.
• To conduct outreach programmes for children and women.
• To build and strengthen partnerships with non-profit organizations, particularly women's organizations (Life of Girl, My Choices Foundation and Government High School Musheerabad, Hyderabad).
• To encourage students and faculty to volunteer and take active part in all events.

WEC MEMBERS

• Dr.N.Suryakanthi Associate professor WEC Convener
• A. Sharon Priyanka Faculty Coordinator

Dr. SuryakanthiNandivada has twelve years of teaching experience. She has done her M.Phil, and Ph.D in Telugu from Osmania University. She worked as sub editor SahityaSravanthi at ICFAI. She is also a content writer and has translated a dictionary from Telugu to English for CP Brown Academy. She has presented 25 papers and 5 articles at International Seminars. She has also published 15 articles at National level seminars. She is presently the convener of WEC from Aurora’s Degree and PG College.

About WEC

Women Empowerment Cell (WEC) of Aurora’s Degree & PG College has been constituted to empower and safeguard the rights of female members; faculty staff and students of College. The WEC works to promote gender sensitivity in the college and conduct diverse programmes to educate, sensitize both male and female members and produce harmonious atmosphere on the campus. It works for the welfare of the students and faculty towards preparing them in to competent professionals to-take up greater challenges in the academic sphere.

The cardinal principle of the WEC programme is that it is organised by the students themselves, and both students and teachers through their combined participation in community service.

Objectives WEC

• To create awareness of the Women’s Right and to empower Women.
• Identification of strong leader ship and change makers and building their capacity.
• To make them aware about the guidelines of Supreme Court and to ensure that sexual harassment is treated as an uncceptable social behavior within the institution and the society.
• To conduct seminar, workshop to impart knowledge of opportunities and tools available and train the women.
• To help the self help group women to get financial support by identifying the sources.
• To apply education- find practical solution to individual & community problems.
• To develop competence required for group living and sharing responsibilities.

WEC MEMBERS

• Dr.N.Suryakanthi Associate professor WEC Convener
• A. Sharon Priyanka Faculty Coordinator

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