IEP Chandigarh
The Foreign Students Cell and Women Development Cell of Mehr Chand Mahajan DAV College for Women, Chandigarh, organised an online workshop on ‘Gender Responsive Approach to Climate Change’. The eminent resource person, Prof. Namita Gupta from the Department of Human Rights, Panjab University, Chandigarh, lent an exhaustive narrative to the contemporary and sensitive issue of women being the lead victims of climate changes and natural disasters. She highlighted that the burgeoning statistics have been a precursor to the emergence of various environmental movements of India like Bishnoi movement, Chipko movement, Aapiko movement, Silent Valley movement and Narmada Bachao Andolan. Prof. Gupta corroborated her talk with research-based constructs in the domains of agriculture, plantation, mining, household chores, migration, politics, etc., all bearing testimony to the gender-based discrimination in society. She highlighted the significance of equal opportunities to cast a strong influence in the sphere of Land and Property Governance, and the overall polity of the country and the world at large. Around 85 participants were part of this online workshop.
Principal Dr. Nisha Bhargava appreciated the efforts of both the Cells, to have worked in tandem, towards strengthening the awareness about gender inequality, that can serve to translate into a strong foothold of women in the environment projects and policies. She expressed hope that the well- structured event will be an apt move in the desired direction.
