Mangaluru: Mangaluru University UGC Centre for Women’s Studies, in collaboration with Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute (SICI), New Delhi and with the support of Ministry of Education, the Government of India, organized a virtual international conference on “Experiments in Gender Mainstreaming: India and Canada”, recently.
Mysuru University former professor of Sociology Prof. Indira, in her key note address opined that Gender Mainstreaming should be seen as a process where our understanding of gender has to brought in at every stage of policy and implementation. TATA Institute of Social Sciences and SNDT University former professor Prof Vibhuti Patel said that If gender equality is the goal of development.
SICI Director Dr Prachi Kaul outlined the efforts of the SICI in Delhi to mainstream Gender and how it works to increase women in the organization. School of Public Health University of Alberta (Canada) Professor Dr. Denise L. Spitzer stated that Canada has a long history in implementing Gender Based Analysis, where policies and programs are assessed to determine their differential impact on women and men.
UGC Joint Secretary Dr Archana Thakur said that the New Educational Policy has a role in empowering women so that we can make a radical shift towards more humane campuses. Organising Secretary and Mangalore University Centre for Women’s Studies Director Dr Anita Ravishankar spoke on the efforts of a large Peoples organization called the ‘Bagepalli Coolie Shangha’ in Karnataka to mainstream Gender.
University of Alberta Department of Women’s and Gender Studies Associate Professor Dr Susanne Luhmann, University of Victoria (Canada) Department of Gender Studies Chair Dr Laura Parisi, Prof N Manimekalai of Bharathidasan University, Ms. Preethi Lolaksha Nagaveni of Lancaster University, Dr. M Indira of University of Mysore also presented their views of various topics.
Co-Organizing secretaries Mangalore University Professor of Political Science Prof. Jayaraj Amin and Professor of English Dr. Ravishankar Rao were also present.
