Women's Forum
“Let us remember: One book, one pen, one child, and one teacher can change the world.”
– Malala Yousafzai, Nobel Peace Prize Laureate
Women engender invaluable contribution to the society. They play manifold roles in all spheres of life by overcoming hard circumstances. But most of their contributions remain unrecognized and unaccredited. Their multifarious talents go wasted. Even things are not very different in societies which claim high literacy rates. To affirm the gender equality and to identify the potentiality of women, Hajee Karutha Rowther Howdia College (Autonomous) has initiated a Women Forum. This forum serves as a platform to tune a democratic conscience among the girl students community inside and outside the campus. This makes valiant efforts for women emancipation and development. The forum has an active unit of female teachers and girl students from the institution, who initiate and organize events aimed at supporting women. It strives to represent a create equity for women in academic and administration in terms of working conditions at all levels of employment.
The college has established Women’s Forum from the academic year 2017-18, after the participation of our faculty members, Dr. M. Santhi and Dr. P. Anitha, Department of Mathematics in one week Orientation Programme on “Gender Sensitization” organized by Bharathidasan University, Tiruchirappalli.
Our Principal Dr. H. Mohamed Meeran provides constant guidance and support to the activities of women’s forum.
Need for a Women’s Forum in Higher Education Institution
- To encourage involvement through academic, cultural and outreach activities such as talks, programmes, seminars etc
- To become a resource centre for women and provide a forum for exchange of ideas
- To review safety and security measures for female employees and girl students on and off campus
- The cell intends to bring girl students to the forefront of different activities in the college by offering various facilities and benefits to them
- It provides a platform for the female students to explore their co-curricular abilities
- To invite as and when feasible, cultural leaders, scholars, scientists and creative artists, who may or may not be members of the society
Objectives of Women’s Forum
- To ensure participation of women in integrated development process with greater awareness of their roles, rights and potentials
- To provide friendly environment to learn, develop and flourish in security
- To inculcate talent and leadership qualities among girl students
- To enhance knowledge to become economically independent
- To integrate programmes focusing legal rights and societal issues
- To provide skill training to become entrepreneurs
- To reach out to rural women to enhance their status through productive employment
Highlights of Women’s Forum
Allotment of separate rooms for the women students
- Arrangement of water facility
- Availability of newspapers in the women’s rest room
- Celebration of Samathuva Pongal
- Organization of Women’s Day competitions like rangoli, cooking, art from waste, hair do, mehandi, jewel making, placards, vegetable carving and cultural events
- Organization of a workshop for women staff members on women empowerment
- Orientation programmes for I year women students (new entrants) every year
Composition of Women’s Forum
Women’s Forum has been constituted with the following members:
Coordinator:
Dr. M. FATHIMA PARVEEN, Assistant Professor of Physics
Assistant Coordinators:
Ms. J. SALEEMA KATHOON, Assistant Professor of English
Ms. K.C. RAIHANATH, Assistant Professor of History
Members:
Dr. S. SEYADALI FATHIMA, Assistant Professor of Mathematics
Dr. A. MAAJITHA BEGAM, Assistant Professor of Botany
Dr. K. DEEPALAKSHMI, Assistant Professor of Commerce (CA)
Ms. A. NIHATH NAZLEEN, Assistant Professor of Chemistry
Ms. L. SARAVANAPRIYA, Assistant Professor of Business Administration
Dr. K. SHARIFA NIZARA, Assistant Professor of Commerce
Ms. R. NESHANA, Assistant Professor of Information Technology
Ms. S. SOPHIA RANI, Assistant Professor of Computer Science
Ms. K. BUSHRA, Assistant Professor of Arabic
Ms. A. SUMAYA BANU, Assistant Professor of English
Ms. P. LATHA, Assistant Professor of Tamil
Ms. A. SUBAITHA HASINA, Assistant Professor of Tamil
Dr. A. KHADIRA SEREEN, Assistant Professor of Biochemistry
Ms. K. ROOBINI, Assistant Professor of Physics
Our college boasts of having 70% women students and the women’s forum has been constituted for the welfare of the women students and staff. The grievance from the women students is directed to the forum members and then the issues are taken to the principal for remedial action.
Events
| S. No | Date | Title | Photo Gallery |
| 1 | 12.08.2022 | Celebration of World Youth Day | view |
| 2 | 24.08.2022 | Patriotic Video Album Competition (As a part of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav) | view |
| 3 | 05.09.2022 | Teachers Day Celebration- essay writing and poem Writing Competition theme on Inspiring Teacher | view |
| 4 | 08.09.2022 | Onam Celebration | view |
| 5 | 17.10.2022 | World Food Day Celebration – Grand Food Festival | view |
| 6 | 20.10.2022 | Yuvak Vikas Kendra Old Age Home Visit to Donate Deepavali Gift | view |
| 7 | 04.01.2023 | Global Family Day Celebration Pattimanram (Debate)Nuclear Family vs. Joint Family |
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| 8 | 24.02.2023 |
International Women’s Day Competitions
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| 9 | 29-08-2023 | Women’s role in environmental conservation | view |
| 10 | 19-09-2023 | Women in Political Leadership | view |
| 11 | 05-10-2023 | A Grand Food Festival | view |
| 12 | 20-12-2023 | International Year of Millets-2023 | view |
| 13 | 02-09-2024 | Tamil Debate | view |
| 14 | 19-02-2025 | Cooking Competition | view |
| 15 | 05-02-2025 | Mensural Awareness | view |
| 16 | 21-02-2025 | Women’s Day Competition | view |
| 17 | 24-06-2025 | Educating Girls to Building Stronger Families and Societies SIP | view |
| 18 | 25-08-2025 | E-Poster making Competition | view |
| 19 | 05-09-2025 | Teacher’s day Celebration | view |
| 20 | 30-09-2025 | Food festival | view |
| 21 | 25-08-2025 | Poster making Competition | view |
| 22 | 05-09-2025 | Teacher’s day | view |
| 23 | 30-09-2025 | Food Festival | view |
| 24 | 06-01-2026 | Menstrual Hygiene Management – A Mental Health Perspective | view |
| 25 | 05-02-2026 | Old Age Home Visit | view |
| 26 | 13-02-2026 | Women’s day Competition | view |
| 27 | 06-03-2026 | Awareness Program on POSH Act, Child Marriage, Teenage Pregnancy, Pudhumai Penn Scheme, and Pradhan Mantri Matru Vandana Yojana (PMMVY) | view |
