The debate over equality and the rights
at the disposal of every human being just by the virtue of being one has been
going for far too long. There have been endless discussions over women rights
and that women need to be treated equally to men. Just for this one time, let us
skip the bigger picture and get into the details of what these rights comprise.
The term feminism has often been made
similar to man-hating and therefore the people actually responsible for gender
inequality hide behind the terminology. Feminism by definition means “the
belief that men and women should have equal rights and opportunities.” Every
person out there who misinterprets feminism for its exceptional favour to the
female gender needs to understand that it actually means for a woman to be
treated ‘equal to a man’ and not ‘like a man.’ Equality does not mean assuming the physical strength of a woman equal to that of a man but the right to earning
equal wages to that of a man and having an opinion equally important as that of
a male member of the team.
On the occasion of International Human
Rights Day, the Jagran Lakecity University organized a one day workshop on
‘Women’s Rights are Human Rights.’ The workshop was conducted by Madhya Pradesh
State Human Rights Commission in collaboration with Jagran School of Journalism and Communication. The Chief Guest for the event was Smt. Archana Chitnis, Minister
for Women and Child Development. The workshop was attended by various
dignitaries including Justice J.P. Gupta, Madhya Pradesh High Court, Jabalpur and
Vice Chancellor Jagran Lakecity University, Prof. (Dr.) Anoop Swarup.
This workshop has been organized by the
Madhya Pradesh State Human Rights Commission at various universities in M.P. an integral part of which is the elocution competition. Many students took part in
the competition at JLU Bhopal and shared their views and ideas about the
women’s rights and human rights in general. Amongst all participants across all
colleges and universities, Sumaira Yasin, a student of Journalism and Mass
Communication at JLU School of Media & Communication was adjudged the
winner and received the certificate from the Chief Guest, Special Guest and the
Vice Chancellor of JLU.
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