Women Cell

Women Cell

The Women’s cell at Don Bosco College, Mannuthy, was started with the aim of equipping and empowering women to recognize their true potential and to help them attain their own stand in a competing world. The main objectives of the cell include enhancing self-esteem and self-confidence among women students and staff. The cell aims at creating awareness and provides a platform for women to share their experiences and views regarding their status in the society and to suggest ways to improve and empower themselves. The cell facilitates women’s empowerment through lectures, seminars, awareness programmes and welfare activities. The cell provides a conducive counseling environment for the female gender to share their issues. The Cell also tries to incorporate hygiene habits and ensure a healthy atmosphere in and around the college. It tries to equip them with the knowledge of their legal rights and redressal of their grievances. To facilitate speedy delivery of justice, meetings are organized regularly. The counselling cell processes oral and written complaints. Time to time the cell conducts seminars and lectures by specialists and eminent personalities to stop violence against women, sexual harassment at work and about health, hygiene etc.

Objectives

1. To create social awareness about the problems of women and gender discrimination.
2. To develop the self-confidence of Women.
3. To give guidance about Women Welfare Laws.
4. To assert the importance of spiritual, economic, social, racial and gender equality.
5. To highlight the importance of health and hygiene.
6. To direct Women’s role in the society.
7. To organize seminars, workshops relating to women development.
8. To prevent sexual harassment and to promote general well-being of female students, teaching and non-teaching women staff of the College.
9. To resolve issues pertaining to girls’/women’s sexual harassment.
10. A Women’s Grievance Redressal Cell has been formed to resolve issues To equip the female students, faculty and staff members with knowledge of their legal rights.
11. To safeguard the rights of female students, faculty and staff members.
12. To provide a platform for listening to complaints and redressal of grievances.
13. To ensure personality as well as academic development of students.

Complaint Procedure

Students report their grievance to the Mentor/Grievance Cell/Women Cell through systems already in place for the same.

The committee follows the protocol and resolves the issue with interventions at various levels as required by the situation.

Any member found to have harassed another member or guest will be subject to appropriate disciplinary procedure, including reprimands, suspension or termination of membership, even of the college.

Complaint and Redressal mechanism

After knowing the grievance of students, class Mentor discusses it with the HOD and then an appropriate solution is found out. If not solved at this level, then grievance is taken up to the Principal and legal advisor.

The complainant shall be summoned to hear complaints (if necessary).

After hearing of complaints, the committee shall take appropriate decision.

GENDER EQUITY PROGRAMS

We have Cell, this is for, to create social awareness about the problems of women and in particular regarding gender discrimination, to develop the self confidence of Women, to guide about Women Welfare Laws, to assert the importance of spiritual, economic, social, racial and gender equality, to highlight the importance of health and hygiene, to organize seminars, workshops relating to women development, to prevent sexual harassment and to promote general well-being of female students of the College. The programs organized by the Women cell includes the following.

Women cell Inauguration by Ms .Najeema ( HAS Physical science Kerala agriculture university. 'Need for Women Leadership in Science & Technology' were addressed.

Self Defense program for women (27/08/2019)

Seminar On Women Hygiene (21/01/2020). Menstrual hygiene management were addressed.

Inauguration of Women Cell on 5th November 2018 by Dr.Rejitha (In-charge Ollukkara health centre) program.

Women conclave on 01/01/2019. Achievers from different sectors shared their experiences with students.

WOMEN SAFETY AND SECURITY

Safety of girls is a top priority at every college campus. Nowadays safe and supportive campus community is both and obligation and a challenge for college administrators and students. Our college provide a comprehensive range of security amenities especially for girls within the premises, through a dedicated team of security personnel. Programs like ‘Women’s Campus Safety Program’ included in the existing curriculum, such programs have an intrinsic potential to create awareness not only amongst the students but also of the campus. CCTV cameras strategically placed in every corner of the building to ensure the safety and well being of students.

Cyber security room

CCTV camera at various location ensure security

COMMON ROOM

One common room for girls is provided for the benefit of the female students of the college.

Specious class Room

Spacious and well- ventilated classroomsy

COUNSELLING

Amongst the increasing rate of mental health issues amongst adolescents, College   is   one   of   the   pioneering  institutions   which   has   taken   the   initiative   to  establish   a Counseling Cell within its premise. We have a trained Clinical Psychologist who is competent in catering to the personal and academic issues of students. The job of the Counselor entails the following: The Counseling Centre provides services both for personal and career counseling.  The Counselor   regularly   visits  the   classes   for   observation   wherein   the  Counselorin cohesion with the teachers identifies students possibly in need of counseling. The   Counselor   along   with   the   teacher provides  appointments   to the   students   and, if required, the parents for helping the students in the identified problem areas. The students are free to meet the counselor with permission from their teacher for career guidance.

Mentor Mentee Relationship

All students (mentees) are assigned a mentor (faculty or staff). Mentors meet mentee frequency based on the needs of the mentee. To resolve day to day academic problems of the students, mentoring sessions are organized. This is a continuous process until the end of the academic career of the students. During the last semester of studies, girl students are advised for higher studies along with proper career guidance without that it will be likely to get married. The objectives are mainly to monitor the students' regularity and discipline, to enable the students to know about the performance and regularity of their wards, improvement of teacher student relationship that helps the girl students in various aspects, counselling students for solving their problems and provide confidence to improve their quality of life.

DAY CARE CENTRE FOR YOUNG CHILDRENS

Day care center provide the teachers, officers, non-teaching staff and regular full-time students of the College (and the premises) the facility of keeping their children under good care during the day time right inside the campus.

COMPLAINT REGISTER

We have a complaint register where the students can drop in a note regarding any harassment faced by them on premises or on the way to the college. The aim is to provide a safe and secure atmosphere in the college. Also we have a Complain Box and students can email their Complaints or suggestions to women cell to the E-mail ID [email protected]