Seminar on women Mar 8

Tirupati, Mar 6 (UNI) A two-day national seminar on empowerment of women in Indian scenariao will be conducted for first time by the TTD -run Sri Padmavathi Women's Degree College on March eight and nine.

The event is sponsored by University Grants Commission (UGC).

According to a press release, the seminar would discuss the real status of women in economic, social and poltical spheres and evaluate the adequacy of legislative provisions and institutional mechanisms for development and empowerment of Indian women.

The Constitution empowered the state to adopt measures of positive discrimination in favour of women, the release said.

However, gender inequality manifestd itself in various forms in almost all sectors of the society and a wide gap existed between enunciated goals and existing realities.

As many as 95 participants have registered from different parts of the country to submit papers at the seminar.

The seminar will be inaugurated by Acharya Nagarjuna University V Balamohandas and Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTD) Excutive Officer A P V N Sarma will preside.

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