The Centre for Women’s Studies and Research, University of Kashmir (KU), in collaboration with University Grants Commission (UGC) New Delhi, conducted a Webinar “Women Empowerment & Gender Sensitization” .The webinar was conducted by the Centre in continuation of the recently commenced series of lectures and deliberations on varied gender related themes.
The webinar was chaired by Registrar KU, Dr Nisar A Mir. He reflected upon the sensitivity of the issue and gave a comprehensive account of how the gender inequality has been a pre-existing phenomenon since the ancient times.
Calling gender inequality a universal phenomenon, Mir laid emphasis upon the importance of creating sensitization about the issue, particularly about the manifestations of it at workplaces.The speaker reflected upon the need to talk about multiple inequalities that exist in the society and analyze the same.
