Punjab Minister for Social Security, Women and Child development and Social Justice and Empowerment, Dr Baljit Kaur called for a crusade against gender discrimination. Presiding over the third anniversary of Samvedana, an NGO working towards gender equality, the Minister stressed the need of creating more awareness on this issue and NGOs like Samvedana could further make the issue more deliberative by putting their relentless efforts.
Applauding the work being done by the NGO on gender issues and women empowerment, she said that we should motivate girls and help them bring out their hidden talent. She urged everyone to sensitize their own children against gender discrimination. Assuring every possible help to the NGO for achieving its goals, the minister said that Samvedana had been doing yeoman's service towards women empowerment by instilling skills among them for making them self reliant.
She invited the NGO to work with her department for the betterment of girls and women. The minister said that the Punjab Government led by Chief Minister Bhagwant Singh Mann was committed for the protection of rights of girl children and women in the state.
Founder president Samvedana, Mrs Prajakta Nilkanth Avhad shared the experiences while expanding the activities of Samvedana like conducting training programmes for schools, Collegs, Government Departments, Corporates and other organisations besides running helpline for women, men and families for free legal advice-police help. Apart from that a skill centre is being run in Kajheri Sector 52. The faculty member from NIFT Ms Wishu was a guest of honour. Samvedana's executive committee members Aruti Nayar, Swati Chaudhary,Manjula Walia, Poonam Wadhava helped make the programme a success.
The Minister awarded the certificates of completion to the six girls who completed a six months tailoring and fashion technology course from the skill centre of NGO. Exhibition by the students of the skill centre was also held there besides cutting of cake to mark third successful yera of the services being rendered by the NGO.