Vasantidevi Patil Institute of Pharmacy
VASANTIDEVI PATIL
INSTITUTE OF PHARMACY
Women’s Development Committee
Vision
The College Women Development Cell (CWDC) of Vasantidevi Patil Institute of pharmacy Kodoli has been functioning since 2017. It attempts to sensitize the student and teaching community on issues relating to gender discrimination, self-defence workshop, women’s rights and empowerment.
Mission
It is an active committee comprising of staff members and students of Vasantidevi Patil Institute of Pharmacy, Kodoli, and functions with an aim to prevent sexual harassment, promote wellbeing of all the female students and staff members and create a gender sensitized community within campus as well as in the society.
Objective
- Living in a patriarchal society with deep rooted and socio-cultural value of male superiority, the objective of the Cell is to help build an egalitarian society.
- Helping female students live a balanced life where they neither lurk into depression nor take the abode of aggression.
- To stress upon the development of women in every sphere.
- To organize events and activities for women empowerment.
- To create an environment that will help women realize their full potential and give their best.
Functions
- To promote general well-being of female students and teaching and non-teaching women staff of Vasantidevi Patil Institute of Pharmacy, Kodoli.
- To create awareness about health and hygiene among girl students.
- To create social awareness about the problems of women in general and gender discrimination in particular by means of programs like lectures, workshops and seminars.
- To develop skills among the girl students by means of workshops and training programmes for their overall personality development as well as for the encouragement of self-reliance among them.
- To create legal awareness among women by informing about Women Welfare Laws.
- To encourage participation of NGOs working in the area of women’s development in the activities of the Cell.
Roles
- Set up in the year 2017, the College Women Development Cell of Vasantidevi Patil Institute of Pharmacy is committed to nurture the strength of women students as well as to create a sensitized environment leading to gender equality.
- Thus, the human resource development and awareness programmes on issues relating to gender discrimination, women’s right and empowerment are key functions of the College Women Development Cell.
- The Cell endeavors to involve both male and female students in its awareness and sensitization activities so as to foster a healthy man-woman relationship based on mutual trust, respect and cooperation.
- The aim of this program was to educate the CWDC student members to prepare themselves for the future. Through the sessions the topics covered were self-defense, managing stress, handling common emergencies and legal rights and its implications.
- Informal interactions in girls’ common room and formal awareness organized in the classrooms have paved way for girl students to approach the teachers without any hesitation to discuss their problems.
- Knowing the rights and responsibilities of girls is an important r area the cell will be working on in the coming year so as to empower girl students to voice their opinion and face future challenges.
- The CWDC truly believes in Malala Yousafzai’s words I rise up my voice not so I can shout, but so that those without a voice can be heard…we cannot succeed when half of us is held back.
- The CWDC members addressed the students of the college in their respective classrooms on CWDC, its importance and its role in colleges. Students were also informed about the members in the CWDC committee whom they could approach for support and guidance.
Rules &
Regulations
The Women Development Cell of the college aims at women empowerment, truly believing Swami Vivekananda’s words, there is no chance for the welfare of the world unless the condition of women is improved. The following are the few areas the cell caters to:
- Enlightening the students on the laws on sexual harassment
- Sensitizing the students and staff on gender issues
- Improving physical and mental health of girl students by spreading awareness
- Highlighting the importance of personal hygiene and general wellbeing
- Addressing complaints from victims (students & staff)
- Equipping women with the knowledge of legal awareness, their legal rights and the confidence to use these rights.
- In consultation with the Chairman of CWDC the date, time, venue and agenda for the CWDC meeting is fixed by the principal of the institution.
- The meeting notice to attend the meeting along with agenda for the meeting is sent to all members and invitees by the Chairman at least two weeks earlier to the date of the meeting.
- Pre-agenda notes are sent to all members by the Chairman of the CWDC so as to reach earlier to the meeting. This contains the minutes of the earlier CWDC meeting, the action taken report on the resolutions of the earlier CWDC meeting.
- On the day of meeting the above information in the pre-agenda notes along with notes on table agenda (Table agenda are included with the permission of the Chairman) is made available to all members by the Chairman of the CWDC. Any other matter worth discussing may also be included by the permission of the Chairman at the time of the meeting by any of the member.
- The proceedings are prepared by Chairman of the CWDC is circulated to all the members and the minutes of the meeting is finalized.
Code of
Conduct
College Women Development Cell -As per the guidelines of university the college has a CWDC (College Women Development Cell) It has a separate office room and conducts various activities.
- A lady counsellor is available for personal counselling.
- There is suggestion/complaint box outside college office for all stakeholders to give their suggestions for improvement in all areas.
- The college authorities have an open-door policy. The principal and four Vice Principals are available whenever the student approaches them. The college is very prompt in acting on any such complaint by students. Proper enquiry is conducted with the help of anti- ragging cell, WDC. Generally, Matter is resolved by counselling. If need be, parents are informed and counselled.
- Concerned teachers are also informed about these cases so that they can also help the students. The security staff and other non-teaching staff are also sensitized about such issues. They are observant and intervene in such matters to prevent them.
- Addressing complaints from victims (students & staff)
- Round the clock security at gate with neat, clean, airy staff room and girls’ common room for female staff members and girl students.
- Ladies common room is located in on 1st floor of college having lady attendant, Newspaper, notice board, complaint box, first aid box. The College office is situated on the same floor so staff members, College premises, laboratories and corridors are under video surveillance equipped with CCTV cameras.