Workshop on preventing crime against women and children
The event is being organised by the Department of Social Welfare with the objective of sensitising the personnel from social welfare, police, public health, education, child welfare and integrated child development departments to the measures to be taken to empower women and the children and and protect them from crimes of all sorts based on participants' experiences during their field visits.
Inaugurating the workshop, Tamil Nadu Assembly Speaker M. Appavu said the State government's special initiatives for protecting the wellbeing of women and the children had yielded excellent results as the women gross enrolment ratio in higher education had become the highest in the country while the school dropout number had come down after 'Puthumaipenn' and 'Thamizh Puthalvan' schemes were launched.
The educational expenses of the 'first graduates' were being borne by Tamil Nadu government.
While the livelihood of the poor rural women was being strengthened through the funding of self-help groups' business ventures to given them economic independence, the medical care being given to the pregnant women living in even remote corners of Tamil Nadu had brought down the maternal mortality rate to 42 per 1 lakh expectant mothers.
'Since the participants of this workshop might have encountered diverse experiences - both positive and negative – during their field visits, the same should be shared and discussed here for taking positive steps for the betterment of women and the children,' Mr. Appavu appealed.
Collector R. Sukumar said 12,052 girls and over 9,900 boys were getting assistance through the 'Puthumaipenn' and 'Thamizh Puthalvan' schemes respectively for pursuing their higher education and the district administration was keen on cent per cent gross enrolment ratio in higher education by encouraging the children to get admitted in the colleges.
Despite several challenges, including child marriage and poverty, steps had been taken to ensure the continued education of the children after Plus Two.
'After identifying the dropouts after passing Plus Two, we are visiting the houses of those children to encourage their parents to admit them in the colleges. When we found 88 girls from Melapalayam area became dropouts after passing Plus Two, more than 50 of them had been admitted to colleges, thanks to our sustained initiatives taken by the officials. Anyone coming across the dropouts should alert the police, social welfare, child development or education department officials, who will take due steps for admitting them either in the school or the college based on their qualification,' Dr. Sukumar said.
District Revenue Officer M. Suganya, Corporation Mayor G. Ramakrishnan, and Palayamkottai MLA M. Abdul Wahab participated.
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