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On the occasion of women’s day, forum mall koramangala hosted a gender equality talk with she’roes who  talked about their experiences as women and how they have over come their challenges in everyday life, on this occasion of women’s day they talked about gender equality and parity, Event managed and executed by CUE ENTERTAINMENT. And also yoga session conducted from stree wellness.

C Bharathi:

Bharathi about 31 years hails from Andhra Pradesh and belongs to a family of traditional farmers, she was diagnosed with post-polio residual paralysis in both of her legs. Due to lack of awareness of rehabilitation appliances she wasnt treated in timely manner. Bharathi used a simple wooden stick to walk around and due to insufficient support of appliances, she had a scissoring gait or crossed gait.

Bharathi was later referred to RAWWD for rehabilitation wherein she fitted with appropriate appliances and was counselled to undertake our Lower Limb Orthotics (LLO) an 18 month course and join RAWWD as a staff member. Now she is an independent member of community and leading a fulfilled life.

DR. RAJALAKSHMI S J:

Dr. Rajalakshmi S J is an Orthodontist in Banashankari 1st Stage

A car accident on the way to Chennai in 2007 damaged her spinal cord and she was left a paraplegic (both her lower limbs are paralysed) for life. “After having topped the BDS Examination (she is a gold medalist), the professors wanted me to present some papers at the National Conference and I was on my way to that event when I met with the accident,” recalls this Bangalorean. It is another matter that she has not let the impairment affect her in any adverse way. For the first six months after the accident, she was barely able to sit on her own. She was so disgusted with the idea of using a wheelchair that she rejected it for that period. “I later realized that if I keep saying no to the wheelchair, I would have to be stuck at one place, something which I could not have afforded. Today the wheelchair is my best friend,” says Rajalakshmi.

he Miss Wheelchair was a very exciting experience for this doctor. From 250 participants, it boiled down to a handful and she went on to win the title.
It was perhaps her response to one question that left the audience and judges spellbound. They asked her, whose life would you want to re-live, given an opportunity. “My own life,” said Rajalakshmi. “I would have corrected my mistakes that I did as a normal person and done more to improve the situation of the disabled in the country,” says the multi-faceted personality. This time, she has been vested with the responsibility of organizing the Miss Wheelchair contest, which will most likely be held in Bengaluru in December.

NETHRAVATHI HS

•       Pursuing MBA in IGNOU.

•       B.COM from Bangalore University in June 2009

•       PUC Vanivilas women’s college- Bangalore

•        Nursery to 10th Round table school–Bangalore.

SIGNIFICANT ACHIEVEMENTS •

•        Received Summit Awards and Sammarthana Award from Accenture – 2012 and 2013.

•        Received Women disabled achiever award from Foundation for art and culture for deaf – 2013

•       Received First place in 100 mt Disabled walking in the celebration of world disabled day – 2014

•       Presently – Serving Margadarsi association for physically challenged as a Youth team leader.

•        Apart from Margadarsi I am a volunteer for many NGOs like Giftable India, Amruthabindu, OSAAT (one step at a time), Samarthanam, and Scribe for blind students.

•        JSS College Swami invited as a Special speaker for the Graduation students at Mysore.

•        Out of ten I am also one of the participant who selected for Dubai International Summit organized by Nine Line Date: Place: Bangalore (Nethravati)

Pragya:

Acid attack survivor.

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Bengaluru, March 7th, 2020: Bengaluru’s leading multi-speciality healthcare provider, Sagar Hospitals, celebrated International Wormen’s Day. On this special occasion, Sagar Hospitals organized a programme based on the theme #EachforEqual, signifying the creativity and talent a woman holds irrespective of the age group.

International Women’s Day is a global day celebrating the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. Sagar Hospitals embraced the occasion whereby all the women were invited to take part in several cormpetitions including painting, singing and dancing. The day long program on 7″ March 2020 had all the winners perform followed by talent show by staff and doctors in the form of singing, dancing, fashion show.

The event was held at Dr. Premachandra Sagar Auditorium, Bengaluru. Popular Bollywood and Kannada actres, Padmavati Rao presided over as the Chief Guest for the prograrnme. Having made her debut on the silver screen with Shah Rukh Khan starrer, Pardes in 1997, she subsequently starred in films like Te3n (2016), Padmaavat (2018), Tanhaji: The Unisung Warrior (2020), etc.

The esteemed jury panel consisted of renowned Singer Smt. Debjani Datta, a remarkable Dancer Smt. Lanjma, Neurologist and Singer Dr. Kalyani Karkare, prominent Painter Smt. Sudha Nagaraj and prestigious Dancer Smt, Karpagam Venkatraman.

Talking about the event, Ishiqa Multani, President, Sagar Group, said, “International Women’s Day is a powerful reminder to celebrate womanhood in our society. The day spurs celebration of the contribution of women in different walks of life.”

She further said, “The goal of the event was to create a space for the community to commemorate gender equality, not age equality on International Women’s Day. Women of all ages and backgrounds participated that showed the undying spirit and enthusiasm among our women patients.”

With this programme, they also inaugurated Sagar Silver Club for 60+ aged people with an aim to help them pursue their forgotten hobbies.

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March 8 marks the return of International Women’s Day, and with it, a global focus on the celebration and equality of women. A day that celebrates women, highlights their achievements and pushes for gender equity and equality. This year’s theme is #EachforEqual, which focuses on a gender-equal and empowered world. It is a day when you don’t just find women coming together to celebrate, but it’s a day when everyone comes together to encourage men and governments to pay heed to initiatives focused on diversity and inclusion and to make an equal space for everyone, regardless of gender.
Women are known to contribute significantly to economics in the form of business, entrepreneurial work, or unpaid labor. There has been an increase in the adoption of pro-women initiatives by corporates, public bodies, social inclusions, and this change is just setting in and the journey has just begun.
The life of a modern woman, whether she is working or single, a mother or a wife or a daughter, is multi-faceted. There are several other responsibilities that women take on, which are often overlooked and not accounted for, like managing her work life, household chores, maintaining the house, grocery shopping taking care of the children and family, cooking dinner etc. Women deserve to be empowered and deserve an equal footing because they certainly aren’t the weaker sex.  Empowerment begins with small yet meaningful steps that bring about a positive change.
Ms. Anjali Malhotra, Chief Customer, Marketing, Digital & IT Officer, Aviva India suggests some easy ways to help empower women all around.
Boost self esteem
Empowerment comes from within and you must acknowledge that you are empowered in life to maintain healthy self-esteem. The first crucial step to take as a woman is to build self-esteem by boosting your self-confidence, knowing your worth and taking care of and respecting yourself. Developing healthy self-esteem also encompasses recognizing how powerful your internal voice is and learning to rewire your brain by developing more effective thinking patterns. It’s about developing trust in yourself and learning skills to become more assertive.
Invest in Education

Education is one of the most important means of empowering yourself and other women with the knowledge, skills and self-confidence necessary to participate fully in the development process. Education empowers women to make choices that can improve their welfare, health, education of their children and leads to substantiable families. Also, education can increase women’s awareness of their rights, boost their self-esteem, and provide them the opportunity to assert their rights.

Financial Planning
In today’s fast-paced world, it important for women to proactively take steps towards financial planning for a secured future. Women work fewer years than men, and therefore have a fewer saving / investment years. Being insured and investing is crucial for them to feel respected, valued and secure. Solid planning by the woman of the house of her own finances will make the family’s financial plan stronger to meet important life goals like buying a dream home, planning for the higher education of children etc. Financial planning is also critical for women to meet their own personal and professional aspirations, without depending on anyone. Life insurance is the first fundamental block of good financial planning. A term insurance plan is extremely affordable yet provides comprehensive security to the insured. They should also consider investing in child insurance, health insurance plans, mutual funds etc. for an insured future.
Stay Healthy and fit
For women to lead an empowered life, addressing needs such as women’s health, hygiene and well being is an important aspect. Poor health & hygiene of women is directly linked with a majority of issues such as school dropouts, gender inequality, lower participation in nation building, higher graph of health risks and many more. Thus it is essential to concentrate on having a balanced diet and regular workouts and exercises, leading to a healthy lifestyle.
Know your rights
Several crimes go unnoticed and unreported because women are not aware of their rights. To fight against the increasing number of crimes, it is imperative to be thorough with your legal rights. The Indian Constitution provides several rights to women like Maternity Benefits Act, The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace, Protection of Women from Domestic Violence, The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act etc. As a parent, wife, daughter, employee and a woman, these are rights set in place to protect you and it is important for you to know your rights.

While one day will be not enough to truly champion the cause of women, Women’s Day is just a reminder that we can all begin somewhere to empower women. As we celebrate this International Women’s Day with the theme #EachforEqual, women must be given equal opportunities in every field, irrespective of gender.

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