Special Talk on Gender Sensitisation and Right to Safety

As part of the regular gender and safety awareness programmes conducted at Loreto College, Kolkata each semester, the Internal Complaints Committee (ICC) and the Gender Studies Cell, in collaboration with the Internal Quality Assurance Cell (IQAC), organised a special talk on “Gender Sensitisation and Right to Safety,” delivered by Dr. Palak Mittal on August 2, 2024. The talk was addressed to the undergraduate students of Semester II.

Dr. Mittal gave a lucid exposition on sex and gender, explaining how gender-based discrimination becomes a systemic and validated practice that is ingrained and accepted in society. The students participated in interactive sessions and engaging discussions, during which issues such as gender-based violence and discrimination at home and in the workplace were defined and explained. Dr. Mittal also highlighted how safety and the prevention of sexual harassment could be addressed at the institutional level through the ICC, emphasising the role it plays in the prevention, protection, and redressal of any kind of abuse or threat to both women and men.