The International Women's day celebration in the Centre for Women's Studies

 The International Women's day celebration in the Centre for Women's Studies in the University of Hyderabad ended with the Validectory function of the second International Conference, organised in collaboration with Centre for Social Exclusion and Dean Student welfare. Prof. Afroz Alam from the Media Studies in MANUU gave the Validectory address and spoke of a Project where they were examining the voting behaviors of men and women and what they found about the different behaviors of the two sexes. Prof. Devi Prasad Juvvadi, the Director of the Centre for good governance shared his view on Agriculture in the rural areas and empowerment. This was followed by talks from Prof. Jyoti, Dean School of Management and Prof. Sarad Jyotsana Rani, Dean Humanities. Prof. Ajailu shared her experience on Trafficking and I shared my experience with the Mahila Samakya, the Government of India Programme in which I was nominated to the core team as a member for two terms and was about to see, guide and work with this programme in six states. This programme showed how women in the rural areas excercised their agency there. Though we are involved in so many activities and programmes and we get worried if we can take in any thing further, these kind of activities give us a high and we feel happy to have made a small contribution. I am hoping we are able to bring out a publication out of this.