Women graduates should be financially empowered to erase discrimination’: TN Guv

Madurai, Dec 16: Tamil Nadu Governor and Chancellor R.N.Ravi on Thursday stressed the need for financially empowering women graduates to erase discrimination.
Presiding over the 29th convocation of Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, held at Madurai Kamaraj University here, Mr.Ravi said it was heartening to see more women getting degrees than men. The ratio of men and women getting higher education looked like 1:3.
Though the number of women entering institutions of higher education in Tamil Nadu was more than men, the number of women going to employment was relatively less, he said.
The Governor said the women, who had obtained degrees, should be financially empowered, which would erase discrimination. They should get into workforce in large numbers and be part of building the society.

When the population of women was marginally higher than men, they should look for job opportunities but the number of men getting into jobs was rather high. Women’s confidence level and skills should be brought out in a tangible manner in this knowledge era. Tamil Nadu was well placed in providing education to women when compared with other States in the country. Despite the pandemic, knowledge dissemination through online had only showed the teachers’ cooperation and patience, he said.
Dr Jamuna Duvvuru, Vice-Chancellor of Sri Padmavati Mahila Visvavidyalayam, Tirupati, Andhra Pradesh, in her convocation address said that crime and violence against women was of great concern and it required immediate attention. Women undergo sexual harassment and domestic violence throughout their life. The legal remedies and stringent punishments to those involved in crime should be in place, she added. Vaidehi Vijayakumar, Vice Chancellor of Mother Teresa Women University said that a total of 18,000 students had obtained U.G., P.G., M. Phil., P.G. diploma and certificate programmes in the last two years in university departments and affiliated colleges.
The Governor gave away degrees and medals to the students in the presence of Minister for Higher Education K.Ponmudi.