Educational institutions urged to fight for women’s rights

Mangalore Today News Network

Mangalore, Aug 25, 2012: Addressing the gathering as the chief guest of a program organized to mark the 25th year of girl students being admitted to St. Aloysius College, Ruth Manorama, general secretary of Women’s Voice and winner of the Right Livelihood Award of 2006, suggested that educational institutions must form a committee to fight for the rights of poor women and to protest against atrocities on women.

 

Further, she said that educational institutions must strive to retain the secular fabric of Mangalore, which has a number of religions, cultures, and languages, and fight against fundamentalist forces and attacks on women such as the recent home stay attack.

As many as 18 old women students of St. Aloysius College, who have now achieved great things in various fields such as education, medicine, research, sports, and hospitality, were felicitated on this occasion.

Louella Pinto, who currently works for an audit firm in Oman, but was the first woman lecturer at St. Aloysius College, shared her experiences in the college.

Principal Swebert D’Silva also spoke on the occasion.