Concern over increasing atrocities on women

Padmini Nagaraj emphasizes education and awareness to combat violence against women, highlighting the need for gender equality in society.

Expressing serious concern over increasing atrocities on women, writer and the honorary president of Kannada Sahitya Parishat Padmini Nagaraj has stressed the need for throwing the focus on creating awareness among women and their identity through the education system.

“The increasing violence on women these days is alarming. Inculcating awareness and education in women, thus making them self-reliant, is the way forward to addressing the issue,” she said.

She was speaking at a programme at Gulbarga University on Monday. The event was part of Lecture Series – II to mark the 50 years of Karnataka’s renaming.

Sujata Jangamshetti, who recently assumed office as the director of Kalaburagi Rangayana, was felicitated on the occasion.

“Gone are the days when women were confined to the four walls of their house doing household chores. Women are increasingly coming out and getting engaged in socio-political life. They are on equal footing with men proving themselves to be competent enough in discharging all sorts of duties that men can do,” she said.

“Their contribution to literature is no less than men in terms of quality. The process needs to be encouraged so that a society with no gender discrimination can be realised soon,” she said.

Pointing to the social evils and blind faiths that subject women to heinous crimes and discrimination, the writer recalled those individuals and social movements that fought gender discrimination and exploitation to create a more humane society.