Visit to Sakhi
12th October, 2023
SDG 5 states about gender equality and calls for eliminating all forms of violence against women. Galgotias University as a leading academic institution understands its responsibility and shares in fulfilment of SDG 5 by gender sensitization amongst its students. According to the National Family Health Survey (NFHS), 2019-2021, “29.3 per cent of married Indian women between the ages of 18 and 49 have experienced domestic/sexual violence; 3.1 per cent of pregnant women aged 18 to 49 have suffered physical violence during their pregnancy.” That is only the number of cases reported by women; there are frequently many more that never make it to the police (as reported by Business Standard:https://www.business-standard.com/india-news/nearly-30-of-married-indian-women-face-domestic-violence-shows-data-123051400486_1.html).
Social Work is a practice-based course taught in both Semester 1 and3 to students of Liberal education and Mass Communication in the Galgotias university. Counselling and women empowerment form an exclusive part of the curriculum and apart from classroom teaching, an effort is made to give practical exposure to the students. In tandem, with this purpose, Dr. Priyanka Jain, Assistant Professor, Department of Sociology, School of Liberal Education (SOLE) took the initiative of taking Sociology and Political science students to One Stop Centre (under Ministry of Women and Child Welfare, Uttar Pradesh) on October 12, 2023. The visit was planned with the following objectives: 1. To give exposure to students of Liberal Education on practical dynamics of Social Work. 2. To orient students on scope of Sociology as a profession and discipline. 3. To ensure industry preparedness of students of liberal education, especially sociology through establishing industry- academic partnership and tie-ups. On the occasion, the management, and senior officials of Galgotias university were proud that students of Galgotias university were positively progressing towards making themselves industry-ready in the field of social sciences.
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