BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:IEEE vTools.Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Asia/Calcutta BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:19451014T230000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0630 TZOFFSETTO:+0530 TZNAME:IST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20170912T173801Z UID:F3E22650-E5B6-11E7-833E-0050568D7F66 DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20170308T150000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20170308T170000 DESCRIPTION:WOMEN IN ENGINEERING – WOMENS DAY CELEBRATION\n\nEach year\, March 8th – and the week in which it falls – provides an opportunity t o take stock of our progress towards gender equality and to honour the con tributions women have made and are making around the world. This Internati onal Women’s Day\, we came together in solidarity to celebrate our progr ess and to resist the patriarchal\, communal and regressive forces that ar e operating with utter impunity in our country.\n\nBeing born a girl means clearing lot of troubles and it begins right at the starting line\, sex s elective abortions are frequent in countries like INDIA\, where girls are often seen as a financial burden\, discrimination begins even before birth . Sexual mutilation is the fate of at least 200 million girls in 30 countr ies that often leads to serious infections and death. 63 million girls are kept out of school and 700 million girls are forced to get married often to too much older men. Way too often\, home is not a safe place as women a re beaten and abused by their own partners. Even the lucky ones can never stop fighting for equal pay\, equal opportunities and equal rights. Being born a girl means clearing lot of hurdles. Struggle for women’s rights c annot be a one-day fight.\n\nThe theme for IWD 2017 is [#BeBoldForChange]( https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme).\n\nSupporting International Women's Day and showing strong commitment to gender equality\, VNRVJIET W IE leads when it comes to [gender diversity and equality in the workplace] (https://www.internationalwomensday.com/External.aspx?u=http://now.vodacom .co.za/article/2017/02/28/vodacom-takes-gender-equality-seriously) and enc ouraging women to reach their full potential.\n\nDrawings and mehendi comp etition and recognition of women for their extraordinary work marked the I nternational Women’s Day celebration in the VNRVJIET on Wednesday.\n\nTh e original aim – to achieve full gender equality for women\, the world – has still not been realised. A gender pay gap persists across the glob e and women are still not present in equal numbers in business or politics . Figures show that globally\, women’s education\, health and violence t owards women is still worse than that of men. [On International Women’s Day\,](http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day)WI E of VNRVJIET let the people recognise these inequalities – while also c elebrating the achievements of women who have overcome these barriers and encouraging people to step up and take ground-breaking action to help driv e gender equality.\n\nWhen girls have access to education and technology t hey learn more and earn more pulling themselves and their family out of po verty. When women have equal rights and opportunities as peace-builders an d leaders\, peace agreements cover more ground and last longer. From clima te change to extreme poverty they’re ready to transform the world.\n\nKe eping these at first place\, WIE has organised the following events:\n\nMe hendi competition\n\nPencil sketching\n\nDebate competition on women issue s in todays world\n\nEvent ended with cake cutting\n\nHyderabad\, Andhra P radesh\, India LOCATION:Hyderabad\, Andhra Pradesh\, India ORGANIZER:dmounika02@gmail.com SEQUENCE:0 SUMMARY:[Legacy Report] WOMEN IN ENGINEERING – WOMENS DAY CELEBRATION URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/151115 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p><strong>WOMEN IN ENGINEERING &ndash\; WOME NS DAY CELEBRATION</strong></p>\n<p><strong>&nbsp\;</strong>Each year\, Ma rch 8<sup>th</sup> &ndash\; and the week in which it falls &ndash\; provid es an opportunity to take stock of our progress towards gender equality an d to honour the contributions women have made and are making around the wo rld. This International Women&rsquo\;s Day\, we came together in solidarit y to celebrate our progress and to resist the patriarchal\, communal and r egressive forces that are operating with utter impunity in our country.</p >\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Being born a girl means clearing lot of troubles and it begins right at the starting line\, sex selective abortions are freque nt in countries like INDIA\, where girls are often seen as a financial bur den\, discrimination begins even before birth. Sexual mutilation is the fa te of at least 200 million girls in 30 countries that often leads to serio us infections and death. 63 million girls are kept out of school and 700 m illion girls are forced to get married often to too much older men. Way to o often\, home is not a safe place as women are beaten and abused by their own partners. Even the lucky ones can never stop fighting for equal pay\, equal opportunities and equal rights. Being born a girl means clearing lo t of hurdles. Struggle for women&rsquo\;s rights cannot be a one-day fight .</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The theme for IWD 2017 is&nbsp\;<a href="https:/ /www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme"><strong>#BeBoldForChange</strong></ a>.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Supporting International Women's Day and showi ng strong commitment to gender equality\, VNRVJIET WIE&nbsp\;leads when it comes to&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/External.a spx?u=http://now.vodacom.co.za/article/2017/02/28/vodacom-takes-gender-equ ality-seriously">gender diversity and equality in the workplace</a>&nbsp\; and encouraging women to reach their full potential.</p>\n<p>Drawings and mehendi competition and recognition of women for their extraordinary work marked the International Women&rsquo\;s Day celebration in the VNRVJIET on Wednesday.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The original aim &ndash\; to achieve f ull&nbsp\;gender equality for women\, the world&nbsp\;&ndash\; has still n ot&nbsp\;been realised. A gender pay gap persists&nbsp\;across the globe a nd women are still not present in equal numbers in business or politics. F igures show that globally\, women&rsquo\;s education\, health and violence towards women is still worse&nbsp\;than that of men. <a href="http://www. unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day">On International Wo men&rsquo\;s Day\,&nbsp\;</a>WIE of VNRVJIET let the people recognise thes e inequalities &ndash\; while also&nbsp\;celebrating the&nbsp\;achievement s of women who have&nbsp\;overcome these barriers and encouraging people t o step up and take ground-breaking action to help drive gender equality.&n bsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>When girls have access to ed ucation and technology they learn more and earn more pulling themselves an d their family out of poverty. When women have equal rights and opportunit ies as peace-builders and leaders\, peace agreements cover more ground and last longer. From climate change to extreme poverty they&rsquo\;re ready to transform the world.</p>\n<p>Keeping these at first place\, WIE has org anised the following events:</p>\n<p>Mehendi competition</p>\n<p>Pencil sk etching</p>\n<p>Debate competition&nbsp\;on women issues in todays world</ p>\n<p>Event ended with cake cutting</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR