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:20180503T000000Z UID:2A75F93C-FF23-4928-8562-517B7888DFBB DTSTART;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20180308T140000 DTEND;TZID=Asia/Calcutta:20180308T170000 DESCRIPTION:Being born a girl means clearing lot of troubles and it begins right at the starting line\, sex selective abortions are frequent in count ries like INDIA\, where girls are often seen as a financial burden\, discr imination begins even before birth. Sexual mutilation is the fate of at le ast 200 million girls in 30 countries that often leads to serious infectio ns and death. 63 million girls are kept out of school and 700 million girl s are forced to get married often to too much older men. Way too often\, h ome is not a safe place as women are beaten and abused by their own partne rs. Even the lucky ones can never stop fighting for equal pay\, equal oppo rtunities and equal rights. Being born a girl means clearing lot of hurdle s. Struggle for women’s rights cannot be a one-day fight.\n\nThe theme f or IWD 2017 is [#BeBoldForChange](https://www.internationalwomensday.com/T heme).\n\nSupporting International Women's Day and showing strong commitme nt to gender equality\, VNRVJIET WIE leads when it comes to [gender divers ity 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 encouraging women to reach their full poten tial.\n\nTalk on Reproductive health\, Menstrual hygiene and problems faci ng by women and situations by Himabala madam who speak about the issues an d answered to the various queries from the students.\n\nLater on an AWAREN ESS session by SHE TEAM members HYDERABAD and explained on What lines they work and how to utilize them in the emergency.\n\nDrawings and face paint ing competition and recognition of women for their extraordinary work mark ed the International Women’s Day celebration in the VNRVJIET on Thursday .\n\nSpeaker(s): himabala\, she team\n\nAgenda: \nThe original aim – to achieve full gender equality for women\, the world – has still not been realised. A gender pay gap persists across the globe and women are still n ot present in equal numbers in business or politics. Figures show that glo bally\, women’s education\, health and violence towards women is still w orse than that of men. [On International Women’s Day\,](http://www.unwom en.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day)WIE of VNRVJIET let the p eople recognise these inequalities – while also celebrating the achievem ents of women who have overcome these barriers and encouraging people to s tep up and take ground-breaking action to help drive gender equality.\n\nR oom: student activity center\, Bldg: VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of engin eering & technology\, bachupally\, nizampet\, Hyderabad\, Andhra Pradesh\, India\, 500090 LOCATION:Room: student activity center\, Bldg: VNR Vignana Jyothi Institute of engineering & technology\, bachupally\, nizampet\, Hyderabad\, Andhra Pradesh\, India\, 500090 ORGANIZER:dmounika02@gmail.com SEQUENCE:1 SUMMARY:WOMEN'S DAY CELEBRATIONS URL;VALUE=URI:https://events.vtools.ieee.org/m/169694 X-ALT-DESC:Description: <br /><p>Being born a girl means clearing lot of tr oubles and it begins right at the starting line\, sex selective abortions are frequent in countries like INDIA\, where girls are often seen as a fin ancial burden\, discrimination begins even before birth. Sexual mutilation is the fate of at least 200 million girls in 30 countries that often lead s 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 m en. Way too often\, home is not a safe place as women are beaten and abuse d by their own partners. Even the lucky ones can never stop fighting for e qual pay\, equal opportunities and equal rights. Being born a girl means c learing lot 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 hre f="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/Theme"><strong>#BeBoldForChange< /strong></a>.</p>\n<p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>Supporting International Women's Day and showing strong commitment to gender equality\, VNRVJIET WIE&nbsp\;lea ds when it comes to&nbsp\;<a href="https://www.internationalwomensday.com/ External.aspx?u=http://now.vodacom.co.za/article/2017/02/28/vodacom-takes- gender-equality-seriously">gender diversity and equality in the workplace< /a>&nbsp\;and encouraging women to reach their full potential.</p>\n<p>Tal k on Reproductive health\, Menstrual hygiene and problems facing by women and situations by Himabala madam who speak about the issues and answered t o the various queries from the students.</p>\n<p>Later on an AWARENESS ses sion by SHE TEAM members HYDERABAD and explained on What lines they work a nd how to utilize them in the emergency.</p>\n<p>Drawings and face paintin g competition and recognition of women for their extraordinary work marked the International Women&rsquo\;s Day celebration in the VNRVJIET on Thurs day.</p><br /><br />Agenda: <br /><p>&nbsp\;</p>\n<p>The original aim &nda sh\; to achieve full&nbsp\;gender equality for women\, the world&nbsp\;&nd ash\; has still not&nbsp\;been realised. A gender pay gap persists&nbsp\;a cross the globe and women are still not present in equal numbers in busine ss or politics. Figures show that globally\, women&rsquo\;s education\, he alth and violence towards women is still worse than that of men.&nbsp\;<a href="http://www.unwomen.org/en/news/in-focus/international-womens-day">On International Women&rsquo\;s Day\,&nbsp\;</a>WIE of VNRVJIET let the peop le recognise these inequalities &ndash\; while also&nbsp\;celebrating the& nbsp\;achievements of women who have&nbsp\;overcome these barriers and enc ouraging people to step up and take ground-breaking action to help drive g ender equality.&nbsp\;</p> END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR