GENDER EQUALITY
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Among the world’s population, almost half is represented by women. A very capable section of society but often oppressed in terms of social equality, educational opportunities, deprived of access to healthcare and often underrepresented at the level of political and global leadership.
The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030 aims to achieve
gender equality and empower all women and girls for a peaceful, prosperous and sustainable world. Right to education is the foundation to achieve a humane society where no individual is left behind. Education plays a very important role in achieving The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals 2030. Every girl child should be provided with the basic right to education and health care. Universities or Educational institutions of the world, with their resources and manpower, can make small steps towards addressing this global issue and play a wider role in their community. Nitte DU has taken several measures to promote gender equality on its campus.
GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH POLICY AND ADMINISTRATIVE SUPPORT
Policies supporting gender equality
COMMITTEES AND CELLS FOR PROTECTING AND PROMOTING GENDER EQUALITY
FACILITIES FOR WOMEN SAFETY AND CONVENIENCES
The following initiatives of the University ensure that women feel safe and comfortable in its campus:
- Safety and security: Round-the-clock security is provided with women guards as part of the University’s security force to assist women students and staff.
- The women’s hostels are provided with sanitary pad vending machines and incinerators for disposal of used napkins.
- Common rooms in each of the constituent colleges for the exclusive use of women students
- Access to sexual and reproductive health services
- Counselling services for Women students and staff on the campus is made available where trained counseling staff include women counsellors and Psychiatrists. About 50% of the women students avail of this facility for their well-being
- Surveillance cameras are positioned at key places to act as a deterrent against acts of harassment/violence against women
- Free of cost commute in University Buses and Vans to and from various parts of the city as a safe alternative for public transport
- Creche facility for children of working and studying women
- The women’s hostels are provided with san- itary pad vending machines and incinerators for disposal of used napkins.
- Common rooms in each of the constituent colleges for the exclusive use of women stu- dents.
- Access to sexual and reproductive health services.
- Counselling services for Women students and staff on the campus is made available where trained counseling staff include wom- en counsellors and Psychiatrists. About 50% of the women students avail of this facility for their well-being
Creche facility for children of working women Caretakers for children aged 2 to 12 years
Breastfeeding rooms at the workplace
ADDRESSING GENDER EQUALITY THROUGH EDUCATION
- A module on gender equality in all programs
- Tracking of women students’ entry, progress and graduation for ensuring their success
The overall percentage of women among students is 67%. This is substantially higher than the national average of 49% and Karnataka state average of 50%. The percentage of women students in Undergraduate programs is at 66% and in Postgraduate programs is at 67%. Thus, the Gender parity index is double the national index at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels of education.
PROMOTING WOMEN SCIENTISTS AND SCHOLARS
Women researchers of the University garnered Rs. 88,16,817 of external research funding during the period 2020-21. The percentage of women faculty receiving intramural research support from the University was 62% amounting to 59% of the total amount disbursed and the percentage of women students receiving grants was 88% with 89%of the total amount disbursed for the year 2020. Women faculty and students have authored 115 Scopus and 93 Web of Science indexed publications during this period.
OUTREACH ACTIVITIES RELATED TO GENDER EQUALITY
WOMEN ACHIEVERS
- Prof. Dr. Indrani Karunasagar Director (R&D) & Director, Nitte- Centre for Science Education & Research (N-CSER) was Nominated as the Vice-Chair of the Jury for the period 2020-2025, during the 10th UNESCO Award ceremony held at Addis Ababa, Ethiopia from 9th – 12th February 2020.
- Dr. Sandhya Ravi, Principal, Nitte School of Fashion Technology and Interior Design was conferred with the award “Nehru Women Excellence Award 2020” on 8th March 2020 by Nehru Center for Women Excellence, approved by UGC for the very first time in the category Top in the Class
- Prof Dr Amarshree A Shetty, Dept. of Paediatric & Preventive Dentistry and Assoc. Dean of Student Welfare, ABSMIDS was honoured with the opportunity to inaugurate the Karnataka Rajyotsava organised by DK Zilla Kannada Sahitya Parishat and deliver the Rajyotsava message. She was felicitated for her enormous contribution towards training more than 1500 teachers and special educators of Government, aided and unaided schools of Dakshina Kannada on preventive protocols & standard operating procedures to be applied in schools post COVID 19 on 1st Nov 2020
- On 20th Nov 2020, Dimple Nagaraj Seth from NUCSER. was selected for MEXT scholarship for PhD in Japan.