By TCN News,
Calicut: Seminar, handbill distribution, public meets and poster campaigns marked the events on the occasion of the International Women’s Day (March 8) organised by the National Women’s Front (NWF).
These programmes were held across Kerala, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Andhra Pradesh, Goa, Rajasthan and West Bengal, Fareeda Hassan, national general secretary of NWF, said in a release.
With ‘Women’s Education – Pride of the Nation’ being the theme for 2015, emphasis on education for girls and women of the country and making them aware of its importance for the growth of the family and the nation was the main objective for the programmes during the day.
In addition, programmes such as health camps, blood donation camp, awareness rally, Signature camp and hospital equipment contribution were specially scheduled in several states with participation of hundreds of women from different parts of the state, the release said.
Some states also held programmes/seminars on topics ‘exploitation of women at work places’ and ‘sexual harassments of women and children’, the release added.