The Research Development Cell and Xavier Law School (XLS) of St. Xavier’s University, Kolkata (SXUK) jointly organized a one-day national conference on ‘Women Empowerment for a Sustainable Future’ on January 11, 2024 in the university campus.

It aims to address the pertinent issues related to gender equality and women empowerment in line with the sustainable development.

Rev. Dr. John Felix Raj, S.J., Hon’ble Vice-Chancellor of SXUK delivered the inaugural address. He said, “Structural impediments to gender equality exist and gender-based discrimination persists inspite of the efforts by the government, democratic institutions and other key stakeholders.”

The keynote address was delivered by Dr. Nirmal Kanti Chakrabarti, Vice Chancellor, West Bengal National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata. He gave an overview of various schemes by Central & State Governments for women empowerment.

He also highlighted the initiatives taken up by legislative, executive and judiciary and discussed various legislations, Women Reservation Bill 2023, and also various cases that have remedied gender inequality, the emergence of Nari Adalat, etc.

A total of 61 participants including faculty members, research scholars, students and professionals across the country participated in this conference.

Dr. Mononita Kundu Das