7.1.1

Gender Sensitization Plan

The Women Cell in DAV College for Girls, Yamuna Nagar, was started with the aim of empowering and orienting women to recognize their true potential and to help them attain their own stand in a competing world. Its goal is the overall development of women in all spheres of their life. It also helps in creating awareness about important issues related to women and provides a forum for discussion and deliberation on a range of issues from empowerment to environment.

Vision

To empower women in all spheres of life enabling them to become agents of social and economic change and inculcating ethical values for the betterment of self, family and society.

Mission

To train women to acquire wide range of skills and knowledge, to develop and increase their social, economic and intellectual capacities for peace, security and prosperity of mankind

Objectives

1)To enhance self esteem and self confidence among women students and staff
2)To foster decision making ability
3)To increase awareness of women related social issues, health, employment and gender related matters
4)To realize role of women in building up of a healthy society
5)Sensitize students on serious gender issues
6)Generate awareness of burning social issues for ensuring holistic education of students
7) Educate, empower and devise preventive measures for the prevention of gender bias and sexual harassment of students
8) To impart knowledge on legal rights of women

 

Common Room                                                                                                                                    Creche

Safety & Security

The college ensures the following safety and security measures for the students in the campus:

  1. CCTV cameras are installed in the corridors, shed area, library, open stage and covering all the main areas including the three gates of the college.
  2. The College has:

a) WOMEN CELL – to sensitize students against physical or mental harassment.

b) COUNSELING CELL- students get free counselling related to any matter in or outside the campus.

c) ICC – the College has an Internal Complaints Committee to address any issue related to girls’ safety and security.

Security Check                                                                         CCTV Camera                                                                                 Fire Fighting Setup

Counselling Cell

The Counselling Center (Department of Psychology) of DAV college for Girls provides free of cost counselling services to the students of the college and takes care of the personal, emotional & social needs of the students through group and individual counselling

Adolescent counselling is aimed at young people to help them, make sense of their feelings, behaviors and thoughts and entails the use of unique techniques. It gives students opportunity to explore their feelings and emotions in safe environment and provides a way to deal effectively with it. Over 1500 students have received group counselling services for stress management, a crucial life skill. Career counselling services were provided to a group of 20 students. Students in college and non-students alike received individual career counselling sessions.

From this year one more element has been added into the arena of mental health services which is ‘Meditation Center’. A student’s life can be so stressful. Factors such as homework, social life, perceived parental pressure, university applications, and never-ending workloads all generate stress. A daily meditation practice, even of only 10-20 minutes a day, can reduce stress and increase well-being, improve focus and internal strength.