A seminar being held with support from students and management of Guru Nanak College of Education, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi on Women Empowerment.
New Delhi, April 12, 2013: With grace of Waheguru, a seminar was arranged with support from students and management of Guru Nanak College of Education, Punjabi Bagh, New Delhi on Women Empowerment where-in presenter Jasbir Singh from Kalgidhar Trust (Baru Sahib) was invited to speak on the topic.
The seminar attracted an audience of around 70 students and staff wherein many social aspects related to women upliftment were discussed and shared with the students. Jasbir Singh has been associated with Kalgidhar Trust for more than 27years and was specially invited for this seminar as Kalgidhar Trust (Baru Sahib) excels in the projects related to empowering women in the society. In a society where people are indulging in female foeticide, the Kalgidhar Trust lays a great emphasis on educating a girl-child. In all its educational institutions, preference is given to the girls.
In his lecture Jasbir Singh says "that if we really look forward to bring women empowerment we might need to develop a system wherein we should boycott spending lakhs and crores in Sikh marriages instead we can deposit that money in daughter's name which will surely empower her life”.
He also raised the concern of increasing divorce rates in Sikhs is due to lack of value based education. “We should impart spiritual education along with worldly education so that our kids can develop themselves as good individuals", he said.
According to Harmeet Singh, a Volunteer- Baru Sahib, at Akal Academies (Baru Sahib) , underprivileged rural girls aged from 8 to 25, who were forced to stay at home and do household work, are being put to schools and taught modern scientific education and spiritual training. After obtaining under-graduate and graduate degrees, they are enrolled in 3-year course at Akal Elementary Teacher Training Academy. After graduating from this all exclusive women teacher training academy, these girls are placed as teachers in one of the 121 Akal Academies. They are paid salaries at par with the government schools. This in turn increases their marital value and is an endeavor to eradicate female foeticide.
As told by Harmeet Singh from Kalgidhar Trust, trust seeks support from college and universities to organise such seminars in their premises as it will create awareness among youth and help them to serve such causes voluntarily.