Women have key role to educate society: Tripura Governor

Women have a vital role to educate society as they had emerged as exemplary leaders at the policy-making as well as community level, Tripura Governor Tathagata Roy said today.
Speaking after inaugurating a workshop on the "Role and Contribution of Women in Indian Polity," organised at Avinashilingam University for Women here, Roy said women were endowed with certain special characteristics namely compassion, perseverance and self-sacrifice which alone could help eliminate violence and injustice in today's world.
"So, women have a big role to educate society," he said.
Stating that women's contribution to society during the post-independence era got a shot in the arm when Indira Gandhi became the first woman Prime Minister, Roy said they got empowered and moved to participate further in all spheres of services - financial, administrative, judicial, education, research and others as well.

"Women are the driving force of the socio-economic development of the country after independence," he said.
Vast networks of women groups such as NGOs at the grass-root level played a pivotal role in providing empowerment initiatives which resulted in socio-economic and income generative activities, Roy said and added that this paved way for sustainable development and economic growth of the country.

"Each young student of this university should contribute for peace and harmony in the troubled world," he said.
The university Advisor S C Sharma said the women in India played an important role in the country's governance and their decision-making is essential for their interests to be incorporated into governance.

The workshop was organised to focus on specific issues and challenges with regard to political empowerment of women, Avinashilingam University vice-chancellor Premavathy Vijayan said.