Workshop to discuss women’s safety held

VARANASI: Bharatiya Awam Party organized a workshop to discuss women's safety and curbing sexual offenses at Varuna Nagar Colony in Hukulganj on Sunday.
"We are disturbed with the way crime against women is on the rise in UP as well as across the country over the last few years. We have decided to train as many women as we can so that they can be self-reliant on their safety," national president of the party Najma Parveen said.
The party will prepare a list of those who indulged in sexual offenses in each and every ward and visit homes to make aware women. "In case of lax attitude of cops, we would upload their lackadaisical attitude on social media," she added.
The women discussed the increase in cases of crime. The speakers asked the women to educate the girl child about social crimes and offenses and share details with their family. It was decided that such events will be held in all assembly areas.
Meanwhile, voluntary organizations Vishal Bharat Sansthan and Panchganga Foundation organized a programme on health service for women in Shakkartala area on Sunday.
The organization spread awareness about health among Muslim women and prepared their health diary, where their health checkup will be done after every fortnight.
This move was taken after a survey was done on 1,000 women of the city, where it was found that majority of them do not seek doctor's aid and resort to home remedies and consume random medicines. It was revealed that over 950 women were not even aware about their health and did not go to hospital on falling ill.
This campaign has been started for women, who do not visit hospitals and prefer experimenting with home remedies for cure of diseases. Such programme will be run in each and every region and one such region will be made as a role model.