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SUMMARY:International Women’s Day Celebration
DESCRIPTION:Building on the campaign theme of #EmbraceEquity for this year's Internatio
nal Women's Day (IWD 2023), the Women’s Cell at FLAME University invites yo
u to collectively celebrate the economic, social, political and cultural ac
hievements of girls and women in India. IWD 2023 will also explore the imp
act of the existing gender gap on economic and social inequalities, and hig
hlight the importance of negotiating for a more equitable future. \n
We inv
ite everyone to deliberate on spreading awareness about the rights of women
and girls, and creating a more gender-sensitive approach to embracing equi
ty in all spheres including education, health, technology, and business, th
ereby paving the way for a more inclusive and sustainable future.\n
DAY 1:
Film Screening: Cléo from 5 to 7\nDate: March 8, 2023 \nTime: 2.15 PM to 5:
00 PM\nVenue: Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Executive Education (VKS 001)\n
Ab
out Film Screening: Please join us for the screening of Agnès Varda’s Frenc
h New Wave Classic film, Cléo from 5 to 7 (French with English Subtitles).\
n
Cléo, a young singer, changes her self-perception in the course of a fate
ful afternoon in Paris while she awaits the results of a biopsy. \n
DAY 2:
Health Camp for FLAME’s female housekeeping staff\nDate: March 9, 2023 \nTi
me: 12:00 PM to 4:00 PM\nVenue: Infirmary, FLAME University\n
About Health
Camp: The Women’s Cell at FLAME University with the support of Prashanti Ca
ncer Care Mission (PCCM) Pune has organized a health camp to raise awarenes
s about breast cancer among its female housekeeping staff, who mostly hail
from the nearby Lavale village and have hardly had any access to free healt
h check-ups.\n\nPCCM is a registered, public charitable trust founded by C.
B. Koppiker, an internationally renowned Breast Onco-Surgeon. They envision
serving comprehensive care for breast health. They are equipped with the m
ost advanced technologies and medical expertise in breast care. PCCM has be
en serving over 5000 women annually in Pune city and surrounding areas sinc
e year 2000. This initiative is a part of the International Women’s Day cel
ebration where we aim to embrace equity in the area of health.\n
DAY 3:
Pan
el Discussion \nDate: March 10, 2023 \nTime: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM \nVenue: C
hanakya (CHK 101)\n
About Panel Discussion: Please join us for a panel disc
ussion with two distinguished speakers, Neha Dixit and Shrayana Bhattachary
a who will highlight the stories of women who continue to fight for equalit
y and justice in multiple male-dominated spaces. The discussion will be mod
erated by Juhi Sidharth.\n
About the speakers:
Neha Dixit\nNeha Dixit is
an independent journalist based in New Delhi, India. She covers politics,
gender, and social justice in South Asia. She has worked with multiple medi
ums and reported for Al Jazeera, Washington Post, Caravan, Wire, and others
. She has won over a dozen international and national journalism awards inc
luding International Press Freedom Award 2019, Kurt Schork Award in Interna
tional Journalism 2014, Lorenzo Natali Prize for Journalism from the Europe
an Commission, 2011, Chameli Devi Jain Award for Outstanding Woman Journali
st 2016 among others. She is a contributor to the UNESCO Casebook of Invest
igative Journalism 2011, Zubaan anthology on Sexual violence in South Asia,
and First Hand: Graphic Non-Fiction in India and others. \n
\n
Shray
ana Bhattacharya\nShrayana Bhattacharya trained in development economics at
Delhi University and the Harvard Kennedy School. Since 2006, she has worke
d on research projects with the Institute of Social Studies Trust, SEWA and
Centre for Policy Research on gender and labour. At present, she is a Seni
or Economist at the World Bank. Her first book of non-fiction Desperately S
eeking Shah Rukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy an
d Independence was published by HarperCollins India in November 2021 and by
Liberty Books in Pakistan in August 2022. Shrayana recently won the Atta G
alatta BLF Book Prize for Best Non-Fiction for 2022. She has also won the T
imes of India JK Paper AutHer Prize for Best Non-Fiction Author for 2022 an
d the SKOCH Economic Forum Prize for literature. \n
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:Building on the campaign theme of #EmbraceEquity for th
is year's International Women's Day (IWD 2023), the Women’s Cell at FLAME University invites you to collectively cel
ebrate the economic, social, political and cultural achievements of girls a
nd women in India. IWD 2023 will also explore the impact of the existing g
ender gap on economic and social inequalities, and highlight the importance
of negotiating for a more equitable future.
We invite everyone to d
eliberate on spreading awareness about the rights of women and girls, and c
reating a more gender-sensitive approach to embracing equity in all spheres
including education, health, technology, and business, thereby paving the
way for a more inclusive and sustainable future.
DAY 1:
Film Screening: Cléo from 5 to 7
Date: Ma
rch 8, 2023
Time: 2.15 PM to 5:00 P
M
Venue: Vikram Sarabhai Centre for Executive Educati
on (VKS 001)
About Film Screening: Please join us fo
r the screening of Agnès Varda’s French New Wave Classic film, Cléo
from 5 to 7 (French with English Subtitles).
Cléo, a young
singer, changes her self-perception in the course of a fateful afternoon in
Paris while she awaits the results of a biopsy.
DAY 2:
Health Camp for FLAME’s female housekeeping staff
Date: March 9, 2023
Time: 12:00 PM to 4:00
PM
Venue: Infirmary, FLAME University
About Health Camp: The Women’s Cell at FLAME University with the s
upport of Prashanti Cancer Care Mission (PCCM) Pune has organized a health
camp to raise awareness about breast cancer among its female housekeeping s
taff, who mostly hail from the nearby Lavale village and have hardly had an
y access to free health check-ups.
PCCM is a registered, public
charitable trust founded by C.B. Koppiker, an internationally renowned Brea
st Onco-Surgeon. They envision serving comprehensive care for breast health
. They are equipped with the most advanced technologies and medical experti
se in breast care. PCCM has been serving over 5000 women annually in Pune c
ity and surrounding areas since year 2000. This initiative is a part of the
International Women’s Day celebration where we aim to embrace equity in th
e area of health.
DAY 3:
Panel Discussion
Date: March 10, 2023
Ti
me: 11:00 AM to 1:00 PM
Venue: Chanakya (CH
K 101)
About Panel Discussion: Please join us for a
panel discussion with two distinguished speakers, Neha Dix
it and Shrayana Bhattacharya who will highlight the storie
s of women who continue to fight for equality and justice in multiple male-
dominated spaces. The discussion will be moderated by Juhi Sidharth.
About the speakers:
Neha
Dixit
Neha Dixit is an independent journalist based in New D
elhi, India. She covers politics, gender, and social justice in South Asia.
She has worked with multiple mediums and reported for Al Jazeera, Washingt
on Post, Caravan, Wire, and others. She has won over a dozen international
and national journalism awards including International Press Freedom Award
2019, Kurt Schork Award in International Journalism 2014, Lorenzo Natali Pr
ize for Journalism from the European Commission, 2011, Chameli Devi Jain Aw
ard for Outstanding Woman Journalist 2016 among others. She is a contributo
r to the UNESCO Casebook of Investigative Journalism 2011, Zubaan anthology
on Sexual violence in South Asia, and First Hand: Graphic Non-Fiction in I
ndia and others.
Shrayana Bhattacharya
Shrayana Bhattacharya trained in development economics at Delhi University
and the Harvard Kennedy School. Since 2006, she has worked on research pro
jects with the Institute of Social Studies Trust, SEWA and Centre for Polic
y Research on gender and labour. At present, she is a Senior Economist at t
he World Bank. Her first book of non-fiction Desperately Seeking Shah R
ukh: India's Lonely Young Women and the Search for Intimacy and Independenc
e was published by HarperCollins India in November 2021 and by Liberty
Books in Pakistan in August 2022. Shrayana recently won the Atta Galatta B
LF Book Prize for Best Non-Fiction for 2022. She has also won the Times of
India JK Paper AutHer Prize for Best Non-Fiction Author for 2022 and the SK
OCH Economic Forum Prize for literature.
