SRINAGAR: Nearly half of the elderly population in Kashmir is being abused in one or the other form, a study has revealed. Dr Zubair Saleem, a Senior Geriatric Consultant, while speaking to a seminar at the University of Kashmir said he and his team carried out a study with a universe of 27000 indi.
Senior geriatrician quotes his study, says 50% of 26,237 senior citizens suffered ‘some form of abuse’
SRINAGAR: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan Thursday chaired a seminar on ‘Elderly Abuse’, a first-of-its kind event organised by the Varsity to put a spotlight on the issue which experts described as
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NCW Chief Interacts With Internal Committee Chairpersons At KU
SRINAGAR: Chairperson of National Commission for Women Rekha Sharma said on Saturday that the internal committees constituted in institutions and organisations to prevent sexual harassment of women must do their job efficiently and seriously to create a safe and secure work environment for women.
NCW Chief Interacts With Internal Committee Chairpersons At KU
Addressing as chief guest chairpersons of Internal Committees (ICs) of the University of Kashmir as well as various degree colleges during an interaction session, Ms Sharma said the ICs constituted under The Sexual Harassment of Women at Workplace (Prevention, Prohibition and Redressal) Act of 2013 should take their responsibilities seriously and do their job without any fear.
SRINAGAR: Top experts, administrators and academics Thursday jointly underscored the need to go for regular counselling of both students and teachers to help them combat the adverse fallouts of the Coronavirus pandemic.
Noted psychiatrist, Prof Arshad Husain delivered an on line lecture on mental issues during the pandemic in an event of the University of Kashmir
Addressing as chief guest a webinar organised by Kashmir University’s UGC-HRDC in collaboration with Government Degree College Bijbehara, Talat Pervez Rohella, Commissioner-Secretary of J&K’s Higher Education Department, outlined the department’s comprehensive plan for the mental wellbeing of students and teachers across the UT, an official spokesman of the University said.