“Every journey that starts has to end....
What is determining the quality of
this journey: is all the milestones we create, the lives we touch positively,
the contributions we make, the hands we hold and the joy we spread, while we
embark on it and move ahead”.
I am only a year old in FLO, and the
year has been a rollercoaster ride for me, extremely exciting, mind-bending and
very enlightening.
Ms. Indrani Deb our Chairperson had
been very kind to entrust upon me this Herculean job (I love challenges!!!) of
editing the Annual Flo Magazine for the term 2016-17. When I sat down with my
work of compilation and chronologically arranging the events, workshops, fund
raisers, CSR activities, to name a few; that were held during the year, I was thrilled
to see the quantum of work taken up by FLO to empower women from all sections
of the society.
Being a feminist to the core, I
believe that an empowered woman is one who is independent not only financially
but also emotionally. It is most
important for a woman to understand her essence and her worth and move ahead, breaking
down the barriers that are put up by society, in diverse ways. Gender
discrimination has been a part of our social set up since time immemorial and
it exists in both overt and covert forms of bias and this has led to a gigantic
gap in the development and progress of a huge section (women) of the society,
which actually outnumbers men.
With the right dose of education,
skill development trainings and programmes, health and hygiene awareness, self
defence training, pro-women policy building, counselling, creating awareness
about women rights and privileges et all; these women can become positive contributors
to the society they live in and to the nation at large. Those who are fortunate
enough to create a niche for themselves should encourage their less fortunate equivalents
to take a step towards bridging the distance between home and workplace. Every
daughter born into a family should be taught to understand her worth, develop
positive self esteem and given equal opportunity for growth with her male counterpart,
thus tearing the stereotyped roles attached to her existence.
Organisations that work towards women
welfare, should join hands and build a coherent support system (encompassing
all areas) to strengthen and empower them, to enable a woman to live a life of respect and dignity .I am
real happy to be a part of FLO that endeavours to make a concrete difference.
“I raise my voice-not so I can shout, but so
that those without a voice can be heard...we cannot succeed when half of us are
held back”-Malala
Signing off with a note of positivity
and hope...
Vasavi Acharya
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