The Department of Women Education (DWE), Maulana Azad National Urdu University (MANUU) is organizing various literary and cultural programs on the occasion of International Womens Day.

According to Dr. Ameena Tahseen, Head, DWE a symposium "Womens Empowerment: Problems and Strategies" will be held on March 8, 2022 at 3 to 5 pm at CPDUMT Auditorium, MANUU.

Prof. SM Rahmatulla, Pro Vice-Chancellor will preside over and Mr. Shah Nawaz Qasim, IPS, & Director, Minority Welfare, Govt. of Telangana will be the chief guest.

Prof. Padmaja Shah, Former Head, Department of Mass Communication and Journalism, OU, Prof. Farida Siddiqui, Dean, School of Arts and Social Sciences, Prof. Shahida, Director I/c, Center for Women Studies and Captain Syeda Salwa Fatima will also address.

MANUU Drama Club will present a play and a mono act on the theme of women empowerment. Chart Making Competition will also be organized.

In collaboration with Department of Economics an online extension lecture "Gender and Development" by Prof. Halima Sadia Rizvi, Head, Department of Economics, Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi will also be organized on March 9.

Prof. Syed Ainul Hasan, Vice-Chancellor will be presiding an online Womens Poetry session "An evening to celebrate womens greatness" scheduled to be held on March 14 from 3.30 to 5.30 pm. Prof. Ashraf Rafi, Former Head, Department of Urdu, OU will be the chief guest and eminent poetess Tasneem Jauhar will be the guest of honour.

The programm will be telecast live on IMC MANUU Youtube channel.