LAHORE:The University of Veterinary and Animal Sciences Lahore (UVAS) on Thursday arranged 1st UVAS women leadership programme in connection with women empowerment through Women Involvement in Learning and Leadership (WE-WILL) here at City Campus.
Vice-Chancellor Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad presided over the inaugural session of the programme while Dean Faculty of Bio-sciences Prof Dr Habib-ur-Rehman, Dean Faculty of Animal Production & Technology Prof Dr Saima, Chairperson Department of Anatomy and Histology Prof Dr Hafsa Zaneb, Prof Dr Aneela Zameer Durrani and many other senior female faculty & administration staff members from different campuses of UVAS were also present.
While addressing the inaugural ceremony, Prof Dr Nasim Ahmad said that female strength was increasing rapidly in faculty and administration of UVAS last two decades and they performing their duties with full of dedication.
He said that women were provided equal rights at UVAS and they were always encouraged to equally participate in university activities.
He said government of Punjab developed seven consortiums and in which woman empowerment consortium was also added. He acknowledged the role of Prof Dr Hafsa Zaneb for taken this initiative. Earlier, Prof Dr Hafsa Zaneb spoke about the aim & objectives of this programme. She said various issues/aspects related to leadership, governance, gender issues in academia, equity, sexual harassment, networking, career trajectories and financial management would be discuss and many well-known professors/experts from national and international institutions would be the resource person, she added.
She said participants would have an opportunity to learn from experiences of accomplished women leaders and advocates of women leadership from within and outside Pakistan.