International Women's Day campaign in Mysuru Division
International Women's Day 2020 campaign was launched all over divisions of Indian Railways for 10 days, from March 1 to 10. Mysuru division is organising various activities like health checkups, yoga camps, trekking, cultural and sports competitions, to build a gender equal workplace and to salute the spirit of women empowerment in all spheres of working.
True to the spirit of this year's theme for campaign " Each for Equal", an all-women crew comprising loco pilot and asst. loco pilot , guard, ticket checking staff, security personnel were on duty onboard Mysuru-Bengaluru Tippu Express to underscore the commitment of the Railways to create a gender equal workforce to achieve all round development of the organization.
Greeting the all-women contingent at Mysuru station on this momentous occasion, Divisional Railway Manager, Mysuru, Aparna Garg said that over 10% of the workforce in the Division were women and the primary focus was to bring about a qualitative change in the work culture by creating a gender equal environment. Additional Divisional Railway Manager, Mysuru Shri A Devasahayam, Senior Branch Officers and supervisors were present on this occasion.