President to inaugurate Gender park on February 27

'Gender Park', India's first gender equality convergence center, will be inaugurated by President Pranab Mukherjee here on February 27.
The park is aninitiative of the Social Justice Department of the Keralagovernment to bring together the state, academia and civil society on a common platform to address the gender issues.
"The Centre, the country's first such large-scale initiative,will create an environment to share global knowledge and experiences in reducing gender inequalities," CEO of the park Dr P T M Sunishsaid in a release.
A dedicated Gender Institute at the park would focus on learning research and capacity development as part of supporting efforts ofthe central and state governments in ensuring an inclusive society.

It would cover issues pertaining to all threegenders in accordance with the 2015 gender and transgender policies of the state government, he said.
Kerala Governor P Sathasivam, Chief Minister OommenChandy and Rebecca Reichmann Tavares, United NationsRepresentative for women in India, Sri Lanka, Maldives and Bhutanwill take part in the inaugural function.

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The UL Cyber park is the first IT park set up by a labour co-operative society, Uralungal Labour Contract Co-operative Society (ULCCS).
Digital Empowerment Campaign is a project formulated by Kerala state IT Mission to empower citizens throughtraining imparted by selected high school students across thestate.
In the first phase, the plan is to distribute 5,600 tablets preloaded with application among Students Police Cadets (SPCs) from across 280 schools in 14 districts so as tomake citizens digitally literate.

The SPCs would train 10 lakh citizens in internet operations, a release from authorities ofDigital Empowerment Campaign said.
It also aims to teach, enable and empower the common man the potential of Information and Communication Technology in day-to-day life and also tunes him up on the potential of Internet and the opportunity that it provides.
"Kanivu" is a registered Charitable Society dedicated to address the issues of mentally ill persons in general, and women in particular.