Date:09/03/2007 URL: http://www.thehindu.com/2007/03/09/stories/2007030912260300.htm

Kerala - Kochi

`Education helps women come into mainstream'

Staff Reporter

KOCHI: Only women with educational qualification are able to come into the mainstream of society, said P.P. Thankachan, UDF convener.

He was speaking at a seminar organised by the District Mahila Congress (I) on the occasion of International Women's Day. Monamma Kokkad, former member of the State Women's Commission, led the seminar on Domestic Violence. Mahila Congress district president Laly Jophine presided. District Congress Committee president V.J. Poulose welcomed the gathering.All India Mahila Congress secretary Simi Rosebel John spoke on the occasion.