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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES OF THE WORKSHOP To
analyse the extent of gender stereotype To examine its impact on
ones life and work To identify & tackle sources of gender
stress To augment gender harmony at home/work place To enhance
women security through awareness (image and communication etc)
tools To assimilate gender sensitivity in DNA
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP AT THE END OF THE WORKSHOP At the
end of the workshop the participants would be well placed to
appreciate the nuances of gender sensitivity and apply them both at
work place and home. The workshop will further lead them to a quest
for gender harmony on the basis of equality, equity, dignity and
security for women.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP CONTENT PROFILE OF THE WORKSHOP
Introduction Gender Approach Gender Communication Gender Image
Gender Stress Gender Harmony Reflection from the participants
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP METHODOLOGY PROFILE OF THE
WORKSHOP Each theme to be covered in four stages - Key Statement
Elaboration Activity Milestone
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Introduction In gender
stereotyping, people make inaccurate, overly simplistic
generalizations of others based upon their gender. These
assumptions are untrue because they do not take into account that
everyone is an individual with unique thoughts, feelings and
aspirations.
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- Gender stereotype activity Please fill up the blanks. Only
one-word answers are required. Write the first word that comes to
your mind. There are no right or wrong answers. Please work fast.
1. The nurse looked very _________________. The patient liked
_________________. 2. A gold chain was found missing. The servant
did not turn up the next day. Could ________________be the thief?
3. The pilot landed the damaged aircraft safely. The passengers
congratulated ______. 4. A disciplined soldier will do what
_________________ is told. 5. The thief in police custody tried to
run away, but the Inspector caught him with _________________ quick
reaction. 7. Police is a tough job, feels the beat constable. I
agree with _________________. 8. A good teacher will not lose
_________________ patience, with children fast. 9. A cook may
become old, but not _________________ cooking. 10. A good doctor
will advise _________________ patients correctly.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Introduction KEY STATEMENT Sex
and Gender dwell in the same human body and yet the two are
altogether different entities.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Introduction ELABORATION Sex is a
biological construct whereas Gender is a social construct; in the
animal world only humans are burdened with gender discrimination
because of patriarchy There is no imbalance in the two human sexes
- male and female are different sexually, in order to complement
each other for procreation, like any other species However, they
are rendered unequal socially, because of discriminatory nurture
and culture
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Introduction ACTIVITY Introduce
yourself
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Introduction MILESTONE , Woman is
made and not born - Simone
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Approach
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Approach KEY STATEMENT
Crime against sex receives all-round attention and aggressively
denounced; crime against gender is universally ignored with
deafening silence.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender approach ELABORATION Every
male is a potential sex offender; groomed as gender offender,
sexual offence for him is only a thin line to cross Practicing
gender discrimination at home and imposing gender equality at work
place are two facets of the same exploitative attitude
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Approach ACTIVITY A 3
point Questionnaire Women face sexual harassment mostly on account
of the clothes they wear God has made women inferior than men The
sex ratio will reach at par if the female foeticide is somehow
completely stopped
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Approach MILESTONE The
presence (of women in society) has changed and not the essence
,
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Communication
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Communication KEY
STATEMENT India can boast of hundreds of languages but none of
gender equality; there are no equivalents in male parlance for
expressions like kulta, dayan, paraya dhan, sati savitri, parda,
randi, pativrata, mardani, chooriyan pahan lo, gharelu, kanya dan,
haramjada, rakhail, ghar ki ijjat, honour killing, gilted lover,
dahej, dahej hatya, foeticide, beti bachao, gharelu hinsa, GSCASH,
etc.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Communication ELABORATION
The language of inequality is - rooted in culture; manifested in
popular culture; cemented in media Not just the Khap but even the
best of Democrates! Communication is an effective security tool;
oppose full throttle the first dirty suggestion/gesture/touch The
magic words - casting a spell of dignity
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Communication ACTIVITY ;
Identify similar discriminatory communication taking place at home
, Identify a most heinous crime hidden in these sentiments
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Communication MILESTONE To
follow a routine of equal gender communication, will prove an
impossible endeavour. Resolve daily to maintain one day of equal
communication, like they resolve one day of abstinence at Alcoholic
Anonymous.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Image ; ; , - ?
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Image KEY STATEMENT Image
is : the way you think, the way you feel, the way you act or
behave, the way others react or respond to you.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP
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- Gender Image ELABORATION More layers of dress means more
authority and more formal attitude Remember, a females chosen dress
may be there to invite attention but certainly not molestation
exactly like in the case of a male
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Image ACTIVITY Dress code
: Express yourself to suit occasion
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- ______________________Level 1 1 2 2 3 3 4 4 Key Word
___________________ Tailored Softly tailored Casual tailored
Untailored The Dress Code : Four Levels
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- Tailored Clothing (level 4) is perceived as Authoritative/High
Authority Official Persuasive Formal Credible Business,
Leadership
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- Softly Tailored Clothing (level 3) perceived as Accessible
Influential Accessible Influential Consistent Receptive Less formal
Dependable
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- Casual Tailored Clothing (level 2) perceived as Approachable
Unofficial Flexible Informal Cooperative Relaxed
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- Untailored Clothing (level1) is perceived as Approachable/Low
Authority Functional Responsive Casual Non-business
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Image MILESTONE Image is a
time trusted dignity/security tool; weak image renders the
individual vulnerable
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Stress
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Stress KEY STATEMENT A
brother will lay down his life to defend the dignity of the sister.
However, the same brother would rather abandon his sister than
concede equal share in the parental asset.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Stress ELABORATION Gender
related stress is socially and economically unproductive; it is
emotionally harmful for both male and female
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Stress ACTIVITY Stressful
gender roles Identify the source of gender stress in your personal
and professional life
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP STRESSFUL GENDER ROLES MALE
FEMALE SUPPORT FAMILYDEPENDENT LIFE DEFEND FEMALE
MEMBERSDEFENCELESS TAKE ALL DECISIONSDEPEND ON OTHERS DECISIONS
DREAD OF LOOSING FAMILY HONOURBURDENED WITH FAMILY HONOUR ARRANGE
DOWRYPARAYA DHAN USURP FEMALES FAMILY SHAREEMOTIONALLY AND
ECONOMICALLY VULNERABLE ESCAPE/MANIPULATE GSCASHSUFFER/EXPLOIT
GSCASH
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP IDENTIFY YOUR SOURCE OF GENDER
STRESS 1.Marital discord 2.Frightful environ of women security
3.Family honour at stake 4.Sister/daughters dowry issues 5.Spouse's
independent ways 6.Domestic violence 7.Threat of false complaint
8.Threat of GSCASH 9.? ? ?
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Stress MILESTONE Gender
stress is rooted in patriarchy; the way out protocol is : recognise
stress points; communicate openly; respect personal space; share
asset; resort to informed decision making and mainstreaming
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Harmony
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Harmony KEY STATEMENT A
woman is human - Vera Nazarian She is not better, wiser, stronger,
more intelligent, more creative, or more responsible than a man.
Likewise, she is never less.
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Harmony ELABORATION World
of rackets/candy store Trying to secure women in feudal ways will
only safeguard the feudal values and not the women
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Harmony ACTIVITY Equality
through Equity Equality is about equal treatment Equity is about
equal outcome
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender Harmony MILESTONE
Sensitisation is not a one time inoculation Laws and Protocols must
empower the women and not the state and the patriarchy
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP REFLECTION Addressing gender
issues in personal and cultural domains will strengthen the gender
harmony in social and professional domains as well
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- JUST TO TEST HOW DO YOU SAY In case the girl, for whatever
reason, fails to inherit her share in parental asset, it should
automatically vest in state? There should be a fifty percent
reservation for women in all elected bodies, employment
opportunities and mainstream jobs? It should be a criminal offence
to speak the language of inequality or insult women symbols?
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- GENDER SENSITISATION WORKSHOP Gender insensitivity in personal
and professional life; in culture and popular culture; in
communication and media; in laws and procedures are all
interlinked. If you continue to hammer women issues with the tool
of patriarchy you end up hammering women only THANK YOU