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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