UNIVERSAL CONCERNS
ENVIRONMENT
GENDER
SOCIETY
WHAT IS GENDER SENSITISATION
Gender Sensitisation is creating
awareness about gender equality and
examines the personal attitudes, thought
processes related to gender bias
questioning the realities of both sexes.
Gender sensitisation is about bringing in
modification of behaviour thereby
instilling empathy into the views, beliefs
that we hold about our own and other sex
by spreading awareness on gender
equality concerns
HOW………………………………………
CAMPAIGNS WORKSHOPS
EDUCATION SOCIALISATION
INITIATIVES…….
1st World Conference on Women- 1975- Mexico
(Gender Discrimination)
2nd World Conference on Women- 1980-
Copenhagen (Achieving targets of 1975 Conference)
3rd World Conference on Women- 1985- Nairobi
(Political and social participation, Decision making)
4th World Conference on Women 1995- Beijing
(Empowerment and enhancement)
National Commission of Women (Chairperson Ms
Rekha Sharma)
State Commission For women
Karl Waldheim Sec Gen UNO(1975)- We must think
positively about the position of women in their own
societies and international affairs for the benefit of
all
SEX AND GENDER
SEX- of an individual is characterised by
Physical(Biological) characteristics on
the basis of
Anatomy
Chromosomes
Anatomy
Hormones
Reproductive system
Determines Male Or Female
GENDER
Gender is a social construct
Born Male and Female but made to
behave as girls and boys
Learnt Behaviour creates gender
identity (how one feels internally) or
gender roles
Dos and Don’t’s
Masculinity and Femininity
Changeable/ Dynamic
Differs from culture to culture
GENDER STEREOTYPES
A general view or perception about
attributes or behavior and roles ought to
be possessed and performed by women
Stereotypes about gender can cause
unequal and unfair treatment because of
a person's gender. This is called sexism.
. Gender stereotypes can have an
adverse effect on all genders, as young
people find themselves regularly
exposed to messages about how boys
and girls should look, behave and play.
GENDER STEREOTYPES OR MYTHS
FEMALE MALE
Girls play with dolls Boys love soccer
Girls can cry Boys should show a
brave face
Girls are submissive Boys need to be
assertive
Girls are patient Boys are Adventurous
Girls are home makers Boys are earners
GENDER SENSITISATION COVERS…….
Gender Equality- Art -14, 15, 16, etc
Discrimination (Preferential treatment)
Empowerment-
Position/Access/Control/decision making
Approach Towards Sex/ Gender- culture,
customs, stereotypes
Traditional / Patriarchal Mindset
Crime Against Women
Legal Awareness- IPC-376(Rape), Mental
physical torture 498A, 509-Sexual Harassment,
354- Molestation
Socialisation through family, teachers, media,
GENDER ISSUES
Female Infanticide- UN says- Approx 2000 unborn
girls illegally aborted in India
Dowry- Female is unproductive
Early Marriages- Nigeria, Bangladesh, Mozambique,
India(2021 stats)
Acid Attack- 228 cases in 2018, 182 in 2020
Domestic Violence- cases increased by 53% from
2001 to 2018
Sexual Harassment- ME TOO movement in 2018
Inadequate Nutrition- due to poverty, awareness and
discrimination,
Prostitution
Rape- 31,667 reported in 2021. 4th most common crime
against women, 86 cases of rape reported daily.( NCRB)
96% are known to the victim. (Rajasthan )
FIGHTBACK……………………………
Bhanwari Devi
A social worker in Rajasthan.
She was gang raped because she tried to stop a
child marriage in a village.
Accused were acquitted
Some NGOs came together and filed a petition
under the collective name VISHAKA
Vishaka and Others vs. state of Rajasthan
Supreme Court set guidelines for sexual
harassment at work place . An act came out in
2013
Movie named BAWANDAR in 2000 was based on
Bhanwri Devi
BREAKING THE STEREOTYPES….
Dr Kiran Bedi 1st Woman I P S officer
Mrs Indira Gandhi 1st Woman Prime
Minister
Nikhat Zareen Gold medal in Boxing
Karnam Malleshwari Weight Lifting
Shruti Sharma, Ankita First three toppers In
Agarwal, Gamini Singla UPSC 2022
Shreya Pathak CBSE TOPPED
500/500
Shanan Dhaka from Tops NDA Entrance On September 22, 2021,
Rohtak Exam the Supreme Court ruled
that women candidates
are allowed to appear
for the NDA entrance
exam
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THIRD GENDER
On 15th April 2014, Supreme Court of India has ruled
that transgender persons have a right to be legally
recognized according to their self-identified gender,
including a third gender. Failure to provide such legal
recognition amounts to a breach of the right to
equality before the law, non-discrimination on the
basis of sex and the right to life and liberty with
dignity.
Examples-A 38-year-old man-to-woman transgender
person, Aishwarya Rituparna Pradhan is India's
first transgender civil servant serving as a commercial
tax officer in the Odisha Financial Services (OFS).
Transgender Persons (Protection of Rights) Act, 2019
WHY GENDER SENSITISATION?
Among UTs,2012 Nirbhaya
31,677 cases
Delhi had the Case of rape
highest rate of
crime against
registered in
women face in
women the country
sexual2021 last year,
harassment at
Crime against
work
women rose
place(95% of
by 15.3 per
women
cent in 2021
workforce are
in informal
sector)
7634 Dowry UP, 1 dowry death
deaths in 2015
Maharashtra every hour
Rajasthan tops
in crimes
against
Women
LEGAL SAGEGUARDS
Article 14
Article 15
Rape Sec 376 IPC
Molestation 354 of IPC
Sexual Harassment 509 IPC
Hindu Marriage Act- 1955
Special Marriage Act 1954
Domestic Violence Act 2005
Prohibition of Child Marriage Act 2006
Immoral Traffic Prevention Act 1956
Commission of Sati Act 1987
Dowry Prohibition Act 1961
Hindu Succession Act 1956
Pre- natal diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex selection
Act)1994
Sexual harassment of women at Work Place Act 2013
TIME TO CHANGE THE MINDSET
THANK YOU
