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Welcome
GENDER SENSITIVITY WORKSHOP
 How Many rods
you can see in the
picture here
 Who am I
• Let's Identify the Person with details shared and Identify their gender

• Please rank your answers as 1 or 2 or 3

• Once we complete all questions will match our results with the people identified in
slides

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 Person 1 Choose your response from one
among the three

• I am from Mumbai – My birthplace

• I am the Director-Inclusion & Diversity KPMG
• I was the National Manager Health and Human Rights UNDP
• My areas of interest are Wellness Health & Social Development
• Put in about 20 years of National and International Expirience
• I provide consulting in Inclusion practices
• I convert and present life’s adversities into wonderful stories of inspiration, hope, faith &
survival.

1 2 3
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 Choose your response from one
Person 2 among the three

• I am practicing at Hyderabad –
• My roots are in Maharashtra
• I speak Telugu, Hindi, Marathi besides English
• I am an experienced Gynecologist, Obstetrician, and Infertility specialist
• Patients with Critical Gynecological issues, Critical Pregnancy and Infertility issues
reach out to me for treatment
• Qualified MBBS, DGO, DNB, DMLS, DHHM
• Put in about 11 years of National and International Expirience

1 2 3
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 Choose your response from one
Person 3 among the three

• I am an Aeronautical scientist
• Currently Serving as Director General of Aeronautical Systems
• Former Project Director Agni IV Missile
• I hail from Kerala
• I Inherited strong will from my Mother and I am determined and persevering like her
• I have a B Tech Degree from Kerala and M tech from Pune

1 2 3
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Person 4 Choose your response from one
among the three
• I am an MBBS Doctor
• Till recently I was practicing as an emergency physician
• Recently Joined along with another colleague Osmania General Hospital
• I faced a lot of discrimination since childhood, in my college
• I am Happy I got posting here to serve people under this category
• I would like to work hard for community and give back to society

1 2 3
 Person 5 Choose your response from one
among the three

• I am from Kolkata West Bengal

• I love music more than cooking and was drummer for some time
• Learned cooking from a Culinary school in Kerala
• Started my career with Taj
• Moved on to Bangkok for further studies and better acer as Chef
• Currently I run a restaurant by name Gagan
• Yes, I am recognized and know as one of the top 5 celebrity chefs in India

1 2 3
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 Person 6 Choose your response from one
among the three
• I am Olympic Boxer from India
• I was member of Rajya Sabha
• Boxing is my first love
• I am conferred with Padma Sri, Padma Bhushan and Padma Vibhushan
• Coming from rural India no one expected I will pursue my passion by moving to a city
convincing family .
• I believe that “ Don’t give up as there is always a next time”

1 2 3
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 Person 7 Choose your response from one
among the three
• I am alumni of National School of Drama graduating in 1979
• I am one of the top costume's designers in India
• Started my career with Bollywood with Shekhar Kapur’s Bandit Queen
• Have recived awarded the Best Costume Design award
• Also recived Sangeet Academy award
• Have designed costumes for films like Omkara, Kaminey, Bhaag Milkha Bhaag,
Haider and many more.

1 2 3
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 Person 8 Choose your response from one
among the three
• I am a Civil servant in Odisha cadre
• Brought up in a small village in Odisha
• Commercial Tax Officer with Odisha Financial services
• an alumnus of the Indian Institute of Mass Communication

1 2 3
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 Person 2 Dr Juhul Arvind Patel
Gynecologist Hyderabad

Person 2 Zainab Patel

KPMG Inclusion & Diversity Director
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 Person 3 Tessy Thomas
Person 4 Dr Prachi
Rathode

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 Anjum Anand Mary Kom
Celebrity Cheff -Boxer
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 Dolly Ahluwalia
Bollywood Costume designer

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 Aishwarya Rutuparna
Pradhan
IAS-CTO -ODISHA

(formerly Ratikanta Pradhan)

IAS CTO -ODISHA

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 Gender Sensitization refers to the modification of behavior by raising
awareness of gender equality concerns.

This can be achieved by conducting various sensitization campaigns, workshop,

program etc.

Sensitization in the domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, is seen as “the

awareness informed disposition or propensity to behave in a manner which is
sensitive to gender justice and equality issues.”

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 Gender Sensitization “ is about
changing behavior and instilling
empathy into the views that we
hold about our own and the
other gender.
“ It helps people in” examining
their personal attitudes and
beliefs and questioning the
‘realities’ they thought they
know’.

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 Gender

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 Are we not Gender Biased
• I mean our behavior of showing favoritism to men over
women
• Sometimes even in our profession we would like to avoid
women constables or Inspectors
• Reasons could be any Sociocultural, Biological, Prejudice

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 Do we realize and accept
"Sex" refers to the biological and physiological characteristics
that define men and women. Universal for all Human beings, In
born and unchanging

"Gender" refers to the socially constructed roles, behavior,

activities, and attributes that a given society considers
appropriate for men and women.

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 Are we not hearing about these

18-year-old rape survivor

commits suicide in
Hyderabad, accused
arrested

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 Let's Look at a Scenario
• Veena*, a head constable when enquired said. Much of the work used to be
documentation. “When I joined, men continued to do the job they did, but women
were [usually] involved only if there were women-related crimes, or a dharna or an
event where women would be present,”
• Generally, we have documentation kind of peripheral works she said. “Often, the
women in the force are given desk roles and not field duties; they are rarely visible
in the field,

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 Let's explore these 2 case studies
CASE 1 CASE 2
• High school badminton coach, age twenty- • Architect, thirty-two years old, married
seven. Married, no children. with two children.
• Played badminton in high school and • Likes skiing and skating,
college, • Spends occasional weekends ski capital
• Majored in physical education. Kondapur.
• Also likes to play the Tabla and paint. • Reads extensively about UFO
abductions and psychic phenomena

Whom do you think these persons would be and Why?

It Looks the person could be a physically fit man in tight sports out fit
isn’t it?
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 But it need not be always
• Gender and sex are two different concepts with different meanings
• While Sex is based on the biological structure Innate and unchangeable,
• Gender is a Social construct and learnt by dynamic and changeable and differs within and between
cultures

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Identify the characteristic/behavior in the statement whether it is
gender or sex and reasons for your statement:
Characteristics or Behaviors Sex Gender Reason
Women give birth to babies
Taking care of babies is the responsibility of women.
Men don't need tenderness and are less sensitive than women
Most drivers in India are men
Women can't carry heavy loads.
Women are afraid to work outside their homes at night
Men's voices change during puberty.
Cooking comes naturally to women
Most women have long hair and men have short hair
Women are emotional and Men are rational
Men have mustache
Only women can breast feed
There are many men who are good at cooking
 Social Construct of Gender

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 Do you know this are a news to you

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• While our women pilots average is double the
global average
• Railways and Metro railways Encouraging
women to be the drivers
• We still need to do a lot to bring in gender
balance
There were and are Senior Police officers
Similarly, IAS Officer's
Union Ministers
 Do we Really See them as our Equals

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 What is our General Choice

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 Social Construct

• Having a girl’s body does not teach one to do

household work or care for others
• Having a boy’s body does not ensure that they will be
fearless, intelligent and strong
• These qualities are learnt and taught to us at different
stages in our lives within the family, schools,
community, and so on.
• It is one’s upbringing that determines how one grows,
what one becomes.

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 Activity

• Let Each one of Us Identify an incident, situation, Condition or expirience in our life either in the

family or in the community we live in.

• Also explain what is our reaction and why

• If the same thing happens after this session, how would you change your reaction
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 Gender Role

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 How are Gender Roles Shaped? Reinforcement of Gender
What are Gender Roles? Roles
Cultural beliefs shape Gender roles are
Gender roles encompass perpetuated through
culturally defined acceptable behavior for
various societal levels,
behaviors, both genders, impacting driven by socialization,
responsibilities, and our actions, preferences, family dynamics, resource
actions linked to one's and conduct access, and global
gender. economic influences.

Change is Possible

Gender roles, though deeply ingrained, can evolve with time. Social
values and norms are not static; they can change as society progresses.
Gender expectations, seemingly immutable, can adapt as our society
evolve

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 Take Away Message

Gender inequalities are learned through education at

various levels including the family, school, religions,
society and the wider community level

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 Gender Stereotype

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 Gender Stereotyping
Gender Stereotype Definition: A gender stereotype is
a widely held belief or assumption about the జెండర్ స్టీరియోటై ప్ నిర్వచనం: లింగ మూస పద్ధతి అనేది పురుషుడు లేదా
behaviors, roles, and characteristics that are typically వంటి నిర్దిష్ట లింగానికి చెందిన వ్యక్తు లతో సాధారణంగా అనుబంధించబడిన
associated with individuals of a certain gender, such ప్రవర్తనలు, పాత్రలు మరియు లక్షణాల గురించి విస్తృతంగా ఉన్న నమ్మకం లే
as male or female ఊహ.

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 Stereotyping

• Gender stereotypes generalize,

limiting individuality.
• Hindering enjoyment and self-
expression.
• Stem from sayings, media,
culture, and more.

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 Let's Check if we have understood the Gender Stereotype
Identify Gender Stereotypes and state whether it is biologically or socially constructed
Gender stereotypes Girls Boys Biological Social
Colours: pink, purple
Playing with dolls
Like race cars
Like flowers
Like motorcycles
Trucks, Legos, math
Colours: blue, green
Good interior designer
Taking care of children
A taxi driver
An astronaut
Overly logical
Expressing anger
Caring little about physical appearance.
Primary or nursery teacher, nurse, home maker
Doctor, principal,
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 Look at this Picture and Identify of some of the challenges in
breaking gender stereotypes

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 Identify the right Answer
1. Girls should be obedient and cute, are allowed to cry (True/False)
2. Boys are expected to be brave and not cry (True/False)
3. Women are better housekeepers and men are better with machines (True/False),
4. Boys are better at mathematics and girls more suited to nursing (True/False)
5. Women are generally expected to dress in typically feminine ways (True/False)
6. Women are to be polite, accommodative, and nurturing. (True/False)
7. Men are generally expected to be strong, aggressive, and bold (True/False)
8. Women are bad drivers (True/False)
9. Men can’t change diapers (True/False)
10. Women are better caregivers (True/False)
11. Men are stronger (True/False)
 Leaving the Patriarchy as past

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 Case Study
Rajesh and Ravi are colleagues in
company. However, Rajesh is a year
younger than Ravi. Being neighbors,
they are good friends. Every evening
they take a stroll to the local market.
However, Rajesh is obsessed talking
about girls and stares at them. For
him it is fun, and makes him feel like
a dude.
Ravi doesn’t have similar feelings. He
does not enjoy teasing girls. Rajesh
makes fun of him.

Question One – Why Rajesh makes fun of Ravi

Question Two – How does other friends react
Question Three- Whom they will support
Question Four - Why do they do so
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 • Gender equality doesn’t
mean that men and
women must become
same
• But both enjoying same
opportunities, rights,
responsibilities across all
sectors of society
including economic
participation and decision
making

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Case Study
What comes to your mind when you
look at this picture

Be fair and transparent and convey

your first thought

And Why do you think so

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