To Make Gender Sensitisation compulsory in the school curriculum

TO MAKE GENDER SENSITISATION COMPULSORY IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM

Petitioning Union HRD Minister

A Tata Tea Campaign, in association with Network 18

According to National Crime Record Bureau, crimes against women in India rose from 41.7% to 53.9% between 2011 and 2015.

In 2015, 3,27,394 cases of violence against women were reported, including 34,651 cases of rape, 4,437 cases of attempted rape, 59,277 kidnapping and abductions, 7,634 dowry deaths, and 1,13,403 cases of domestic cruelty, among others. These numbers barely paint the whole picture. Gender-based discrimination continues to encourage selective abortion of female fetuses, child marriages and limit opportunities for girls.

It is time we as a nation, listen and understand.

We need to be more aware of the challenges women and girls in our country still face, and build a gender-sensitive and gender-equitable society. Attitude formation among adolescents is important to understand, since they are still at an age where attitudes are malleable, and could be reformed with targeted policy interventions.

Justice R Banumathi, who was a part of the bench that upheld the death penalty to four convicts in the 2012 Delhi gang rape case, suggested that gender equality be included in the school curriculum.

“In our tradition-bound society, certain attitudinal change and change in the mindset is needed to respect women and to ensure gender justice. Right from childhood years, children ought to be sensitized to respect women. A child should be taught to respect women in the same way he is taught to respect men. Gender equality should be made a part of the school curriculum. Schoolteachers and parents should be trained, not only to conduct regular personality-building and skill-enhancing exercises, but also to keep a watch on the actual behavioural patterns of the children so as to make them gender sensitized.”

With this aim, CBSE has developed a gender sensitivity kit for teachers to enable them to ensure unbiased participation of both boys and girls in the learning process. In addition to this, the POCSO Act compels schools to be create a more inclusive environment. All these are simply guidelines to schools and teachers, and not compulsory changes.

Gender sensitization cannot be a ‘subject with marks’ and can’t merely rest as one of the prescribed books in the curriculum. It needs to be a programme that is custom-developed with storytelling, experiential learning, and other empirical methods to imbibe the value in children, in a fun, interactive way.

Our Petition is to the HRD Ministry to bring in compulsory Gender Sensitivity Programmes across schools.

Sign the petition to change this now!

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Petitioning Union HRD Minister

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TO MAKE GENDER SENSITISATION COMPULSORY IN SCHOOL CURRICULUM

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Thanks to you, women have a chance at feeling safer

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Women's Safety

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A country that does not value gender sensitization, will never be safe. If we have to make our society safer for women, it’s time to demand gender sensitization.

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Thank you for caring enough to help. Your step toward change will join a million others in requesting authorities to enable the implementation of policies that are aimed at addressing women safety at the grassroots through gender sensitization. By introducing gender sensitization in schools, we are helping children grow into sensible, compassionate adults.
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Here's how you can practise gender sensitivity at home

For real impact, please also ensure change begins with each of us by pledging to practise gender sensitivity at home, and encourage children to do so too. Here are a few things that we all can do to start practising gender sensitivity at home, and help build a society that treats and respects all genders equally.

1. Start by making our language free of gender bias
Refrain from using gender-specific statements like, “boys will be boys”, "don’t be such a girl" or "man-up".

2. Change the way we look at gender roles
Every day, encourage yourself and your child to do one task that is not associated with your genders.

3. Change the age-old gender constructs that compartmentalise people
Tell your children that boys too can cry, and teach girls how to defend themselves.

4. Break free from gender-based social expectations
Tell them that both men and women are strong and independent. Show them role models of both genders and help them see that greatness does not depend on genders.

5. Raise children to be independent, irrespective of their genders
Teach both boys and girls to cook, clean and look after themselves.

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