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Gender

Sensitization

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Overview

Conceptual analysis

Learning outcome Self reflection (life experiences)

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Learning outcome

Instilling empathy into the views that we hold

about our own and the other gender

Examining our personal attitudes

Modification of our behavior

Gender equality

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Icebreaker

Drawing of the following

Farmer

NurseEngineer

Soldier

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Brainstorming

Discussion on the reaction of participants when

faced with their own deep-rooted attitudes

about farmers and their surprise or even shock

when they find that they, themselves, have

gender-biased views.

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What is Gender

"Gender" refers to the socially constructed

roles and responsibilities of women and men,

in a given culture or location.

An identity of perception of a woman by a

man and vice versa and both themselves and

the society/community.

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These roles are influenced by perceptions and

expectations arising from cultural, political,

environmental, economic, social, and religious

factors, as well as custom, law, class, ethnicity,

and individual or institutional bias.

Gender attitudes are Features/characteristics

and behaviors are learned and can be changedfrom culture to culture and time to time.

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Gender may also

be based on

Legal status Social interactions

Public persona

Experience

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Gender roles

Aim-Reflection on Societal views about

Womens and Mens roles

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Exercise-Gender Bias

AGREE OR DISAGREE

Men cant cook.

Women should earn less money than men do.

A husband cannot follow his wife on a diplomatic posting.

A man is the head of the household. Men dont cry.

Boys look bad in pink dress,and girls in blue dress .

It is not the job of the father to change nappies.

A girl cannot propose marriage to a boy.

Women cannot be religious leaders. Men are not natural child care providers.

The man is the breadwinner.

Men make good doctors, women make good nurses.

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Exercise 2: Characteristics or attributes(brainstorming) (ask participants to describe

women, men, and child in words or symbols)

Male Female Male child Female child

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Exercise 3: I can and I could

(for male participants)

I am a man I can If I were a woman I could

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Exercise 4: I can and I could

(for female participants)

I am a woman I can If I were a man I could

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What is Gender sensitization

Gender sensitizing "is about changing

behavior and instilling empathy into the views

that we hold about our own and the other

sex."It helps people in "examining their

personal attitudes and beliefs and

questioning the 'realities' they thought they

know."

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Gender sensitization is not

A war of the genders

Not anti male/female

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Gender sensitization

Acknowledges the different roles and

responsibilities of women and men in the

community and the relationships with them.

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Gender sensitivity

Gender sensitivity is an integral part indecision making in industrialized countrieswhere there is a growing number of female

headed households, especially in the urbansetting.In less developed countries, these issues are

aggravated by cheap, gender insensitive

alternates which cause stress and discomfortespecially among females where needsgenerally different from men

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Situation Analysis

You are the Manager in a firm and you have to

decide to send one employee among Victor

and Victoria abroad for an important

project.Both of them have never been

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Preconceived notions about gender

Men

Independent

Logical

Aggressive Out-spoken

Leaders

Adventurous

women

Dependent

Emotional

Peace makers Soft-spoken

Followers

Cautious

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Qualities applicable irrespective of gender

Independent

Powerful

Competent

Logical

Decision-makers

Breadwinners

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Role Analysis

What responsibilities does the woman have at

home?

What are the responsibilities of the man?Compare the womans job with that of the man in

terms of physical requirements,

attractiveness of the job, access to machines,

relationship with superiors and pay.Describe the womans day. Evaluate it.

Describe the mans day. Evaluate it.

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Exercise 5 : Division of labourTime Tasks done by women Tasks done by men

4.00 am

5.00 am6.00 am

7.00 am

8.00am

9.00 am

10.00 am

11.00 am

12.00 noon

1.00pm

2.00 pm

3.00 pm

4.00 pm

5.00 pm

6.00 pm

7.00 pm

8.00pm9.00 pm

10.00 pm

11.00 pm

12.00 am

1.00am

2.00am

3.00am

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SESSION -2

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Discussion questions

What is your understanding about GS?

What do you find lacking in the public

perception ?

Separation of GENDER in some situations say

sports , what is your opinion ?

What should be done to solve these issues?

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Gender Analysis

Gender Analysis is a methodology for

identifying the specific roles that men and

women play that contribute to a particular

groups social and economic development. Inparticular, it is useful for determining whether

available resources are fairly distributed

among women and men who performdifferent tasks.

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Dimensions for gender Analysis

i) Labour

ii) Income

iii) Gender differences in expenditureiv) Access to, and control of, resources

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Do we respect the other gender?

Home/family- values within ourselves

Sibling

Friends

Rural/urban situations

Social differences

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SITUATION ANALYSIS

Husband and wife are planning to relocate toBangalore from Delhi.They give a telephoneinterview to the MD of a software company

and are told that both are equally good butonly one of them can Take up the job as thecompanys policy does not allow the spouse towork in the same department.Who should

take up the job?Gender roles

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SITUATION ANALYSIS

A family has a son and a daughter son gets a

job in Dubai and daughter gets admission in

an engineering college.Each oppurtunity

willcost Rs 100000.Parents can afford onlyone.Which one ?

Gender Bias

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Across the globe-Lack of gender

sensitivity Women in the field damage the crop. Bangladesh It is bad luck to have a daughter. Myanmar

Men are the front legs; women are the hind legs of elephants.Thailand

A woman has to live nine lives to be born a man. Bhutan

Behind a loser stands a woman. Philippines Women are incapable. They cant even circle a stove. Pakistan

Respect men, degrade women. Japan

Without a man, the family is a house with no roof.

Married daughters are water thrown out of the house. Viet Nam

Women, drums, illiterates and animals need beating. India

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The challenges of gender

Sensatisation

1.Personal factors

2.Psychological glass ceiling

3.Social factors

4.Structural factors

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Post training assessment

Sl.No Statements Not at all Completely

1 Idont

think that women and men behavedifferently because they are biologically

different.

yes no

2 I think all jobs can be done by women. yes no

3 I feel sympathy with people who experience

discrimination.

yes no

4 I look forward to a time when men and women

would be equal.

yes no

5 Raising gender issues does not cause conflict

between men and women.

yes no

6 I understand what gender is. yes no

7 I know methods of finding out what men and

women do in a day.

yes no

8 I know roles of women. yes no9 I believe that there is inequality among men &

women.

yes no

10 I believe that patriarchy system is an important

reason for women oppression.

Yes no

Total

Pre Assessment QuestionnaireGender Sensitization

Courtesy : hcfp.gov.in

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Conclusion

Gender bias is not always obvious.

Often the bias is subtle and

unintentional, however, the result is

still the same

DAMAGING.

BE THE CHANGE