By Additti Munshi | Social media consultant
Workshop on Gender Justice
Making playgrounds accessible and safe for girls is one of the major initiative taken up by the children in lallubhai Compound. At the same time their daily interactions are reflective of gendered stereotypes that are ingrained in them since childhood. Thus a workshop aiming at challenging these stereotypes was initiated with the members of the group leaders
The session began with differentiating between sex and gender; one that is natural and the other that is acquired through socialisation. Making children comfortable about their body parts and to overcome the inhibitions around talking about one's body parts were done through an activity wherein the children were asked to draw male and female bodies.
Once the fact that attributes linked to masculinity and femininity were socially constructed the discussion around day to day interactions between male and female began. The discussion for the children was relatable because it was around relationships that they are in like that of a mother and child (both male and female), among friends, brother and sister and in romantic relationships.
By Oorja Sharma | Intern
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