Sky Social has worked with various stakeholders from Women and Child Development Department, Health
Department and Rural Department along with conducting various training with stakeholders including ANMs,
Doctors, Asha Workers, Anganwadi Supervisors
and workers, SHGs, School Management Committee members and other front-line workers who are instrumental
in implementing various government policies and schemes like ICDS, Beti Bachao Beti Padhao, Menstrual
Hygiene Scheme, One-stop Centre
Scheme.
Gender awareness in doctors, nurses and ANMs contributes to equity and equality in health and aims
towards better health for all in the community. Gender sensitization of medical professionals helps them
determine the threats and risks of
a violence victim in a better way.
Gender is an essential determinant of social outcomes,
including health. Besides, gender can be separated neither from biology nor from other social
identifiers as ethnicity, culture, age or
social economic class. Gender awareness means that health professionals have a gender- sensitive
attitude as well as the knowledge of and insight in the full meaning of gender in health and illness. So
through Sky Social’s gender sensitization
training we ensure that medical professionals understand the importance of gender in their work and
their personal lives and also have knowledge and awareness about laws and policies that can be very
helpful for victims/survivors of violence
and abuse.
The training with the Anganwadi supervisors and workers was to improve the delivery of the services
(supply side) and understand the sensitivity of the issues such as violence against women.
As
anganwadi supervisors work closely with
the women and girls in the community it is necessary for them to be sensitive towards issues related to
violence. We educate them on various laws related to women like Domestic Violence Act, Sexual Harassment
at Workplace act, and other
laws that help women exercise their rights. We also provide them information with respect to helpline
numbers and other legal provisions that are beneficial for them as well as the community.
The
emphasis of our training is always
on ensuring that stakeholders and frontline workers understands that gender sensitization will not only
improve women’s conditions but also her position in the family and the community; involving greater
decision making powers, right to
a life free of violence and control over her bodily integrity and life, etc.
There is need to
carefully examine that we are focusing: improving condition of health, education and other basic
requirements. We follow a rights based
approach because rights-based approaches are premised on strategies for political consciousness and
empowerment and ensure that people claim their citizen rights and not fall prey to being
beneficiaries.
Rights –based approaches
enable women to assert their rights and become key drivers of their own development process. It enables
a critical review of the dominant social and political system and enables women to challenge inherent
hierarchal and patriarchal values.
The goal is to enable women to access their meaningful power, capacities and enhance capabilities that
are needed to change their own lives, improve their own communities and influence their own destinies
India has one of the highest populations in the world with over a billion people in the nation. It has
the potential to become the most populated by 2050. Since women make up almost half the population,
girls’ education should be key in the
country’s future. However, India still struggles with keeping girls in school. India’s dropout rates for
girls are as high as 57% by high school. A matter of this magnitude is stalling the country’s progress
in working to become a fully
developed nation.
The gender biases and discrimination which is based on patriarchal norms
hampers girl’s education in so many ways. More women than ever are now enrolling in secondary school and
even college. However, India’s
dropout rates for girls remain high. One of the main reasons why is due to responsibilities of
housework. Due to parents and even older siblings working, the household chores often fall solely on the
daughters.
We conducted this
Stakeholder Training with School Management Committee (SMC) members in Sehore and Astha under Beti
Bachao Beti Padhao. Around 450 School Management Committee members were a part of these training
sessions. The aim of this training was
to build capacities of school principals, teachers and parents to better implement the services under
Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Through these trainings we addressed the root causes of gender discrimination
and work on behavioural change
of the society.
School principals, teachers and parents were able to implement the services under Beti Bacho
Beti Padhao program in a better way. Through these training they understood the root causes of gender
discrimination and reasons behind
school dropout. We were able to reach out to 450 SMC members. Post the training they were able to
recognise the discriminatory behaviour and address it through different means.
SKY SOCIAL with Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Sehore, conducted a gender sensitization workshop on 5th of August 2019. The objective of this workshop was to sensitize Anganwadi supervisors to improve the delivery of the services (supply side) and understand the sensitivity of the issues such as violence against women.
SKY SOCIAL with Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD),Sehore, conducted a gender sensitization workshop with Senior Doctors, Nurses and ANM students at District hospital, Sehore. on 28th of May 2019. The objective of these workshops with doctors, police and other such service providers is to sensitise them that their responsibility is beyond just providing medical care or filing FIR. It’s important that these women are treated sensitively by ensuring their privacy and supporting them emotionally. We are also providing technical information about the legal rights of women who are victim. of abuse, so that these service providers can link these women to other services like One Stop Centres etc.
SKY SOCIAL with Ministry of Women and Child Development (WCD), Sehore, conducted Stakeholder Training on 19th and 20th February 2020 with School Management Committee (SMC) members in Sehore and Astha under Beti Bachao Beti Padhao. Around 450 School Management Committee members were a part of these training sessions. The aim of this training was to build capacities of school principals, teachers and parents to better implement the services under this program. Through these trainings we address the root causes of gender discrimination and work on behavioural change of the society.
