Event Description

A one day “Gender Sensitization and legal Awareness programme” was held on 29 No- vember 2016 in association with Rajiv Gand- hi National Institute of Youth Development. More than 150 participants from Gurukul Tezpur, and T.U. students participated in the programme. Madhurima Goswami, Head, Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University opened the session by emphasizing the significance of Gender Sensitization Programme. Mousumi Mahan- ta, Assistant Professor, Chandraprabha Saiki- ani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur Univer- sity delivered a talk on “Gender Sensitization”. It was an interactive and informative session. She defined some terms related to gender discrimination and inequality with the help of photographs, pictures and videos. She also explained about some gender biased termi- nologies like Chairman, Policeman, Milkman etc. A skit was presented by the students of P.G. Diploma in Women Studies, Tezpur Uni- versity on child sexual abuses. Ivy Daimary, Research Associate, Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University delivered a talk on “Child Sexual Abuses”. She described about the meaning, forms, natures and magnitude of the child sexual abuses. She also explained about good touch and bad touch of human body parts. Abhijit Baishya, Professional Assistant, Chandraprabha Saiki- ani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur Uni- versity delivered a talk on “Cyber-Crime”. He illustratively defined the cause and conse- quences of cyber-crime including provisions of law regarding cyber-crime.