Event Description

An online-workshop on “Gender Sensitivity” was organized by Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies, Tezpur University in collaboration with “Durga India”, Bangalore, on October 1, 2021. It was an interactive session, hosted on Zoom platform, which was opened by the Head of the Department- Dr. Madhurima Goswami at 2:30 pm, with a formal introduction of the workshop facilitator- Ms. Margaret Johnson. She is the Youth Engagement Strategist and works with the “VOICE” team of Durga India. She has been working in the field of Education and Youth for more than five years. She believes that the youth play a crucial role in building a society and bridging the gaps, where the onus should be felt first and then acted upon. Around 60 participants attended the programme.

The Session- An hour session, from 2:30 p.m. till 3:30 p.m., was conducted on “gender sensitivity” on October 1, 2021, by Ms. Margaret Johnson belonging to the initiative of DURGA India and coordinated by the faculty members of the department of Chandraprabha Saikiani Centre for Women Studies. It was aimed at providing the students belonging to the course of “Introduction to Women’s Studies”, a perspective to look at gender sensitization and become aware of its consequences.