Gender sensitization and education

Abstract

Gender encompasses socially constructed and culturally based roles of women and men with a view to understand how unequal power relations between them are shaped and operate. Gender and its accompanying power relations are built in all institutions of society be it family, educational institutions, work place, religious systems, beliefs, norms etc. Gender relations do not operate in a social vacuum but are products of the ways in whichinstitutions are organized and reconstituted. This paper explains the need of gender sensitization in educational institution and following the process of gender sensitization programs we will be able to bring social change relating to women. Educational institutions like school colleges where teachers are the active players in classroom and has to deal with various gender related issues . This paper also explains what pedagogic strategies teachers should follow to promote gender sensitive classroom.