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Gender Sensitization Gender Sensitization wandering minds, so that they do not gain knowledge from the wrong sources. Gender sensitization hopes to Enjoying an evening walk and an ice-cream in impart values education, so that change in perception the month of January in Delhi, I strolled carelessly in about the opposite sex comes from within. Whereas a park with my pal. My friend, who is from Bengaluru, activities like group presentations, collaborative showed her concern over the issue of female security project works and playing together would make them and also quoted Gandhiji, who said “India will attain understand about equality. A safe and fair world for full freedom on the day women can walk safely at night”. all can start with gender sensitization in schools, writes Tat day my ice-cream melted as I fumed at my friend Mathew C. Ninan and if schools begin to provide for being biased towards her native state. Believe such a conductive atmosphere, the aim shall not be me, the argument was not about any ‘crime free state far away. superiority’ or the respect and safety of women, but the need to sensitize our society for the ‘other’ gender. Himani Handa At grass root level, which place can serve better than a Lancer's Convent school to sow the seeds of concern for each gender in Prashant Vihar, New Delhi upcoming generation. Mutual Respect and ‘Gender sensitizing’ is about the changing Empathy behaviour and instilling empathy into the views that we hold about our ‘own’ and the ‘other’ gender. In schools Gender biases are developed from our cultural teachers can create awareness about the denial or norms. Gender bias occurs when people make acceptance perceived towards gender roles like ’knight assumptions regarding behaviour, abilities or preferences in shining armour and the damsel in distress’. Te of others based on their gender. knowledge becomes more important in a social milieu where a woman is considered a commodity. Now the times are changing and stereotypes have taken a turn. People have shed old thinkings and Te children are inquisitive and become aware beliefs and started understanding that a girl is no less of their sexual orientation very early these days. Tey than a boy. We can see a drastic change in the outlook need awareness, so that they mutually respect the ‘other’ in society and girls are being provided almost the same gender. It is important for teachers and parents (who are constantly being observed) to satisfy the queries of opportunities as boys in every feld. January-March 2014 45