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'''Gender sensitization''' is the teaching of [[gender sensitivity]] and encouragement of [[behavior modification]] through [[Consciousness raising|raising awareness]] of [[gender equality]] concerns.<ref name="IJSR" /> The goal of gender sensitization is to address issues in gender equality and encourage participants to pursue solutions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vasundhara |first=S |date=2020 |title=Importance of Gender Sensitization |url=https://www.ijmcer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IJMCER_P02501200125.pdf |journal=International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current |
'''Gender sensitization''' is the teaching of [[gender sensitivity]] and encouragement of [[behavior modification]] through [[Consciousness raising|raising awareness]] of [[gender equality]] concerns.<ref name="IJSR" /> The goal of gender sensitization is to address issues in gender equality and encourage participants to pursue solutions.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Vasundhara |first=S |date=2020 |title=Importance of Gender Sensitization |url=https://www.ijmcer.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/IJMCER_P02501200125.pdf |journal=International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current |
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Educational Research (IJMCER) |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=120-125}}</ref> This can be achieved by conducting various [[sensitization]] campaigns, training centres, workshops, programs, etc. In the domain of [[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]], sensitization is seen as an awareness-informed propensity or disposition which aims at changing behavior so that it is sensitive to certain issues. Gender sensitization may be seen as "the awareness informed propensity to behave in a manner which is sensitive to gender justice and gender equality issues."<ref name="IJSR">{{cite journal | title=Understanding the Concept of Sensitisation in Humanities and Social Sciences: An Exploration in Philosophy of Mind | author=Dr. Jatinder Kumar Sharma | journal=International Journal of Scientific Research | date=March 2016 | volume= 24| issue=90 | pages=380–400}}</ref> |
Educational Research (IJMCER) |volume=2 |issue=5 |pages=120-125}}</ref> This can be achieved by conducting various [[sensitization]] campaigns, training centres, workshops, programs, etc. In the domain of [[Humanities]] and [[Social Sciences]], sensitization is seen as an awareness-informed propensity or disposition which aims at changing behavior so that it is sensitive to certain issues. Gender sensitization may be seen as "the awareness informed propensity to behave in a manner which is sensitive to gender justice and gender equality issues."<ref name="IJSR">{{cite journal | title=Understanding the Concept of Sensitisation in Humanities and Social Sciences: An Exploration in Philosophy of Mind | author=Dr. Jatinder Kumar Sharma | journal=International Journal of Scientific Research | date=March 2016 | volume= 24| issue=90 | pages=380–400}}</ref> |
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It is interlinked with [[gender empowerment]].<ref>{{cite document | url=https://www.academia.edu/1931007 | title=Gender Sensitization and Police | accessdate=17 February 2014 | author=Bhowmick Soma}}</ref> Gender sensitization theories claim that modification of the behavior of [[teaching|teachers]] and parents (etc.) towards children which can have a causal effect on gender equality<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandey|first=Ashutosh|date=2018-07-16|title=Gender Sensitization: Problems and Strategies|url=https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogram/Paper101629.html|language=English|publisher=Isaconf}}</ref>.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} |
It is interlinked with [[gender empowerment]].<ref>{{cite document | url=https://www.academia.edu/1931007 | title=Gender Sensitization and Police | accessdate=17 February 2014 | author=Bhowmick Soma}}</ref> Gender sensitization theories claim that modification of the behavior of [[teaching|teachers]] and parents (etc.) towards children which can have a causal effect on gender equality<ref>{{Cite journal|last=Pandey|first=Ashutosh|date=2018-07-16|title=Gender Sensitization: Problems and Strategies|url=https://isaconf.confex.com/isaconf/wc2018/webprogram/Paper101629.html|language=English|publisher=Isaconf}}</ref>.{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} |
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Gender sensitizing "is about changing behavior and instilling [[empathy]] into the views that we hold about our own and the other genders."<ref name=Aksornkool>{{cite book|title=Gender sensitivity: a training manual for sensitizing education managers, curriculum and material developers and media professionals to gender concerns|first=Namtip|last=Aksornkool|editor1-first=Cindy|editor1-last=Joerger|editor2-first=Elaine|editor2-last=Taylor|page=VIII}}</ref> It helps people in "examining their personal attitudes and beliefs and questioning the 'realities' they thought they know. |
Gender sensitizing "is about changing behavior and instilling [[empathy]] into the views that we hold about our own and the other genders."<ref name="Aksornkool">{{cite book|title=Gender sensitivity: a training manual for sensitizing education managers, curriculum and material developers and media professionals to gender concerns|first=Namtip|last=Aksornkool|editor1-first=Cindy|editor1-last=Joerger|editor2-first=Elaine|editor2-last=Taylor|page=VIII}}</ref> It helps people in "examining their personal attitudes and beliefs and questioning the 'realities' they thought they know. |
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Gender sensitization is the teaching of gender sensitivity and encouragement of behavior modification through raising awareness of gender equality concerns.[1] The goal of gender sensitization is to address issues in gender equality and encourage participants to pursue solutions.[2] This can be achieved by conducting various sensitization campaigns, training centres, workshops, programs, etc. In the domain of Humanities and Social Sciences, sensitization is seen as an awareness-informed propensity or disposition which aims at changing behavior so that it is sensitive to certain issues. Gender sensitization may be seen as "the awareness informed propensity to behave in a manner which is sensitive to gender justice and gender equality issues."[1]
It is interlinked with gender empowerment.[3] Gender sensitization theories claim that modification of the behavior of teachers and parents (etc.) towards children which can have a causal effect on gender equality[4].[citation needed]
Gender sensitizing "is about changing behavior and instilling empathy into the views that we hold about our own and the other genders."[5] It helps people in "examining their personal attitudes and beliefs and questioning the 'realities' they thought they know.
References
- ^ a b Dr. Jatinder Kumar Sharma (March 2016). "Understanding the Concept of Sensitisation in Humanities and Social Sciences: An Exploration in Philosophy of Mind". International Journal of Scientific Research. 24 (90): 380–400.
- ^ Vasundhara, S (2020). "Importance of Gender Sensitization" (PDF). International Journal of Multidisciplinary and Current Educational Research (IJMCER). 2 (5): 120–125.
{{cite journal}}: line feed character in|journal=at position 55 (help) - ^ Bhowmick Soma. "Gender Sensitization and Police" (Document).
{{cite document}}: Cite document requires|publisher=(help); Unknown parameter|accessdate=ignored (help); Unknown parameter|url=ignored (help) - ^ Pandey, Ashutosh (2018-07-16). "Gender Sensitization: Problems and Strategies". Isaconf.
{{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires|journal=(help) - ^ Aksornkool, Namtip. Joerger, Cindy; Taylor, Elaine (eds.). Gender sensitivity: a training manual for sensitizing education managers, curriculum and material developers and media professionals to gender concerns. p. VIII.