Gender sensitization
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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.
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{{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.