Gender is one of the topic which I am very close to. Growing up in a culture where a man is considered as this always a considered  bread earner of home and is treated with immense respect has always affected. Seeing women given inferior status made me question the social norms of the society for different gender. It made me question about my identity as woman. Will society always consider me a shadow of a man? It made me question about my identity as a women? I have tried to prove my self better than my male counterparts be it in school or in family.

When I came here I strongly felt about this focus group ‘ Because I Am’ . In the service fair I was really excited to hear that how this group is interested in raising awareness about gender equality. What more exited me is how the representative of this group were so determined and passionate about the topic while they were talking about the service. The kind of data, videos and the records they made excited me. I could imagine myself in place of the representative . The passion in eyes attracted me towards this issue. I am really eager to know about the steps we are going to take this year to raise awareness about this issue. Its actually going to be a time where I will be actually going to work for the issue which I really feel for.