UWC Day prep for BIA

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21 September was going to be UWC Day. Everyone excited and geared up as different services were going to represent their services and create awareness . In the meeting her we were discussing about different movements , how were going to represent  our service and create awareness about it in our campus. In the process of discussing about different issues and the movements raised for it I realised that there are so many things I don’t know going on like the Me Too movement. I just feel about the issue but I am not keeping myself updated about it. Am I not  being like those people who just talk about issues but actually don’t know what is exactly happening around.

In this meeting we discussed about how we can discuss with the students how the use ion unintentional language poetry the kind of mindset we have for different genders. How educating them about this issue can make a change. We decided to talk about different ways through we can create awareness like social media. Also about talking about the issue in PSE class as its a part of education. Talking the middle school as they are at age where we can teach them about the use of language and the kind of language to be used while talking. Trying not to be sexist by our unintentional language .

At the end of the session I feel I could give more ideas and inputs in the discussion. I think my biggest problem was not being updated about the movements . So I think by the next meeting I will try to do a lot of research and try to be more confident about what I think .

 

Because I am – Focus Group

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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.