Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission is organizing 'Gender Sensitization Training' at National Service Scheme (NSS) Training Camps as part of the 'Sthreepaksha Navakeralam' Campaign, which is being implemented across the state from 18 December 2021 till 8 March 2022. The Gender Sensitization training is being organized at the NSS camps of various schools and colleges in the district. The trainings were held at Palayad Higher Secondary School, Kannur Town School, Naduvil Higher Secondary School, Chovva Higher Secondary School, Thottada Higher Secondary School, Azheekal Fisheries Higher Secondary School, Chelora Higher Secondary School, Mathamangalam Higher Secondary School, Mattannur Higher Secondary School, Vadakkumpad Higher Secondary School, Kadambur Higher Secondary School, Kalliasseri Polytechnic School, Payyanur College and Anthoor Government Engineering College.
The sessions dealt at the Gender Sensitization Workshop include the topics such as 'Gender and Sex', Gender Identities, Patriarchy, Gender Sensitivity and Gender Neutrality. The Gender Sensitization class was held during the Samadarshan Session of the NSS Camp. The classes were led by the District Programme Manager, Gender, Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission, Snehitha Staff and the Community Counselors. The students had wholeheartedly welcomed the training and actively responded to the same. Kudumbashree Kannur District Mission has also charted the Gender Sensitization Classes in several NSS camps during the Samadarshan Sessions in the upcoming days.
The 'Sthreepaksha Navakeralam' campaign aims at equipping the society to nurture social attitudes against dowry, violence towards women and resist the same. Through 'Sthreepaksha Navakeralam' Campaign, it is envisaged to take the awareness messages against dowry and violence against women to all sectors of the society and thereby bring in a mind shift among the society and the general public.
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