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Gender inequality and discrimination is still prevalent
widely in India.  Interventions are happening to sensitize
people on the issue. Dharmapuri School, took up an
activity to sensitize students and create awareness on this.

The school administrator introduced gender equality in
indian culture to the students.  Charts were pasted in the
verandah and students were asked to write about their
woman role model.  Apart from their mothers, students
wrote the names of Mother Teresa, Indira Gandhi,
Kalpana Chwla, their class teacher and their sisters as
role models!

Sridevi, an English teacher at the Dharmapuri school shares:

"Our district is backward in literacy and known for female infanticide.
Last year, I came to know about the women's equality day from one of
my colleagues Arivalagan. I wanted to use this opportunity to create
awareness among the students. I prepared charts with the help of other
teachers and displayed them in the school. I spoke in the morning
assembly and covered following points in my address:

    * Honour to women in ancient days.

    * Gender equality in the middle age days

    * Gender bias after invasion of India by outsiders

    * The need to bring back gender equality.

In the evening, I asked the staff and the students of 7th and 8th grade
to write about their favorite women personality and also the reason for them
to think so. I also tried to make them to think why it can't be their mother,
the neighbor or a relative.

I have done many activities but this activity satisfied me very much!"

And so, it's important that the children, the next generation citizens, and probably
the global citizens, realize the importance of gender equality, and start
practicing it from their early age itself.  What do you think?

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