This document discusses gender sensitivity in education. It defines key terms related to gender sensitivity like gender, gender awareness, and gender sensitivity. It also outlines various ways to promote gender awareness among parents and teachers, such as through curriculum, educational policies, teacher training programs, and gender sensitization sessions. The document discusses gender mainstreaming and how to adopt it by strengthening school-parent partnerships, conducting gender analyses, and reviewing policies. Finally, it lists roles teachers should play to address gender sensitivity issues, such as attending gender trainings, treating all students equally, and finding appropriate times to raise gender issues.

1. Are Men Different
from Women?
GENDER SENSITIVITY
Ncbts: Domain 3 – Diversity of Learners, Domain
4-Curriculum

2. What do I need to learn?
•Distinguish the roles that teachers
should play to address gender
sensitivity issues;
•Find ways and means to promote
gender awareness among parents and
teachers;

3. What do I need to Know?
1. Terms Used Related to Gender Sensitivity
2.How to Promote Gender Awareness in Parents
and Teachers
3.Gender Mainstreaming
4.Roles Teachers Should Play to Address Gender
Sensitivity Issues

4. 1. TERMS USED RELATED TO
GENDER SENSITIVITY
Gender
Gender awareness
Gender sensitivity

5. 2. How to Promote Gender Awareness in
Parents and Teachers?
1.CURRICULUM/TEXT
2.EDUCATIONAL SYSTEM
3.GUIDELINES BY GENDER EXPERTS
4.ROLE OF GOVERNMENTAL AND NON-GOVERNMENTAL
ORGANIZATION

6. 5. USE OF GENDER SENSITIVE
VOCABULARY
6. EDUCATIONAL POLICIES
7. TEACHER TRAINING
PROGRAMS
8. EXTRA FRINGE BENEFITS
9. SCHOOL-PARENT
PARTNERSHIPS

7. 10. GENDER
TRAININGS/SENSITIZATION SESSIONS
11. MONITORING
12. GENDER SENSITIVITY
COUNSELLING
13. ALLOCATION OF BUDGET
14. COMMITMENT FROM SENIOR
LEADERSHIP/GOVERNMENT

8. 15.GENDER SENSITIVE
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE
16.GENDER AUDIT
17.CREATION OF A GENDER
RESPONSIVE SCHOOL
18.INSTITUTIONALIZATION OF SPECIAL
COMMITTEES/GROUP IN ACADEMIC
SETTINGS

9. 19. GENDER MAINSTREAMING
20. ROLE OF MEDIA

10. 3. GENDER
MAINSTREAMING
HOW TO ADOPT
GENDER
MAINSTREAMING
Strengthen School-parent
partnership on gender
Conduct Gender Analysis
Train Teachers in Gender
Education
issues
Train for Gender
Sesitivity Key Officials should
undergo gender
sensitivity training
sessions
Develop set of criteria
to rid textbooks of
gender bias and sex
steriotyping
Review policies for
possible discriminatory
clauses

11. Understand
Gender Roles
and
Expectations
ROLES THAT
THE TEACHERS
SHOULD PLAY
TO ADDRESS
GENDER
SENSITIVITY
ISSUES
Attend Gender
Trainings
Cooperate with
Government
and Non-
Government
Organization
Strive to work
hand in hand
with school
administrators
Promote
Gender
responsive
school
Treat every boy
and girl equally
Conduct
Researches
Initiate
Information
Dissemination
campaign
gender-fair
education
Find
appropriate
time to raise
gender issues

12. “A state that does not
educate and train women
is like a man who only
trains his right arm.”
― Jostein Gaarder,
Sophie's World