This document summarizes an education seminar on stopping exploitation, molestation, assault and abuse. It lists participating institutions and organizations. Key sector challenges discussed include lack of awareness in rural schools, how to document and conduct inquiries of misconduct, and preventing harassment between students. Specific challenges mentioned are reluctance to complain, implementing preventative measures, establishing codes of conduct, and educating parents. The work plan outlines awareness surveys, assertiveness training, confidence building, training ICC members and life skills training. It also discusses teacher workshops, counseling interfaces, and building a resource repository with support from NGOs, schools, training institutions and colleges.

1. SEMAA
Stop Exploitation, Molestation, Assault and Abuse
Education Segment
Summary and presentation:
Dr Shashikala Gurpur
Director, Symbiosis law School Pune
Dean, FoLaw, SIU
21st September’13
Pune

2. List of Participating Institutions
Ser No
Organisation Name
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Col. Krfylay, Shyamchi Aai (NGO)
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Dr. Medha Dubhashi, Vaikunth Mehta National Institute of cooperative
Management, Pune
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Janaki Visvanath, Grandparent Consultant
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Ms. Supriya Trimbake, Durga Devi Charitable Trust
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DNB Singh, People Transformed
6
Shraddha Purandare, Vishwakarma Institute
7
Shweta Sabnis, Akanksha Foundation
8
Snehal Pathak, College of Engg, Pune
9
City Pride School
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Rajashree Shinde, Dr, Asha Bokil, Sinhagad Management Institute
Dr Bindu ronald and Dr Jagdip Kaur, Symbiosis International University Pune
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Jayalaxmi Guntamukkala, Hemlata Gawali, Cummins India Ltd
Simhgad, Govt Institute of Hospitality
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3. Key Sector Specific Challenges
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Rural Schools, communities unaware of these policies in and around Pune dist)
Community education and social change through outreach through the school with
students and parents as volunteers and ambassadors to change (higher education and
schools) – for those who are out of school and reach of education
Training sector institute– Action delayed in case of misconduct organisiation needs
external support such as legal support (how to document, how to conduct enquiry),
best practice support, pressure group
Legislation requires renaming and redesigning existing Cells as ICC. (it is a penal
provision and the deadline expires by mid October 2013)
Covering Students against Name calling and other forms of – friendship turning to
harassment (Yale guidelines, defining harassement, inclusion of hostile environment
at work)
Akanksha Foundation- Class room mgt techniques avoiding harassment and
facilitating equality
Contents and education guidelines for girl students to prevent harassment and to
empower
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4. Challenges…
• Reluctance to complain
• Implementing preventative measure to avoid Repetitive misbehavior –
bond signing by alleged harassing students, separation
• Code of conduct explaining Acceptable and unacceptable behavior
including abuse of social media
• Parental (mother) Education / counseling to voice wrong behavior if
happens at home.
• Media Literacy to parents
• Harassment between students of younger age (Good touch/ Bad touch)
to be tackled- pastoral care and interface with counseling
• Connection with NGO and social worker for awareness and counseling
• Building right attitude in terms of respecting others autonomy
(communicating: not to treat it as taboo)
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5. Work Plan – Must do Activity
Activity
Timeline (Range)
Tracking Methodology
Awareness requirement
gathering through survey
by gender, age group,
location to assess training
needs
Immediate
Survey template and
survey results
Assertiveness training by
age group, based on
survey findings
Immediate (after the
survey)
Training modules (various)
Confidence training(self
respect building, spiritual
content, self-analysis)
Customised, personal
coaching and counseling
Monthly reports and
compilation (protect
privacy and anonymity)
Training the ICC members
and Gender sensitization
Quarterly (small groups)
Workshop feedback
Life skill training (larger
module with each of the
parts as above)
Post-survey
Training report, NGO
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6. Work Plan – Great to Do Activity
Activity
Timeline ( Range)
Tracking Methodology
Teacher workshop ,
peer support
building
Med- Long terms
(school/institute wise)
Workshop (monthly or
quarterly)
Strong interface
mechanism with
privacy and
anonymity with
counselling
Regular
Counseling
Building repositoryChetna
Med- long term
A cloud resource and
imparting it to diff. groups
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7. Support from & to this forum
• NGO (Chetna, Ahmedabad): For resources
• School (City Pride, Symbiosis): share best
practices
• Training (GOVT , Vaikuntha Mehta, Pragati):
resources and review
• Colleges (COEP, Indira): Share best practices,
review
• Higher Education (Symbiosis, VIM , Singhagad
Inst): share resources, best practices, review
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