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Explaining ‘Touching Safety Rules’ at DAV Public School, Patna
Naina Jha conducted a workshop for the female students of class 4th & 5th of DAV Public School, BSEB Colony, Patna on 1st August, 2019. It was attended by 350 girls. The workshop began by asking the girls to name their body parts. Interestingly, none of the received answers [...]Read more
Do we learn gender equality in Schools?
Anna Anandita is a 23 year old hailing from the temple city Bhubaneswar, Odisha. She is currently pursuing M.Tech in Chemical Engineering in National Institute of Technology, Srinagar. Apart from academics, she enjoys writing, painting, dancing and occasional singing. She is [...]Read more
Learning about Safety through Puppets
Naina Jha conducted a workshop creating awareness about Child Sexual Abuse for the students of Kahanighar in collaboration with Gupshup on 7th April as part of Anti Street Harassment Week. There were 18 students. She spoke to them about safe and unsafe touch and the No-Go-Tell [...]Read more
Health and Sanitation in India
On 18th January 2019, Vidhi Chandani @vidhi_chandani conducted a tweetchat on the looming issue of the lack of health and sanitation in India. We were joined by guests- Dasra @dasra, WaterAid India @WaterAidIndia and Thea Care App @WomensHealth_in The tweetchat began by asking [...]Read more
Education for Underprivileged Children
On Friday 7th December, 2018 DoorStep School Pune conducted a tweetchat on the issue of education for underprivileged children. The chat first began by asking the audience about the many different reasons why children are left out of school. Some of the answers that topped the [...]Read more
What #GirlsShouldBe- International Day of the Girl Child
Naina Jha writes, “On International Day of the Girl Child, I conducted a session with the girls of Rainbow Homes in Paṭna. There were 30 girls and 5 teachers and the theme was #GirlsShouldBe. I asked them what they thought a girl should be and they poured their hearts out. [...]Read more
Creating awareness about Sexual Harassment in Bankipur, Patna
Naina Jha conducted a workshop on Prevention of Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace for the students of Standard 12 at Bankipur Girls School on 6th October, 2018. There were around 90 students and 10 teachers. It was in collaboration with Gupshup – Ek Sarthak [...]Read more
Raising Gender-Sensitive Children
Pulkit Bhasin is currently in 11th grade. He thoroughly enjoys reading, writing, and playing cricket. He has volunteered at other organizations as well where he has taken up a plethora of roles from database management to teaching underprivileged children. He relishes the [...]Read more
5 Parenting Tips to Raise Gender-Equal Children
Pulkit Bhasin is currently in 11th grade. He thoroughly enjoys reading, writing, and playing cricket. He has volunteered at other organizations as well where he has taken up a plethora of roles from database management to teaching underprivileged children. He relishes the [...]Read more
Housing Crisis and how it affects children
On Friday 3rd August, Leher @LeherIndia conducted a tweetchat about the housing crisis and the adverse effects it has on children. Mass evictions and migrations world over are leaving children homeless and vulnerable. The chat began by asking participants how they, as a [...]Read more