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4th January 2021, Dept. Of Geography & IQAC of GCW Faridabad organised a talk on "Gender and Society" on the occasion of birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule- The first female teacher of India.


Posted on 04/01/2021

Today i.e. 4th January 2021, Dept. Of Geography & IQAC of GCW Faridabad organised a talk on "Gender and Society" on the occasion of birth anniversary of Savitribai Phule- The first female teacher of India. The talk was organised through online platform keeping in mind the COVID pandemic. The eminent speaker Kamla Bhasin interacted with the participants and discussed about the women education at the time of Savitribai Phule. She also highlighted the inequalities persisted in the society on the basis of gender and how those inequalities are still exist in the present time in various forms. She also distinguished between the concept of biological sex and gender and how patriarchy maintains the status quo in the society w.r.t gender by establishing the need to create the world that imbibe value of equality. The talk received an overwhelming response from students and faculty. Principal Namrata ma'am too graced the occasion. There were more than 100 participants.