GENDER MEDIA WORKSHOP – Press Release

As part of Population First’s advocacy efforts, we will be conducting a two-day residential workshop for working journalists in Pune on 3rd & 4th July 2015 and in Bhopal on 10th & 11th July 2015. The aim of the workshop is to create a pool of gender sensitive journalists and encourage them for consistent and sensitive reporting on gender issues.

The topics covered during the interactive workshop include; Gender & Patriarchy, Gender & Health, Sex selection, Safe Abortion, Gender based Violence and Gender and Media. The workshop will be concluded by a panel discussion with eminent persons from NGOs and media fraternity.

Population First, an advocacy and communication organization, has been advocating for gender sensitivity for a decade, through creating mind set change in the community. We have been striving to bring about this change by influencing the influencers i.e the media, youth and elected representatives. Laadli – our flagship campaign has been on the forefront with its pan India initiatives towards encouraging positive portrayal of women in the society. It is well known that media is an influential platform where one can reach out to large community and it can influence the mindset of the community. The engagement with the media is viz through activities like gender sensitization workshops for senior editors, working journalists and scriptwriters, media fellowships and Laadli Media Awards. The efforts are targeted to challenge the stereotypes and open a dialogue within different stakeholders of the community towards gender sensitive perception of women in the society.

We highly appreciate your support in our cause to advocate positive portrayal of women in society by printing this news in your esteem publication.

For further queries please get in touch with :Dr A L Sharada | Director | Population First| alsharda2002@yahoo.com|+919820911051

GENDER MEDIA WORKSHOP SCHEDULE

DATE: 3RD & 4TH July 2015

VENUE: S.M JOSHI SOCIALIST FOUNDATION Nanasaheb Gore Academy, Ganjave Chowk, Opp Patrakar Bhavan, Navi Peth, Pune 411030 DAY 1 :

TIME SESSION RESOURCE PERSON

9.30 am-10.30am Tea & Registration

10.30 am - 11.30 am Ice breaking session Manjul Bharadwaj

11.30 am – 1.30 pm Gender & Patriarchy Milind Chavan

1.30 pm -2.00 pm Check in & Lunch break

2.00 pm -2.30 pm Group Activity Manjul Bharadwaj

2.30 pm -3.30 pm Sex Selection Varsha Deshpande

3.30 pm -3.45 pm Tea Break

3.45 pm -4.45 pm Abortion Nilangi Sardeshpande

4.45 pm – 5.00 pm Q&A

7.00 pm – 8.30 pm Group Activity Manjul Bharadwaj

8.30 pm – 9.30 pm Dinner

DAY 2:

TIME SESSION RESOURCE PERSON

9.30 am -10.30 am Opening session Manjul Bharadwaj

10.30 am – 12.00 noon Gender & Health Dr Awasthi

12.00 noon – 1.00 pm Gender & Violence Anand Pawar

1.00 pm – 2.00 pm Check out & Lunch

2.00 pm -3.00 pm Gender & Media Dr Sharada

3.00 pm - 3.15 pm Tea Break

3.15 pm – 4.15 pm Panel Discussion Vinayak Patrudkar, Nikhil Wagle, Vidya Bal, Ravindra Ambekar (confirmations awaited)

4.15 pm -5.00 pm Closing session Manjul Bharadwaj

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