How We Raise Our Boys – The Gender Lab
Dates: 14, 15, 16, 17, June 2023 (Wednesday to Saturday)
The Gender Lab is a non-profit that works towards empowering adolescents and youth in urban and rural communities in India to question existing gender narratives through critical and meaningful engagement within their communities.
How We Raise Our Boys
A 4-day interactive online workshop aimed at school educators towards building knowledge on masculinities, reflect on own experiences around gender, and together curate resources towards creating gender-inclusive classrooms/ spaces for children.
This year, the workshop will be conducted online in two languages: English, and Hindi. It aims to engage school teachers and social workers who work with adolescents. And, this year onwards, we will be moving the workshops in other regional languages to in person spaces. For more details on this, please check FAQs.
Since 2020, The Gender Lab has engaged with about 572 educators including teachers, social workers, and other professionals working with children.
HWROB is hosted by The Gender Lab under their Redefining Masculinities vertical.
Components of HWROB Program
- 4-days participatory online workshop
- Continued engagement through Learning Together: How We Raise Our Boys
About Learning Together: How We Raise Our Boys (LT)
Learning Together: How We Raise Our Boys is an extension of the How We Raise Our Boys workshop, where interested participants become part of a closed learning group in the spirit of building a community of educators working towards gender-inclusive spaces for children.
As a participant member of the Learning Together community:
One can participate in knowledge-building spaces.
- Attend a series of exclusive sessions hosted for community members:An introductory sexuality workshop, has been exclusively designed for participants of the “How We Raise Our Boys” program. More details about this workshop will be shared on the last day of the “How We Raise Our Boys” workshop. It will take place in the first week of July and aims to further enrich the learning experience for program participants.
- Use this space to build relationships, partnerships, and collaborations.
- Share questions and challenges one faces in their workspaces and communities.
- Stay connected to continue growing and learning together.
A Learning Together WhatsApp group link will be shared with the participants during HWROB Workshop to stay connected and share learnings and resources.
Why is this 4 Days Online Workshop?
This workshop is for you if you are a school educator who works with children:
- If you are interested in exploring gender-inclusive practices to implement in the classrooms/other spaces to become a better support system for children.
- If you would like to find your own educator/teacher’s community where you can share and explore your perspectives around gender and learn with each other in the group.
- If you are willing to engage with the group of participants consistently and can sign up to complete post-workshop activities and exercises within your work area to translate the workshop learnings into action.
Expectations from the Participants
Commitment: This 4-days interactive workshop is connected and informed by each other in terms of learning, it is highly recommended you be present all three days, but we do understand emergent situations and genuine reasons, so do let us know prior if you are unable to join.
Participation: In an effort to translate our learnings into action, this year, we have incorporated an action component to the workshop model, wherein the participants are expected to take up an action project in their own communities/schools with children. The project could be self-paced and informed by the workshop module which could then be implemented with the support from The Gender Lab team and co-participants based on our individual needs and capacity. We look forward to collaborating with you on this project!
Schedule
Dates and Language:
14, 15, 16th and 17th June 2023: English Language
Where: Zoom (online)
Day 1, 5 pm to 7:00 pm
Unlearning gender – learning about key concepts and terminologies around gender while locating it in the larger context of identities and power where our experiences are gendered
Day 2, 5 pm to 7:00 pm
What are masculinities – continuation from day 1 bringing focus to masculinities and experiences around the same.
Day 3, 5 pm to 7:00 pm
Lessons to school – exploring the question of ‘Are schools gendered?’ and if so, learning how.
Day 4, 5 pm to 7:00 pm
Lessons to action – looking at ways to adapt knowledge on gender into classroom & spaces with children through identifying tools for the same
FAQ
Are there any fees for this workshop?
No, This workshop comes to you at no cost. The workshop costs are absorbed through the grant by Rohini Nilekani Philanthropies.
Will this workshop happen in different languages too?
Yes, In the year 2023-24, we will be hosting an online workshop that will be conducted in English, and Hindi. You can find the specific dates for this event in the Schedule section. If you need in-person interactive sessions in other regional languages (Marathi, Bangla, Tamil, Malayalam, Gujarati, Bhojpuri, Kannada) for your team, please contact us at nisha@thegenderlab.org, and we will gladly consider the possibility if it is within our capabilities.
What is the application process to sign up for the How We Raise Our Boys Workshop?
You must complete the registration form and carefully read all the information provided on the website and in the form.
After completing the How We Raise Our Boys Workshop, you would be required to do post-workshop activities, the intention being to translate your learnings to your community through some action. Action can include any creative activity (For ex: a one-hour workshop with adolescent children and teachers at school) within your community and with people – you work with.
Can we nominate our known people who might be interested or will benefit from these workshops?
Definitely! You can let them know about these workshops by sharing the website link and registration form with them, or share their name, contact details, email, and preferred language in the given registration form.
Can we ask and share questions in this workshop?
The 4-day workshop is designed in a way where school educators get to ask questions, share, and explore perspectives; we encourage you to be an active participant throughout the workshop.
Can I attend one of the days?
For this workshop, there is no one-day sign-up option. Participants are required to attend all 4 days of the workshop because the learning experiences are interconnected and informed by one another.
Do we get any letter/certificate for attending the 4-day workshop?
We can give you an acknowledgment letter after you have completed the following:
Four days of the workshop.
Post-workshop action component.
Click here to know more and register
