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Self Protection Skill Development in our female students

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toma:
on 7th December, 2010 CDC has arranged a talk on Self Protection Skill Development in our female students. The event was facilitated by Actor and Social activist Rokeya Prachi. I was there from beginning to the end and found that our female students need more platforms like this where they can talk free, share and have some counseling from seniors( both students and Teachers). As a follow up activity I discussed the reasons of eve-teasing with my students (20th batch) of English dept and was awe-struck to find that boys are of the opinion that unless all the girls cover or take Hijab rape and eve-teasing will not stop.On the other hand, girls think that they have the right to move freely and comfortably if they are decently dressed-up. Hijab is not the only solution.However, the moral rectifications of boys and the controlling of emotion in girls are at present two possible ways to ensure security for girls.
I think, we the teachers can play a vital role in creating awareness among the students.

Nahid Kaiser
Senior Lecturer
English Department

shibli:
"I don't think of myself
as a poor deprived ghetto
girl who made good.
I think of myself as
somebody who, from
an early age, knew i was
responsible for myself,
and i had to make good."

Oprah Winfrey

mhrasel:
We should not think girls as female figires.We should think them as individuals having equal rights.

kulsum:
Dear Nahid,

Thank you for the sum up and specially for the follow up activities with students. We all should do this kind of open dicussion wid students. The safety and a security of a woman is not upto her only its completely a social resposibily where everyone needs to play discreet role.  Fathers, brothers, husbands,boy friends, classmates all  should know how to treat/raise/ behave with  a woman and at the same time the female counterpats( me, mothers, sisters, aunts, in laws, female friends) should also know about themselves more. And first of all irrespective of every woman they have to decide,  i am quoting Frued in different sense though, " What does a woman want?"I think educating oneself through reflection is a great way of self protection.

University is a good platform to motivate and shape up students positively.We the teachers can play a vital role to equip them with good human qualities.


Regs

Umme kulsum

irina:
Dear Toma
You have rightly reflected the exact feelings of all of us. Yes, we can frequently have an open discussion with the students to create a sense of awareness regarding 'Self protection'.
Thanks.

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