Thursday, March 7, 2013

Women Day, Punjab and need for Gender Sensitive Curriculum in Pakistan

Women Day, Punjab and need for Gender Sensitive Curriculum in Pakistan


8 March is international women day and it is reminding us what we have done so far in this regard. A recent textbook study OUR GIRLS...OUR FUTURE ( analysis of pictures published in textbooks of 2012 from class 1 to class 10) under title "Identification of Gender bias in textbooks through images/pictures published in Punjab Textbook Board books 2012: Urdu, English and Pak StudiesFrom class 1 to 10, Shows What Our kids are learning through these textbooks in reality. 
You may find details of report at blog jaagforchange . just read a piece published today in urdu newspaper. The piece is written not only for political parties, intellectuals but also for development sector and women activists too.
http://e.dunya.com.pk/detail.php?date=2013-03-08&edition=LHR&id=215021_69385965




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