Loreto College, Kolkata

The Department of B.Ed., Loreto College, Kolkata, in collaboration with Loreto Day School, Dharamtala, organised a virtual social awareness campaign on 'Gender and Employment’ for the students of class IX of the school. The virtual campaign was conducted by the B.Ed. trainees on Google Meet on June 16, 2021. The session began with the teacher-trainees of the Department of B.Ed., Loreto College, Kolkata, addressing the teachers and students of the school and the screening of a video on a hypothetical situation of reversal of gender roles at the workplace to highlight the prejudices that women have to combat in their professional lives. The session continued with a detailed and illustrated discussion on the various problems women face in their field of work such as inferior treatment, the concepts of 'glass ceiling', de facto position of women, and the persistent issue of gender pay gap across different professional sectors. The school students were requested to participate in a Google poll session where three situations were presented to the students to gauge their opinion on certain issues. This was followeKapur, Principal, Loreto Day School, Dharamtala, and Ms. Debjani Mahajan for their immense support and cooperation towards this programme.