Gender Issues At Workplace

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The course examines the gender-related belief-systems, gender role expectations, family and school socialization of gender roles as well as sex based discrimination in workplace context.

Gender at workplace • Gender terms • Employment & Gender related laws • Sexual harassment at workplace • Gender based violence • Role of management and employees in managing gender issues at worplace

Definition of terms

  • Gender equity
  • Gender equality
  • Gender bias
  • Gender discrimination
  • Gender empowerment
  • Gender mainstreaming
  • Sexual harassment in the work place

  • Definition and forms of sexual harassment
  • Sexual harassment policy
  • Handling sexual harassment at the workplace (procedure)
  • Legal provisions on sexual harassment
  • Types of sexual harassment
  • How an individual can prevent/minimize being sexually harassed
  • Counseling, Relationship skills, Conflict Management

    Counseling

  • Definition of counseling
  • Process of counseling
  • Characteristics of a good counselor
  • Skills and approaches in counseling
  • Interpersonal relationship skills

  • Understanding the concept of interpersonal relationship
  • Importance of good interpersonal relationship
  • Improving interpersonal relations at the workplace
  • Conflict Management

  • Definition of conflict
  • Causes of conflict
  • Conflict management among workers.
  • Managing gender-based conflict through counseling
  • Employment and Gender Related Laws

  • Sexual Offences Act
  • Children Act
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Discrimination
  • Successfully tackling

    gender issues

    at the workplace