WEBINAR ON MODERN PERCEPTION ON GENDER AND ROLE OF SOCIAL WORKER IN GENDER ISSUES

A national webinar was conducted by the Department of Sociology and Social Work of GEMS Arts and Science college, Malappuram in association with Attappady Adivasi Development Initiative (AADI), Palakkad on the topic Modern Perceptions on Gender and Role of Social Works in Gender Issues on 22nd July 2020. The session was begun with the welcome speech of Mr. Sayyid Tahseen, social work trainee and was inaugurated by Fr. Lenin Antony SJ, the director of AADI. Ms. Mary Neethu, a school social worker and psycho social counselor lead the session from 2:45PM onwards, defining the topic. She tried to indicate the problems that are faced by the Trans people, whether it's a men or women in various dimensions of social and family life. She also introduced one of her friend Ms. Nishana to share her experience as Trans women, such as when she identified that she was transgender, how her family treated her being a transgender, difficulty to have education as well as job opportunities as per their qualification. The session was very informative for the participants and there were more than 100 participants from various states such as Karnataka, Assam, Andhra Pradesh, and Delhi etc. who tried to be part of the webinar. The participants used the interactive session very effectively to shoot their doubts and to understand many things and aspects that are related with transgender, such as Constitutional provisions, surgeries, issues faced by Trans people and roles of social workers in gender issues etc. The webinar winded up with vote of thanks by Mrs. Fathima Nazrin, social work trainee from GEMS Arts and Science College who does her virtual placement at AADI by 04:30PM.