RESEARCH REVIEW International Journal of Multidisciplinary 2021; 6(4):46-50 ISSN: 2455-3085 (Online) https://doi.org/10.31305/rrijm.2021.v06.i04.009 Double Blind Peer Reviewed/Refereed Journal https://www.rrjournals.com/ 46 Research Paper Gender Sensitization and Educational Institutions * Dr. Hajra Masood Assistant Professor Sociology, Karamat Husain Muslim Girls’ P.G. College, Lucknow 1. Introduction The concept of ‘gender’ has not merely been employed widely as an analytical category in academic discourse but also as a mechanism of women’s liberation and empowerment movement during the last four and a half decades. It has been used to expose the design and practices of women’s discrimination and exploitation as well as to assert their identity and rights. A heap of academic and impressionistic literature is produced to analyze and highlight multiple issues of women’s marginalization. Gender inequaliti es are, generally, conceived as unequal distribution of benefits and burdens to men and women despite their equal contribution to the growth and development of collective social living. Everywhere women are found to be deprived of civic amenities, public participation and decision making power on the one hand; on the other hand they are shown overburdened with responsibilities of bearing and raring children, providing services to family members and contributing directly or indirectly to the economy of household. In a nutshell, everywhere men are found privileged and women are under privileged. We are still trying from decades to understand the root cause of gender inequality in the society. Though causes of endemic and widespread gender inequalities are explained differently by different scholars depending upon the ideology they profess and perspective of investigation they employed. However, there is no disagreement among scholars that gender inequalities are social in nature and, therefore, are produced by multiple factors such as cultural values and practices, institutional matrix, existential condition and political disposition. Nevertheless, scholars and activists, mainly feminists, hold structure of patriarchy as a major factor of gender inequalities everywhere. (Dash, et al., 2008) are of the opinion that we need to reform the society in the most effective and non-confrontationist approach where sensitisation is a powerful vehicle to drive the force towards gender equality. With the rising trend of social intolerance and gender based violence various efforts are taken up to address the issues of gender discrimination. Many initiatives have been taken by the government and various laws are Article Publication Published Online: 15-Apr-2021 * Author's Correspondence Dr. Hajra Masood Assistant Professor Sociology, Karamat Husain Muslim Girls’ P.G. College, Lucknow drhajramasood[at]gmail.com © 2021The Authors. Published by Research Review Journals This is an open access article under the CC BY-NC-ND license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by- nc-nd/4.0/) ABSTRACT Men and women are like wheels of a bicycle. For any society to develop in all aspects it’s important to take into consideration both men and women. For spreading awareness regarding gender issues gender sensitization is the new term being used by the social thinkers and activists. Gender Sensitization is spreading awareness and modifying the behavior of the individual towards gender, to bring revolutionary change in society by transforming the mind-set of the individuals by eradicating the stereotype thinking and practices and developing a concern of the society towards the gender issues. Education is always considered as a powerful tool for bringing any change in society. Teachers play an important role in modifying the attitudes of their students towards gender issues. Positive attitude needs to be created with the elimination of the negative thoughts towards objects, people, activities, events, or ideas. It is due to the personal belief and stereotype thinking that individual pertain in their mind from childhood. The teacher can shape the mind-set of the students by creating a positive ideology towards gender. The transformation or empowerment will only come when there is awareness of gender sensitivity in the minds of the youth. This paper is an attempt to find out the role that a teacher plays in creating an affective attitude and commitment towards gender sensitive environment in a student’s life. Keywords: Gender, Gender Inequality, Gender Sensitization