AGENDA UN-GENDER: Addressing Gender Inequalities – MSAI India

Name of the activity: AGENDA UN-GENDER: Addressing Gender Inequalities

Country/NMO: MSAI India

Program: Ethics and Human Rights in Health

Contact information: contact [email protected] to get in touch with the Activity Coordinator

Type of the activity: First-time Activity

Category: Advocacy

Focus area: Medical Ethics (Patient Centered Care, Good Medical Practice, direct doctor-patient relationship), Reducing Inequalities

Sustainable Development Goals addressed: SDG 5 (Gender Equality), SDG 10 (Reduced Inequalities), SDG 17 (Partnerships)

Problem statement:

Wherever they live in India girls and boys see gender inequality in their homes and communities every day – in textbooks, in movies, in the media and among the men and women who provide their care and support. Across India gender inequality results in unequal opportunities, and while it impacts on the lives of both genders, statistically it is girls that are the most disadvantaged.

Target groups:

• Medical students

Beneficiaries:

• General population

Objectives:

– To sensitise and educate at least 250 medical students about gender, gender identity and how it is different from biological sex in a 1 hour session over a time frame of 5 months.

– To sensitise and educate 250 medical students about gender stereotypes and how they propagate inequalities in daily life in a 1 hour session 

– To aware and educate 250 medical students about the rights violated when gender inequalities occur in a 1 hour session

– To sensitise 250 medical students about how gender inequalities affect people from the non-binary spectrum and act as barriers for them in a 1 hour session 

– To educate and make250 medical students aware of how gender stereotypes exist in the medical fraternity in a 1 hour session

– To educate 250 medical students about the steps they can take at personal, community and national level to reduce and eventually eliminate gender inequalities in a 1 hour session

Indicators of Success:

1. At least 60% of the participants become aware about what is gender, gender identity and how it is different from biological sex.
2. At least 60% of the participants understand what gender stereotypes are and how they propagate inequalities in daily life.
3. At least 60% of the participants know the rights violated when gender inequalities occur and the sustainable development goals targeting them.
4. At least 60% of the participants are able to understand how gender inequalities affect people from the non-binary spectrum and act as barriers for them.
5. At least 60% of the participants understand how gender stereotypes exist in the medical fraternity, propagate gender inequalities and affect the healthcare workforce.
6. At least 60% of the participants become aware about the steps they can take at personal, community and national level to reduce and eventually eliminate gender inequalities in the world around us.

Methodology:

1. A group of enthusiastic volunteers are collected. They are provided with a comprehensive toolkit outlining the goals and methodology of the activity. 
2. The target population, i.e medical students, is identified and gathered on an online platform by the organisers and volunteers, for the discussion.
3. Organizers and volunteers are required to fulfill the minimum criteria (12)  and not exceed the maximum (25) criteria for the number of participants for the event.
4. Pre-event questionnaire is filled by each participant.
5. A discussion is held on human trafficking,its consequences and role of medical students using the presentation, video and examples provided in the resource document. 
6. At the end of the event, the post event questionnaires are filled by the participants.

Plans for evaluation:

– Gantt Chart used for monitoring the timeline of activity right from planning to execution.

– Active monitoring done to identify, analyse and solve any deviations or problems faced by the volunteers in conducting the activity.

– Quantitative evaluation: Pre and post event questionnaire responses compared and evaluated using mean and percentage based statistical modalities to assess the impact.

– Qualitative evaluation: Feedback for the event filled by organizers in the post event report

Data obtained from the pre and post event questionnaire, quality of interaction from post event report form compared with the success indicators set for the activity.

– Event organisers also submit a summary of the event, along with pictures as a method to monitor the activity.

External collaborations:

none