Gender: Meaning and definition - Difference between gender and sex - Gender roles in society: family, caste, class, religion, culture, the media and popular culture, law and the state (film, advertisements, songs, etc ) - Reasons for gender inequalities - Gender-just education outside school settings.

Gender identity and socialization practices in family, school and organization - Role of school, peers, teachers, curriculum and textbooks in challenging gender nequalities or reinforcing gender parity - gender roles and responsibilities assigned in schools and classrooms – Measurement of gender identity - discrimination of gender in classroom interactions, rituals and school/ routines - Processes of disciplining techniques for boys and girls - Analysis of sex-roles stereotype.

Safety of girls and women at school, home and workplace - : Role of education in preventing, sexual abuse and violence - Meaning and concept of body objectification - Combating female body objectification: Role of teachers and parents .

Gender roles in mass media – Gender stereotypes in mass media - gender identity roles - Positive notions of body and self - Gender in media: magazines, TV shows, cartoons, movies and advertisements - Gender equality and language use.