The FY Certificate Course Committee, in association with Breakthrough India, an organization supported by L’Oréal Paris and Hollaback Foundation, organized an online training session on Stand-up against Street Harassment as a part of the Certificate Course in 21st century Life Skills for the students of FY B.Com and FY BBA (FS) on 16th March 2023. The Resource Person for the session was Ms. Sonali Alves, Program Officer, Red Dot Foundation (Safecity). The objective of the session was to train the students on how to respond if faced with any kind of harassment.
Ms. Sonali started the session by discussing what constitutes harassment and how individuals react to harassment. The Resource Person had designed the entire session in the form of opinion polls, where she asked the students to give their opinion as to how they would act if faced with a given kind of harassment. She shared her own harassment experiences with the audience, and discussed the implications of street harassment and how it can impact an individual, socially and financially. Ms. Sonali also focused on the 5Ds (Direct, Distract, Delay, Delegate, Document)as the way to deal with street harassment. She concluded the session by giving the audience three strategies to deal with street harassment, trust your instincts, reclaim your space and practice resilience.
Ms. Anu Sharma, a student of FY B.Com was the compere for the session. Ms. Namrata Chari student of FY B.Com introduced the Resource Person and Ms. Mrunali Chari proposed the Vote of Thanks. The session was attended by 35 B.Com and BBA (FS) students. The session was coordinated by Ms. Marjina Shaikh.
