Meenal Manolika
Building Capacities & Strengthening Communities towards Just and Equitable Futures
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Does a leadership program for women in the social sector need a module on Understanding Gender? The answer to that might be another question-- Do fish know they live in water? Most people are drawn to the sector because they want to make meaningful change in society. Working on creating this change without an understanding of why things are the way they are has in many instances done more harm than good. For one year now, it has been the highlight of my working life to lead this session on Understanding Gender: Self & Society for the ILSS Emerging Women's Leadership Program. Each batch reinforces my belief in the power of a room full of people committed to making change. Thanks to Jasmine Saha, Shradha Roy, and Archana Ramachandran for giving me this space in their wonderful program and forever grateful to Sanymi Gupta. If she didn't coerce me into doing this, I would have never known this joy. Grateful to my ex boss Kamla Bhasin for letting me absorb her seamless gender trainings and my ex-colleague Ditilekha (He/They) for their handbook Understanding Gender Beyond the Binaries published by The YP Foundation (an excellent resource to unpack gender basics) which shapes a lot of content in the session.Special thanks are due to Karan Johar for making easy work of unpacking complex gender norms :DILSS - India Leaders for Social Sector
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Swati Singh
Director at Muheem Ek Sarthak Prayas
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Being a part of this journey has been incredible. This is a powerful step towards change, where young women from various regions of the country are coming together, united by common values, to lead transformation. With a perspective that is sustainably inclusive and feminist, this initiative promises to be a significant force on personal, social, and political fronts in the times to come. Thanks to ILSS - India Leaders for Social Sector team ❤️✊🏻
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Dipta Bhog
Lead Innovations and Partnerships at The Third Eye portal Nirantar, A Centre for gender and Education
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Meenal and ILSS team congratulations. Missed being there this year.
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Sarita Patil
Program Director for Public System Partnership at Society for Nutrition Education and Health Action (SNEHA)
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It was an insightful session Meenal. We keep unpacking lot of things, concepts when attend gender training and surely need to keep doing this...
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Radha Friedman
Philanthropy & Social Impact | Bestselling Author, Fundraising Without Burnout
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Grateful for your work on this!
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Vishakha Singh
Program Manager @ ILSS | Fundraising
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Thank you Meenal Manolika for articulately putting a complex system and making it so easy and fun to engage with. A memorable session!
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Nova Ahmed
Researcher, Academic
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Great update! So good to see you
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