Friday, March 8, 2024 is International Women's Day and the United Nations theme is "Invest in Women: Accelerate Progress". The Gender Cell invites you to join us for the following event to mark the occasion - Ratna Pathak Shah in Conversation with Professors Mazhar Kamran (IDC) and Mukta Tripathy (Che) followed by a felicitation of women Staff Members in co-ordination with PTD Cell, IITB. VENUE: PC Saxena Auditorium TIME: 10.30am- 12.00pm

On 10th Feb 2023, to observe the International Day of Women and Girls in Science , the Gender Cell in collaboration with Prof. Nivethida T from the dept. of BSBE organized a panel discussion on “Navigating Cross Gender Mentorship in STEM : Perception, Expectation and Strategies”. Faculties from various departments and student representatives in the panel deliberated on different aspects of the above mentioned topic.

On 3rd December 2022 a training for the security personnel was conducted by Prof. Pooja Purang and Prof Nandita Madhavan ( Convener and co-convener of the Gender cell) along with Advocate Veena Gowda (external member to the GC). The training was attended by the ASO as well as approximately 84 security personnel of IIT Bombay. The Training covered issues of gender sensitization, victim shaming, SHWW law of 2013 and the Institute Policy on Prevention and Redressal of sexual harassment.

A 2-day workshop was conducted on Nov 26th and 27th, 2022 to train selected IIT Bombay students on prevention of sexual harassment (PoSH). The workshop was conducted by by PoSH@Work team. The goal of the workshop was to help students understand the purpose and applicability of the Sexual Harassment of Women in the Workplace (SHWW) Act 2013, and the IIT Bombay policy on the prevention, prohibition and redress of SHWW. Qualified students then took on the role of PoSH Champions in the Institute, as part of which they support aggrieved students and facilitate interaction with Gender Cell and train the other students holding any POR (Position Of Responsibility) on PoSH . The first day of the workshop contained group activities such as role play to understand sexual harassment and its different forms. This was followed by a presentation explaining details of the law's history and the redress mechanisms as per the IIT Bombay policy.On the following day, the students were assessed on the assignments given on the first day.

On the eve of the UG orientation held on 28th Oct 2022, the new students of the institute were made aware of the Gender cell of IITB. The members of the Gender cell briefed them on the need of awareness regarding Sexual Harassment at Workplace and the role of the Gender cell for providing a safe and secure environment for every stakeholder at IITB.

This was a discussion event themed around Placements and gender bias. There seems to be a view, as seen from facebook posts/email forums and heard among some students, that women sometimes get preferential treatment in placement activities. GenAdda is conducted a discussion regarding this on March 13, 2020, to bring out different views and experiences, and attempt the development of some perspective around this topic.

The event was a poet's evening themed around Gender through Poetry. The event was held at the Gender Cell Office on 17th February 2020. This was open to faculty, staff, students, and campus residents, witnessed various participants who shared their own poems as well as read works of other writers. The works featured in this session consisted of various genres, ranging from classical Tamil poetry, Bhakti poetry from Maharashtra, poetry of Urdu poets, as well as contemporary poetry, all with a theme around important gender issues.