Department of Sociology, JCC College

Thanks to Equal Opportunity Centre-JCC College for organising an interactive session with students about "Making the Household Equal and Safe" (across the gender & s*xuality spectrum), in collaboration with Women's Cell, Deshbandhu College for Girls', in November 2022.

Principal, J.C.C. College, inaugurated the session. Three speakers helped students gain insight on how social structures as patriarchy, discriminate against and damage humans across the gender and s*xuality spectrum, with special focus on the area of household.

- Amrita Dasgupta (Director, Swayam) delved into issues of girls, women;
- Avinaba Dutta (Co-founder Pleqsus India, independent public policy researcher) helped understand discrimination against transgender persons and s*xual minorities;
- Deep Purakayastha (Director, Praajak) brought out complex ways in which patriarchy turns against men and boys.

We learnt more about struggles of the transgender people through a short documentary on Anuprabha Das Majumder, who could not be with us in person.

Students of both Colleges, and Jadavpur University participated actively through performances, interactions, art and experience sharing.

Discussions culminated into a clearer understanding of how to make the household space more equal and safe across gender and s*xuality spectrum. While everyone in the audience experience some "household" in some form or other, this session especially benefitted students of Gender and Sexuality courses offered by the Department of Sociology.

Departments of Sociology, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College and Jadavpur University, jointly organised a session in the area of Sociology of Development on 22.11.22 at Dept of Sociology, Jadavpur University.

Principal, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College, Dr Pankaj Kumar Roy delivered his welcome address on behalf of the College, while Professor and Head, Department of Sociology, Dr Amites Mukhopadhyay welcomed all on behalf of Dept of Sociology, Jadavpur University.

Dr Dalia Chakraborty, Professor, Dept of Sociology, Jadavpur University, spoke on the Role of NGOs in Developement to set the context for the core presentation.

Sri Deep Purakayastha gave the central presentation on "Stigma, Discrimination and Violence: The Unfinished Story of Nomadic Citizens", drawing from experiences of discovering and empowering nomadic populations within Bengal. The presentation invited much interaction from students and faculty alike.

Over a hundred students from UG, PG, MPhil and PhD levels of both institutions, along with faculty across humanities departments, attended the talk.

Dr Angana Dutta, Faculty, Department of Sociology hosted the event.

Learning is so much more complete when classroom lectures are supplemented with diverse media! Students attending powerful drama "Aalo Ondhokare Jai" by RACSHA youth group, to grasp the nuances of child abuse beyond text book pages. Sexual abuse of the male child, the disabled person, associated laws, lag in implementations, along with s*xual abuse of the girl child, are few of the vital dimensions covered by the powerful play.

A Gender Sensitisation session for the students was organised by the Department of Sociology in collaboration with the Department of History, supported by the Internal Quality Assurance Cell on 17.05.2022. The constant motivation of Dr Pankaj Kumar Roy, Principal, Jogesh Chandra Chaudhuri College made the training possible.

The College wholeheartedly thanks Dr Sreemoyee Tarafder for conducting the thoroughly engaging session. Complex concepts were made lucid and students felt 'heard' with the long question answer session.

Miss Shakti Banerjee very kindly and analytically shared her journey since childhood, from gender dysphoria, social reactions therein, to a complete transformation with s*x reassignment. Much gratitude to Miss Banerjee for enlightening the students with her experience.

We thank every teacher, volunteer, staff and well wisher who made this session possible.

The Department of Sociology, Department of History and the Internal Quality Assurance Cell eagerly looks forward to hosting Dr Sreemoyee Tarafder Chattopadhyay for conducting a Gender Sensitisation session for the students on 17.05.2022.

Students go for field trip to a community development project organised by Praajak India where sports is being used to establish gender equality and youth empowerment.

24.03.2022

Students of the Department reflect on various social issues through online presentations during lockdown, in different inter-college events organised by Swayam.

February 2022
March 2022

Throwback September 13, 2019!

Respected Principal Sir, Dr Pankaj Kumar Roy and members of Prantakatha - Promoting Active Citizenship, Ankita Sengupta and team interacting with students on active citizenship and youth leadership.

Throwback Dec 6th 2018!

Observing 16 days of Activism Against Gender Based Violence with Global Shapers (Kolkata)

Exploring gender labels and their control over us, with research scholars Srilekha Chakraborty and Kamalini Mukherjee.

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Throwback!

Students of Sociology interact in a panel discussion on Violence against Women, to observe South Asian Women's Day For Peace, Justice, Human Rights and Democracy organised by Swayam on 30.11.2018