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WHO WE ARE

Dawn High School is located in the Diwan Devdi neighborhood of the Old City of Hyderabad, India with a student body of 700.

The 10th standard girls participated in Design For Change India. Their project was to stop eve-teasing by making girls feel bold and empowered.

FEEL

The 10th class girls came up with a list of problems in their community that made them feel angry, the biggest one being eve-teasing.

What is eve-teasing?Definition: Eve-teasing is an attitude, a mindset, a

set of behaviors that are insults and acts of humiliation toward females.

IMAGINE

The 10th class girls imagined a curriculum where

they could empower girls by making them bold to stand up to eve-teasing. Their curriculum consisted of:

• Journal Workshop• Dramas• Debates

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STORY…

SCHOOL VISITThe 10th class traveled to a nearby government school to

present their curriculum to the 9th and 10th standard girls.

JOURNAL WORKSHOP

The 10th class from Dawn High School developed the following journal questions and helped the girls answer them:

1.Who am I? What is my identity? What do I like?

2.What are my goals and dreams? What do my parents think about these thoughts?

JOURNAL WORKSHOP

Girls get the chance to write down their goals and dreams and practice writing in English.

HELPING GIRLS REFLECT ON THEIR DREAMS

The girls were able to practice their speaking skills by sharing what they wrote with the group.

DRAMAS

The 10th class from Dawn then presented 2 skits on eve-teasing to show the girls how to be bold and stand up to teasing:

In this skit the girls from Dawn High School pretended to dress up as boys and school girls. The “boys” teased the school girls as they walked by with their books. This happens three times, and on the third day the girls show the boys who is boss by fighting back.

SHOWING GIRLS HOW TO STICK UP FOR THEMSELVES

In this skit, two girls, Ramsha and Miriam get teased by walking to the park. At first they try to ignore the boys. Finally, Ramsha, who is the bold girl, stands up to the boys by telling them to go home and leave her and her friend alone. The girls then make it to the park in peace. Ramsha shows Miriam, who is very shy, the importance of standing up to boys.

DEBATE

The last and final part of the curriculum was to do a debate on girl power: The topic was, Should Girls Have Freedom?

Speak Up!

The girls from Dawn High School split up into two teams and did a mock debate. Team A argued that girls should not have freedom. But, they lost to Team B, because Team B persuaded everyone that girls are trustworthy, independent, have the right to education and jobs and the same rights as boys!

GIRL POWER!

GIRLS IN ACTION

WHAT WE LEARNED

Eve-teasing is never acceptableGirls have the right to be bold and

stand up for themselvesMaking sure that girls are confident and

strong translates into girls that will pursue their higher education and land good jobs, two basic rights that girls everywhere in the world have!

ThankYou!!

We hoped you enjoyed our presentation and learned something.

We had a fantastic time participating in DFC India!

-10th Standard Class girls, Dawn High School