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Organization : Ministry of Women & Child Development
Contest Name : Badge Designing Competition For Gender Champions 2015
Contest Type : Design
Applicable To : School & College Students
Contest Last Date : 1st August 2015

Website : https://mygov.in/task/badge-designing-competition-gender-champions/
T&C: https://www.contest.net.in/uploads/1201-Terms.pdf

Badge Designing Competition For Gender Champions 2015:
Ministry of Women & Child Development seeks entries for the design of a badge to be worn by Gender Champions in schools and colleges. The mission of Gender Champions is to promote gender equality and women’s empowerment. Gender Champions can be both men and women. They emphasize on mindset change through sensitization, awareness raising and community mobilization of the common people on ground.

Gender champions are a joint intervention of Ministry of WCD & HRD. They shall be identified in each and every school and vocational/ skill development institute by the concerned authorities as mandated by Ministry of Human Resource Development. These gender champions shall be entrusted with the responsibility of sensitising their family members, peers and community about gender equality and issues related to women empowerment.

The last date of submission of entry is 1st August 2015.

The winning entry shall be awarded : 5,000/-

Eligibility Criteria:
A Gender Champion should fulfill the following eligibility criteria :
** Gender Champions can be both boys and girls above 16 years of age
** Should be enrolled in and regularly attending school or college.
** She/he must have secured minimum of 50% marks or equivalent grade in the annual examination/school leaving certificate.
** Excellent oral, written, and presentation skills.
** Should have demonstrated leadership qualities
** Excellent understanding of the socio-cultural issues and prevailing gender norms and practices

Term of the Gender Champion:
The term of the Gender Champion shall initially be for a period of one year and extendable for 1 or more years as may be decided by the Head of the Institution. The Gender Champion will receive a certificate of appreciation from the Head of the Institution for his/her committed efforts on successful completion of activities towards promoting gender equality.

Identity Cards to Gender Champions:
Gender Champions will be given an Identity Card to authorize their identity, visibility and engagement with the students and other stakeholders to undertake their specific activities. They shall be provided with a special badge after their selection.

Training:
It is envisaged that a formal training programme shall be organized to equip and empower the Gender Champions. This shall include IEC material pertaining to information about gender stereotypes, various forms of gender based discrimination, gender equity and equality, legislations, life skills etc. Training programmes will be organized by the schools/colleges with inputs from experts. The method of training will be participatory and interactive to enable the Gender Champions further sensitize students, peer group in schools/colleges and family members on gender issues. The Ministry of Women and Child Development will be designing a model training module on sensitizing Gender Champions on gender issues.