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Telangana has become the first State in the country to introduce compulsory
gender education at the graduate level.
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State government has introduced a bilingual textbook titled ‘Towards a World
of Equals’ on a pilot basis in engineering colleges.
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These engineering colleges are affiliated to the Jawaharlal Nehru Technological
University (JNTU-Hyderabad).
About gender education
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Textbook Discusses gender in its composite form without limiting itself to
crime against women without repeating gender stereotypes.
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It has been structured into simple language to suit under-graduates.
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Textbook cover complex subjects like male-female relationships and
female-centric history.
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Textbook discusses about the women’s movements across the world along with
political movements of Afro-American, African, Caribbean, minority and Dalit
women.