Enabling the enablers : transforming the lives of middle-aged Indian women
Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, May, 2020
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1385112021-12-18T03:38:50Z Enabling the enablers : transforming the lives of middle-aged Indian women Transforming the lives of middle-aged Indian women Bansal, Nikita. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Integrated Design and Management Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Integrated Design and Management Program Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering and Management Program System Design and Management Program Integrated Design and Management Program. Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. Thesis: S.M. in Engineering and Management, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program, May, 2020 Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (page 72). Do you remember how your mother would let go of her hobbies and make yours her own? Do you remember how she left her job to devote her full time to you and her husband? If your mother is a homemaker, do you acknowledge and appreciate the work she does for you? She knows about your dreams and goals, have you ever asked her about hers? It's easy to say - she does not have confidence, but have you wondered why? In India, out of 220 million middle-aged women, 77 million of them in spite of living in urban areas have still been unable to follow their dreams and live a truly passionate life. Government, NGOs, startups and awareness camps are all in place for the younger female population, but have we forgotten the population which was once young but deprived of such resources during their youth? Do they have your support and ears to now acknowledge their inner aspirations, which they couldn't when they were your age for lack of freedom in those days? I, with my thesis, have explored these questions and understood that the ecosystem of a middle-aged Indian woman is contained majorly by her husband and children. In order for anyone to really impact her life, an initiative needs to reach her home and talk through her family in the most playful manner and of gender neutral nature. I took the route of family boardgames to raise the collective consciousness of family and nudge them to indulge in deeper conversations. The games are designed to initiate reflective dialogues among the family members on topics from - what each of them really want from their life and how they can best support each other in achieving those dreams, to debunking the stereotypes and stigmas in the society in a gentle and playful manner by Nikita Bansal. S.M. in Engineering and Management S.M. in Engineering and Management Massachusetts Institute of Technology, System Design and Management Program 2021-12-17T17:04:22Z 2021-12-17T17:04:22Z 2020 2020 Thesis https://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/138511 1275430506 eng MIT theses may be protected by copyright. Please reuse MIT thesis content according to the MIT Libraries Permissions Policy, which is available through the URL provided. http://dspace.mit.edu/handle/1721.1/7582 72 pages application/pdf a-ii--- Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
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| title_short | Enabling the enablers : transforming the lives of middle-aged Indian women |
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| topic | Integrated Design and Management Program. Engineering and Management Program. System Design and Management Program. |
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