The BIP is a 5 year collaboration between the University of Muenster ,Germany and JDMC from 2018-2022

In May 2022 the collaboration was handed over to the New Delhi based organization Women Power Connect(WPC) .

JDMC now has a collaboration with WPC for 5 years i.e.,2022-2027, to run this programme

All first year students who have joined JDMC since 2018 have audited the workshops and will continue to do so

The BIP consists of a series of workshops aimed at creating gender awareness and sensitization and most important teach students strategies of intervention.

The program aims to assess perceptions of the students on issues such as gender violence communication etc

The interactive workshops are in the form of 4 modules and these cover the issues of

• Gender ,gender roles ,sex and gender
• Healthy relationships and communication ,verbal and nonviolent
• Sexual violence its definition and forms and rape myths
• Obstacles and overcoming and practicing intervention

The sessions not only teach participants to "recognize" situations but also to recognise that they can happen to you and that that there is no shame in voicing pain or talking about shame

The BIP most importantly teaches students that they have an agency.

The focus of the program is on the need to RISE i.e.,

R= Reflect

I= Inform

S= Support

E= Engage

When the students complete the workshops they will be able to

---Reflect on gender, communicate, question sexual violence

---Inform on forms of violence and speak up

---Support others

---Engage with violence by changing attitudes and behavior

Once the students complete their modules they have received a certificate from the University of Muenster and JDMC together.

From 2022 onwards the certificates will be given to students by Women Power Connect and the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung