Making Gender Equality A Reality. | Dr. Vibha Bakshi | TEDxYouth@OIS

Impacted by the horrific gang-rape of Nirbhaya in India in December 2012, Vibha, national-award-winning filmmaker, in search of answers, uncovered the deeply patriarchal society set in the mindsets of the people that she hoped to change through her documentary movies. Through her talk, she encourages the HeforShe campaign as she explains the story of some ordinary men in Haryana doing the extraordinary in the fight for gender justice and gender violence. Her story reiterates that gender inequality is not a
'women’s" rights issue but a "human" rights issue and brings to light a new concept of ‘masculinity’.
Vibha Bakshi, an Honorary Doctorate from Boston University. A filmmaker who strives to find new ways that educate, entertain & inspire change around her. She worked as a business reporter for CNBC (India) where she identified her inclination towards stories dealing with social issues and thereafter, found her passion to create impactful and lasting stories. Vibha Bakshi’s talk aims to convey the true spirit of ‘masculinity’ using her own creation, Son Rise, as a constant reference. Son Rise is a gender rights documentary that follows the stories of mundane men from Haryana, India's seat of patriarchy, doing the extraordinary in the struggle for women's rights and gender justice. She reiterates the fact that Gender Inequality, Gender Violence or Gender Bias are not Women's Issues and rather Human Rights Issues that need to be resolved by humanity, as a whole. Can these glimmers of a changing paradigm in Son Rise be the 'Turning Point' we have been looking for? This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx