Sundarbans Program Challenges Gender Norms

In the Sundarbans, a group called Rupantaran Foundation is teaching boys and girls to do things that are usually done by the opposite gender.

Girls are playing kabaddi, which is a sport usually played by boys, and boys are learning to cook, which is usually seen as women's work.

This is to show that everyone can do any kind of work, no matter their gender.

The group started this in 2018 and recently had a big event where 386 children from different villages showed off their new skills.

Girls from Mousuni Island won the kabaddi game, and boys from Patharpratima won the cooking contest.

This is a small step towards making things more equal for boys and girls in the Sundarbans.