IAWS Newsletter August 2003

Indian Journal of Gender Studies, 2013

Academia Letters, 2021

Once considered to be the outcome of the political upsurges and feminist movements of the 1970s, Women's Studies is now recognized to locate the conditions and status of women, gender, and sexuality. This paper firstly part presents the history of Women's Studies. Secondly, it synthesises the main argument(s) put forth by Rajeshwari Sunder Rajan in her essay, English Studies via Women's Studies, and examines whether the new curriculum of Indian University finds a resolution for these disputes.

JNU STORIES : THE FIRST 50 YEARS ed. by Neeladri Bhattacharya, Kunal Chakrabarti, S. Gunasekaran, Janaki Nair, Joy L. Pachuau, 2020

Intro to Women's Studies December 11, 2014 M. Kaplan-Charkow As the semester comes to a close, I cannot help but think of my mindset upon entering this course. While I thought I knew the struggles of women, both in the past and present, as well as the nature of the women's movement. However, I came to understand that the women's

As in the early 1980s which saw the emergence of women's studies in India and also the founding of IAWS, we are today, once again, debating the inter-linkages between the development process and gender relations. Be it the liberalization of the economy, the impact on sources of livelihoods, nature of work and earnings, the legal environment or for women in decision making and democratic processes-all address some fundamental questions which are as relevant today as they were in the early 1980s. These questions were posed when the startling findings of the government's Committee On Status Of Women (CSWI) in 1975 highlighted the declining position of women, particularly since independence. This decline was noted in trends such as the accelerated decline in women's employment since 1950s. Also noted was the growth of social attitudes and values, ' a regression from the norms developed during the freedom movement.' The questions posed were: whatever happened to the promises of equality that was built into the Constitution of free India ? What had led to increasing marginalization of women? Was is the problem of lack of implementation of programs or was it something deeper and intrinsic to the processes and plans of development?

2002

This collection looks at the IAWS, its objectives and growth. It brings together reflections on the previous decades and organisational strategies for the future. The first section is on the IAWS, looking back and looking forward. The second section explores women’s studies and the women’s movement, while the third deals with the regional networks of IAWS. Section four is on ‘recasting conference culture’ while the last section, ‘building an archive’ includes Presidential Addresses to the National Conferences, which have been compiled by Kalpana Kannabiran.

As in the early 1980s which saw the emergence of women's studies in India and also the founding of IAWS, we are today, once again, debating the inter-linkages between the development process and gender relations. Be it the liberalization of the economy, the impact on sources of livelihoods, nature of work and earnings, the legal environment or for women in decision making and democratic processes-all address some fundamental questions which are as relevant today as they were in the early 1980s. These questions were posed when the startling findings of the government's Committee On Status Of Women (CSWI) in 1975 highlighted the declining position of women, particularly since independence. This decline was noted in trends such as the accelerated decline in women's employment since 1950s. Also noted was the growth of social attitudes and values, ' a regression from the norms developed during the freedom movement.' The questions posed were: whatever happened to the promises of equality that was built into the Constitution of free India ? What had led to increasing marginalization of women? Was is the problem of lack of implementation of programs or was it something deeper and intrinsic to the processes and plans of development?

Feminist Studies, 2001

Women's Studies on Its Own, 2005