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Smt. Shanti Gupta Centre for Women Studies
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The Centre for
Women's Studies at the MIER College of Education represents a
manifestation of the institute's long standing commitment to women
issues and working towards their amelioration. This can be gauged by
the vision of the founders of MIER, who, in 1936, started the first
co-educational school in the State, placing girl students at par
with their male counterparts. This guiding principle has been upheld
through the years by the institute by offering various
women-oriented programmes, whether it was the start of the Nursery
and Elementary Teacher Training (ETT) programmes or the
capacity building and training programme for Aanganwari workers. The
institute holds the distinction of having trained close to 10,000
women key change agents who are now serving the society in various
capacities. Moreover, the institute is an equal-opportunity employer
with women comprising 60% of its workforce and has adopted a
“zero-tolerance” policy towards harassment of women at the
workplace. Therefore, the establishment of the CWS at MIER
with the financial assistance of the University Grants Commission (UGC)
provides a formal platform for the institute to study, understand
and develop strategies to resolve the pandemic issues concerning
women in our society. The institute envisions the establishment of a
full-fledged School of Women Studies offering formal and non-formal
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In its first year of establishment the center has done commendable
work and organized awareness camps, gender sensitization programmes,
extension lectures, counseling services, seminars and workshops and
above all identified some very prominent women of the State who have
made a mark in their respective fields of specialization. A
newsletter titled ‘NURTURE’ was also released to highlight the
activities of the centre. The institute envisions the establishment
of a full-fledged School of Women Studies offering formal and
non-formal programmers in women's studies. |
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CWS Activities in
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Launch of of CWS Wall Magazine |
Dr.Renu Gupta being honoured for her |
Seminar on the Rights of the
Child and |
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contribution to Women
Development |
Integrated Development |
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Gender Sensitization Program in progress |
Students debating Gender Issues |
Seminar on Women Empowerment |
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Challenges &
Future Strategies |
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Some of the other
objectives of the CWS are: |
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1. Offering
programmes benefitting women and leading to their educational,
professional, social and vocational rehabilitation, welfare and
upliftment.
2. Undertaking activities for educational, moral, cultural and
social awakening of women through lectures, exhibitions, contact
programmes, creative and fine arts, cultural programmes and
publications.
3. Undertaking systematic research studies on key issues concerning
women.
4. Generating publicity and awareness in the society through the
media.
5. Establishing links and promoting exchange between organizations,
institutions and NGOs.
6. Honoring prominent women in different spheres and use their
success stories to inspire and motivate other women. |
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NewsLetter 2007 |
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NewsLetter 2009 |
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