Centre for Women's Studies |
Seminars |
Women Studies as an Emerging Discipline: Thrust Areas & Strategies |
The Calicut University Campus was a venue of the meeting of the Directors of various Women’s Studies Centres of south India on September 29, 2006. It was an occasion of the National Seminar on Women’s Studies as an Emerging Discipline: Thrust Areas & Strategies organized by the Centre for Women’s Studies, University of Calicut. It was the first among the series of seminars to be organized under the auspices of the Centre for Women’s Studies. |
Mrs. Padma Ramachandran IAS, former Chief Secretary to the Government of Kerala and former Vice-Chancellor M.S. University Baroda, in her key note address stated that this beautiful state of Kerala which claims best sex ratio, and maintains ideal figures of birthrate, death rate, maternal mortality, infant mortality rates etc., is also in the forefront in respect of suicidal rate among women, depression among women etc. She emphasized that the Centres for Women’s Studies should shoulder the responsibility of identifying the problems the women by conducting research work. |
The various technical sessions on Thrust Areas & Strategies were handled by Dr. N. Kala, Director, Centre for Women’s Studies, Mother Teresa Women’s University, Kodaikanal, Dr. V.T. Usha, Director, Centre for Women’s Studies, Pondicherry University, Dr. Gokulavani, Director, Centre for Women’s Studies, Alagappa University, Karaikudi, Dr. Jothimani, Research Officer, Centre for Women’s Studies, Avinashilingam Deemed University, Coimbatore. |
| Matrilineal Structures in Kerala |
National Seminar on Matrilineal Structures in Kerala was held on October 5, 2006. Vice chancellor Prof. Syed Iqbal Hasnain presided over the opening session and Dr. MG Narayanan, renowned historian and former Chair person of ICHR delivered the key note address. |