Women's Studies Centre

SEMINAR / CONFERENCE / WEBINARS

• Webinar on Stress Management in COVID-19 Times" on 19th October,2020
• National Webinar On "Gender Issues in COVID-19 Context" on 28th September 2020
• Three days Regional E-Conference on ‘Gender during Covid-19: Perspectives from North-East India’ organised by Indian Association for Women’s Studies-Eastern Region in collaboration with Women’s Studies Centre, Tripura University from 25th -27th August, 2020.
• One day Regional Mahila Sammelan in association with Bharta Bikash Parisad on 20th January, 2019
• National Seminar will be organised on ‘Violence against Women’, 5th-6th April, 2017
• Observance of International Women's Day, 8th March, 2017
• Lecture on Gender Issues in the Works of Tagore, 8th August,2016
• Two-Day Legal Awareness Programme, 29th - 30th March, 2016
• Orientation Programme on ‘Women’s Studies as an Emerging Discipline’, 3rd - 5th September, 2015
• Interaction programme on 'Police-Public Relation', 8th April, 2015
• Workshop on Self Defence & Yoga for Health, 10-12 February, 2015
• Seminar on ‘Contribution of Sri Subramania Bharati to the Empowerment of Women’ on 11th December, 2014
• Workshop on Sexual harassment of Women at workplace on 27th November, 2014
• Interactive programme on ‘Violence against Women’ on 25th April, 2014
• A talk on 'Women and Health' by Dr. Ela Lodh on 2nd August 2013
• National Seminar on Women Rights as Human Rights on, Organised by Department of Political Science in association with Women’s Studies Centre 5th-6th March, 2012
• Prof. Manjari Choudhuri Memorial Lecture on ‘Tagore and Women’ Speaker: Prof. Malini Bhattacharya, Department of English, Jadavpur University and former Director, School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur University. on 1st March, 2012
• Workshop on "Empowerment of Women as a transformative strategy for poverty eradication" in association with Tripura Commission for Women. on 18th November 2011
• A talk on ' Recent Initiative for Gender Empowerment ' Main Speaker: Prof. Jasodhara Bagchi, Former Director, School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur Universities on 6th August ,2010
• Workshop on 'Ensuring Gender Justice' in collaboration with Tripura Commission for Women on 12th September,2009
• Interactive Session on 'Women Empowerment and Scope of Centre for Women's Studies' - Main Speaker: Prof. Jasodhara Bagchi, Former Director,School of Women's Studies, Jadavpur Universities on 16th February,2009
• Awareness Generation Programme on Constitutional Rights and Right to Information on 14th Nov,2008
• Training Programme on Diversified use of jute material ; Co-ordinator- Smt Supriya Sengupta on 5th March to 14th March, 2008
• Awareness Generation Programme on 'Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 on 1st Feb'2008
• State Level Seminar on 'Magnitude of the Problems of Elderly Persons in Tripura' in collaboration with the Dept' of Political Science , Tripura University on 15th December, 2007
• Computer Literacy Program for rural girl students; Coordinator of the Programme- Prof. Barin Dey on 11th Nov. to 30th Nov., 2006 & 1st March to 20th March, 2007

AWARENESS GENERATION PROGRAMMES

• Legal Awareness Programme on Women in Indian Constitution on 20th February, 2020. (NCW Funded)
• Two Day Legal Awareness Programme for the Students of Tripura University from 29th -30th March, 2016. (TCW Funded)
• Gender Sensitisation Programme on Anti-Sexual Harassment in Institutional Setup on 5th April, 2016. Lectures delivered by Prof. Abhijit Mitra, Retd. Professor of the Department of Sociology, Burdwan University and Mr.Purushottam Roy Burman, Human Rights Activist.
• Interaction programme on 'Police-Public Relation' on 8th April, 2015
• Awareness Generation Programme on Constitutional Rights and Right to Information on 14th Nov,2008

PANEL DISCUSSIONS

• Panel Discussion (Round Table) on Skill and Entrepreneurship on 6thMrach, 2020.
• Ensuring Women’s Security at Home and Outside: With Special reference to COVID-19 Pandemic Induced Social Isolation on 28th September, 2020.

SPECIAL LECTURES

• Sexual harassment Issues in Higher Educational Institutions by Prof. Sanchari Roy Mukherjee, Hon’ble Vice Chancellor, Dakshin Dinajpur University on 8th March, 2022.
• Gender related issues in North East India by Prof. Vijaylakshmi Brara, eminent sociologist and gender studies specialist on 8th Feb. 2022.
• Human Trafficking in North east region especially in Tripura by Ms. Pallabi Ghosh, Social Activist on 8th Feb. 2022.
• The Nature and Its Feminine Principles – A Story of Reciprocal Dependence, From Indian Traditional Perspective by Prof. Sudeshna Bhattacharjya from Department of Sanskrit, Guwahati University on 11th Feb. 2022.
• Role of Women during Pandemic in Manipur by Prof. Robita Sorokhaibam from Department of Commerce, Manipur University (A Central University) on 11th Feb. 2022.
• Marginalization of Refugee Women: A Case Study of Northeast India by Dr. Anindita Ghoshal, Associate Professor Department of History at Diamond Harbour Women’s University on 16th Feb. 2022.
• Sex Workers’ Movement and the Question of Agency by Dr. Swati Ghosh, Professor of Economics and the Director of the Women’s Studies Centre of Rabindra Bharati University on 18th Feb. 2022.
• Sexual Harassment at Work: Evidence from Australian Workplace by Dr. Madhumita Iyengar, Founding Chair of Initiatives for Women In Need (IWiN) on 16th March 2022.
• Special Lecture on Women’s Rights by Prof. Chandrika Basu Majumder on 8th March, 2021.
• ‘Gender and Media’ by Shraddha Belsary Kharkar, Media Activist on 5th March, 2019.
• ‘Gender Sensitization and Globalization’ Dr. Pradnya Devidas Deshmukh, Pandit Jawaharlal Nehru Mahavidyalya, Aurangabad on 21st May, 2019.
• ‘Rabindranath and Debate on Feminism’ by Dr. Sharif Atiquzzaman on 5th April 2018.
• ‘Human Rights and Women’s Rights’ by Prof. Vijaykumar Laxmikantrao Dharurkar on 10th December, 2018.
• ‘Women and Indian Culture’ by Dr. Karan Vijay Kumar Karan, Associate Professor at Vidyant Hindu PG College, Lucknow on 14th December, 2018.
• ‘Law & Domestic Violence’ by Dr.Sawmya Ray, Professor, Humanities & Social Sciences Department, IIT Guwahati on 1st September 2017.
• A Special Lecture on “Gender Issues in the Works of Tagore” delivered by Sri. Sadhan Chattopadhyay on 8th August , 2016.
• A talk on 'Women and Health' by Dr. Ila Lodh on 2nd August 2013
• Prof. Manjari Choudhuri Memorial Lecture on ‘Tagore and Women’ 1st March, 2012.
• A talk on ' Recent Initiative for Gender Empowerment’ on 6th August , 2010.
• Interactive Session on 'Women Empowerment and Scope of Centre for Women's Studies' on 14th Nov, 2008.

TRAINING AND WORKSHOPS

• Training on Self Defence for female students and scholars of Tripura University from 15-17th March 2022.
• Computer Skill Development Programme for Rural Women from 17th to 30th, March 2022.
• Training of Trainers (TOT) on Gender Equity from 11th -13th January, 2018.
• Computer Skill Development Programme for Rural Women from 24th September - 24th November, 2018.
• Computer Skill Development Programme for Rural Women from 13th December, 2017 – 28th February, 2018
• Training on ‘Self Defence’ and ‘Yoga for Health’ from 10th – 12th February, 2015.
• Workshop on Sexual harassment of Women at workplace on 27th November, 2014
• Workshop on "Empowerment of Women as a transformative strategy for poverty eradication" in association with Tripura Commission for Women on 18th November 2011
• Workshop on 'Ensuring Gender Justice' in collaboration with Tripura Commission for Women on 12th September,2009
• Training Programme on Diversified use of jute material 5th - 14th March,2008
• Computer Literacy Program for rural girl students from 11- 30-November , 2006 & 03- 20 March,2007

DAY AND EVENT OBSERVATION

• The International Women’s day on 8th March, 2022.
• The International Women’s day on 8th March, 2021.
• The International Women’s day on 8th March, 2020.
• Poster Competition on Half the Sky: Innovation for Gender Equality on 12th March 2019.
• Essay Competition on Gender Balance for Better World on 13th March 2019.
• Elocution competition on Women and Politics: Beyond Participation on 14th March 2019

BOOKS / MONOGRAPHS PUBLISHED

• Basu Majumder, Chandrika and Shil, Ashim. (2018), Violence against Women: Experiences from India’s North East (ed.), Delhi: The Women Press.
• Basu Majumder, Chandrika and Pradhan, R. (2014), Women’s Rights as Human Rights in India – Problem and paradoxes (ed.), Delhi: Axis Books Pvt. Ltd. ISBN - 978-93-82835-20-2
• Intimate partner violence against women admitted in the maternity ward of Agartala Govt. Medical College. (Monograph), 2012.
• Nature and Extent of Disability among Women & their awareness level regarding the rehabilitation measures; A study in Tripura West district. (Monograph), 2012.

DOCUMENTATION

• Documentation of Women and Gender related research work in Tripura University.
• Documentation on List of NGOs working on Women and Gender issues in Tripura.

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