“The first time that I was exposed to people from different backgrounds and cultures was when I shifted to Pune for college. Instead of big cultural shocks, it resulted in me acknowledging how having a different environment causes minor differences in instinctive thought processes. But more importantly, that with acknowledge and reflection, we can work …
Our everyday life is a testimony to the fact that spaces do not exist in a vacuum, but instead, are governed by the laws of gender. We will be viewing such experiences in the context of college campuses through a hybrid of poetry and theatre. It Could Be Verse is SSLA’s student-run poetry club. We’re …
‘Gender on Campus’: Students’ Performance at SSLA, Pune Read More »
A Post by Meenakshi Nair Cities – arguably constructs of the human mind – are experienced by and in human bodies marked by gender, caste, race, disability, age, weight, class, and religion. These identities intersecting with one another create different bodies such as that of a healthy rich Brahmin woman or a poor Dalit man …
Dr Rajeswari Murty is the first principal of Sri Padmavathi Women’s College, Tirupati. She was the first in the country to introduce population studies as an undergraduate course, first in the State to launch Home Science and introduce the concept of ‘earn while you learn’ in the college. Many thanks to Apoorva Gupta, Saakshi Dulani …
Sharing an AV presentation The Asia Foundation with #Safetipin that critically interacts with the urban spaces through a gender lens.
NDTV in partnership with UBER has launched a sustained campaign ‘ROSHAN DILLI’ to raise safety standards in India’s capital, New Delhi. Their focus is to try to improve lighting in public spaces in the city. Lighting is a key factor in shaping women’s perceptions of safety. The initiative will provide a platform for all stakeholders …
An Audio-Visual Presentation by the Students of Cotton University, Guwahati: Adrita Choudhury, Anansha Borthakur, Atlanta Gogoi, Arunabh Chakravarty, Bedanga K. Goswami, Digangana Das, Harshadeep Kalita, Neha Mahanta, Nikita Kalita, Sanjeevani Saikia, Tanmoya Barman Engaging with the activities in the WISCOMP workshop on Gender Equity and Inclusion held on 11-14 March 2019 at Cotton University, Guwahati, …
Conversations on Unravelling ‘Gender’ on Indian Campuses… Read More »
Students of St. Teresa’s College, Kochi and Cotton University, Guwahati share their ideas and reflections on various components of a Gender Audit. Share your ideas below!
Glimpses from WISCOMP’s flagship four-day dialogue-cum-training workshop for faculty, senior administrators and students on ‘Gender Equity and Inclusion: Transformative Pathways in Higher Education’, at the college from 5-8 January 2019 at St. Teresa’s College, Kochi. The workshop was supported by Public Affairs Section, US Embassy, New Delhi.
In solidarity with the 16 Days of Activism Against Gender-based Violence, WISCOMP launched its online Portal, Log-in Gender!
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