INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR WOMENS STUDIES

 NGO Details :

Name : INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR WOMENS STUDIES

Chief Functionary : Dr Anita Ghai

Chairman : Dr Anita Ghai

Secretary : Dr Samita Sen

Treasurer : Dr Indira M

First Registration Details :

Unique Id of VO/NGO : DL/2010/0039084

Registered With : Registrar of Societies

Type of NGO : Society

Registration No : 12936

City of Registration : New Delhi

State of Registration : Delhi

Date of Registration : 06-09-1982

FCRA Details :

FCRA Registration no. : 231650690

Sector/ Key Issues :

Key Issues : Art & Culture, Differently Abled, Dalit Upliftment, Education & Literacy, Human Rights, Women’s Development & Empowerment, Youth Affairs

Operational Area-States :

Andaman and Nicobar Island, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chandigarh, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Daman and Diu, Delhi, Goa, Gujarat, Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Jharkhand, Karnataka, Kerala, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Orissa, Puducherry, Punjab, Rajasthan, Sikkim, Tamil Nadu, Tripura, Uttar Pradesh, Uttarkhand, West Bengal

Details of Achievements :

Major Activities/Achievements : Indian Association for Women’s Studies (IAWS) is a professional association that aims to further women’s studies as an interdisciplinary academic field concerned with women, feminism and the politics of gender and also to further women’s studies perspectives in different disciplines within and beyond educational institutions. IAWS is governed by its Constitution and registered under the Registrar of Societies, New Delhi. It is voluntarily managed by an elected Executive Committee. Members include academics, researchers, students, activists, social workers, media persons and others, women and men. IAWS completed 25 years in 2007. Our activities include organizing a National Conference once in 3 years, and annual regional conferences and workshops across the country. We publish a quarterly newsletter that is available across our membership of nearly 1500 life and institutional members, as well as other individuals and institutions. In 2007 an Archive of the Association has been established at SNDT Women’s University, which documents and archives the contributions of the pioneers of women’s studies and women’s movements in India. We bring out numerous other publications following the conferences and workshops adding to the scholarship of women’s studies. The IAWS also is part of campaigns for the advancement of scholarship in women’s studies and the social movements across the country and abroad.

Contact Details :

Address : INDIAN ASSOCIATION FOR WOMENS STUDIES, 25, Bhai Vir Singh Marg, Gole Market, New Delhi – 110001 [codepeople-post-map]

City : New Delhi

State : Delhi

Telephone : 011-23365541 : 011-23365530

E-mail : iawspresident@gmail.com

Website Url : http://www.iaws.org