Women's Study Centre, JMC

Paper presentation on the topic 'women and democracy' invited a great number of interesting entries from which 8 were carefully selected to be presented at Jagriti on 5th March 2020. In one of the venues of   paper presentation, 4 participants presented their unique and intriguing paper which was judged by Shobha Warrier. First paper was presented by Gayatri Ahuja on the topic 'Contemporary Global Aspirations of Women Writers'. Gayatri delved into the topic of women's identify through their literary work especially in social media. Her focus was on writings by south asian and north American women and why they choose to write on what they did. The judge remarked that she should perhaps look at women's literature as more than experience sharing in her future work on this paper. The second paper was Mudita titled 'Who is afraid of secularism?'. Her paper questioned what secularism meant to the majority and minority in India, delving into wh...

JAGRITI Commemoration of International Women's Day 5th March, 2020 The day started off with an inaugural ceremony at 9.30 am in the Thevenet Hall, Jesus and Mary College. The inaugural began with a welcome note by the Convener of WSC, Dr. Maya John. The WSC proceeded to showcase a video documenting all the major events of the WSC for the academic year 2019-20. The inaugural ended on a high note with a play performed by the women’s organization, Center for Struggling Women, and a performance by the students of the Hindi Department. The inaugural ceremony ended with the WSC President, Simran Tom, formally announcing the opening of the various events of Jagriti 2020. After the inaugural ceremony, we commemorated International Women’s Day through three parallel events: a debate competition, student paper presentations and a quiz. The Jagriti quiz was on the key highlights of the women's movement across the world, and achievements of women in various fields. The Jagri...

WOMEN AND SEXUAL AGENCY: “THE WHEN AND WHO OF NO”                                                                                                  By Harshita Kumari and Manya Kakkar Abstract  In a period such as this where debates and discussion around agency have taken center stage in academia , feminist movements ( with the #Me Too bringing it to fore) and popular culture ( the movie Pink) it would be worth our time to revisit these debates and discussions and engage with the real-time dynamism w.r.t...

Women Movements in India: Redefining definitions of Democracy -Manisha Arya Women movement in India is based on wide range of issues as there have been such movements at various points of time aimed at transformation in society but also reflects the emancipation of women themselves. The coming forward of women from widely varying socio economic conditions seeking pattern of changes, new demands, new assertions whose influence not only remains limited to relatively small sections of movement but also mobilises women and make them more conscious positively and respectively. Women in India have demonstrated their autonomy through these movements through exercising collective leadership in a democratic manner. Objective To understand whether substantially women-led movements have been politically recognized. Research Question How the women’s participation is a reformulation of public life to address wide range of issues involving various approaches that enhances their politi...

                THEME: WOMEN AND THE VOTE By: Anjali Kumari INTRODUCTION   The participation of women in politics is linked with the inherent inequality present in the social structure relating to the norms, values, customs and rituals etc which together determines the social status of women. The historical account of the status of women in India categorizing them in inferior status has blocked their participation in the developmental process. The roots of women’s participation in politics were set up during the Indian independence struggle. The social reform movement of the 19th century began for the upliftment of women’s status through education, abolition of child marriage, widow remarriage, property rights etc. As women started becoming politically conscious, they viewed their role in freedom struggle through massive involvement which resulted in transformation of women’s position...