Advanced Centre for Women's Studies

The One day online workshop is being organised in collaboration with National Commission for women. The workshop is titled "Capacity Building & Personality Development Workshop" for Female Students of AMU

20^th Feb. 2005: All India Essay Writing & Poster Making Competition organised in collaboration with the British Council.

8^th Mar. 2005: Poster Making & Slogan Writing Competition on International Women’s Day.

18^th Sept. 2005: Film screening & discussion on ‘Khamosh Pani’.

Jan. 2006: Essay writing competition for students of AMU & non-AMU schools in Aligarh.

2^nd Oct. 2006: Poster Making & Slogan Writing Competition was held.

2^nd Oct. 2006: To raise awareness on the provisions of the Domestic Violence Act, Nukkad Natak performed at Women’s College.

2008-09: Essay writing competition on “Need for Equal Opportunities for Girls & Boys in Education”.

2008-09: Poster Making & Slogan Writing competition on “Women Power” for students of Senior Secondary schools of AMU.

2009-10: Essay Competition on “Your Picture of Society Where Women Have Equal Rights as Men”.

2009-10: Poster Making Competition on “Liberate Women”.

2009-10: Slogan Writing Competition on “Liberate Women, Building Nation!”

3^rd Feb. 2011: Nukkad Natak ‘Kamaal Kar Diya’ for 10+2 students.

8^th Mar. 2010: On the Spot Poster & Slogan Writing competition on International Women’s Day on the theme “Quest for Gender Equality”.

8^th Mar. 2011: Essay competition for Class XI-XII students on ‘Co-education of girls & boys in school is advantageous to both’.

8^th Mar. 2011: Poster Making & Slogan Writing Competition for Class XI-XII students on ‘Gender Equality’.

23^rd Dec. 2011: Film Screening & discussion on the film ‘Zubeida’.

8^th Mar. 2012: Film screening & discussion on ‘Mammo’.

9^th Mar. 2012: Film screening & discussion on 'Sahib Biwi aur Ghulam’.

8^th Mar. 2013: Nukkad Natak ‘Ye Waqt ab Badalna Hoga’ at the Centre.

9^th Mar. 2013: Film screening & discussion on ‘Izzatnagri ki Asabhya Betiyan’, a film on Khap Panchayats.

8^th Mar. 2014: Celebration of International Women’s Day.

19^th Nov. 2014: Screening & discussion on Oscar winning documentary ‘Saving Face’ on acid victims in Pakistan.

12^th Oct. 2015: Screening of documentary ‘The World Before Her’ & discussion to celebrate International Day of the Girl Child.

10^th Nov. 2015: Nukkad Natak titled ‘Honour’ for undergraduate students of Women’s College, AMU.

26^th Nov. 2015: T-Shirt Painting competition on the theme ‘Say No to Violence Against Women’ was organised to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women.

26^th Nov. 2015: Self-composed Poetry & Photography contest organised on the theme ‘Womanhood’.

8^th Mar. 2015: 3D model making competition on the theme ‘Violence Against Women’ and ‘Women Empowerment’. Students from different schools in the city participated.

5^th Mar. 2015: Poster & Slogan writing competition on the themes ‘Gender Justice’ & ‘Women and Planet 50:50’.

8^th Mar. 2016: MONO Acts ‘Amanat’, ‘Khanam’ organised at the Centre.

26^th Sept. 2016: Cleaning up of the locality around CWS under Swachchta Pakhwada on 26th September 2016.

29^th Sept. 2016: Poster Making & Best out of Waste competitions were held on the occasion of celebration of Swatchta Pakhwada.

8^th – 10^th Mar. 2017: Three-day program was organised to celebrate International Women’s Day on the theme ‘Inclusive Development’. Competitions on Poetry Writing & Recitation, Slogan Writing, Just a Minute & Photography were organised on the occasion.

8^th Mar. 2017: Nukkad Natak enacted on “Sexual harassment of women” at the Centre.

14 Sept. 2017: The Centre observed the Swachchta Pakhwada and dedicated it to the Manual Scavengers. A film on the life of Manual scavengers was screened at the department for the students to raise awareness about their problems.

30^th Oct. - 4^th Nov. 2017: Vigilance week was observed on the theme ‘My Vision- Corruption Free India’. Various programs included taking Integrity Pledge by students & staff of the Centre, Debate competition as well as Poster, Collage and Cartoon making competitions for the students.

6^th - 10^th Mar. 2018:  International Women’s day celebrations were held at the Centre by organizing team building activities, lectures and monologues & pledge taking.

19^th Apr. 2018: Sensitization program organized at Advanced Centre for Women's Studies in collaboration with Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun on Clean Ganga Mission, for students & research scholars of Centre for Women’s Studies & Department of Wildlife Sciences, AMU.

7^th - 13^th Mar. 2019: On the occasion of International Women’s Day, activities were organized to raise awareness about women & gender issues. Fundraising program was organized for underprivileged students of Chahcha Nehru School.

4^th – 7^th Oct. 2019: Swatchta Hi Seva Week observed as per the direction of MHRD.

4^th Oct. 2019: Screening of documentary ‘Is our Life too Plastic?’.

5^th Oct. 2019: Essay writing competition on ‘Say Yes to Ban: Say Yes, We Can’.

28^th Oct. – 2^nd Nov. 2019: Vigilance Awareness Week observed at ACWS on the theme ‘Integrity – A Way to Life’.

20^th Nov. 2019: Constitution Day was celebrated by organising a debate competition on "The Indian Constitution Gender Equality”.

20^th & 21^st Jan. 2020: Cleanliness drive organised as part of the Swatchta Pakhwada in the Centre.

24^th Jan. 2020: Oath & Pledge taking to incorporate cleanliness in daily life.

25^th Jan. 2020: National Voter’s Day was observed by taking of voter’s pledge by the staff of the Centre.

8^th Mar. 2020: Poster & Collage making competition organised on the theme ‘I am Generation Equality: Realizing Women’s Rights’ to mark the International Women’s Day.

2^nd – 7^th Sept. 2019: Deeksharambh for newly admitted students of BA & MA in Women’s Studies.

31^st October 2002: One day seminar on Human Rights of Minorities in India with special reference to Uttar Pradesh in collaboration with the State Minorities Commission, Uttar Pradesh.

1^st & 2^nd April 2003: National Seminar on Violence against Women & the Girl Child.

10^th & 11^th October 2004: National Seminar on Women & Development.

29^th – 31^st August 2005: National Seminar on Women & Education.

20^th – 22^nd October 2008: International Seminar on Future as Conceived in the Past: The Evolving Visions of the Women’s Emancipation, funded by ICSSR & ICHR.

3^rd – 5^th October 2009. National seminar on Women in Modern Social & Political Thought.

11^th – 13^th December 2010: International Seminar on Women’s Rights & the Legal Systems: Historical & Cross-Cultural Perspectives.

25^th – 27^th February 2012: National Seminar on Women and Modern Political Systems.

19^th – 21^st January 2013: National Seminar on Women in India: From Repression to Empowerment.

1^st – 3^rd February 2014: National Seminar on Women’s Health in India: Issues & Concerns sponsored by ICSSR.

7^th March 2017: One-day seminar on Agenda 2030 – Expanding the Knowledge Frontier was organized in collaboration with UNIC, UN Women for Gender Champions of AMU.

14^th to 16^th November 2018: ICSSR sponsored National Seminar on Women of Marginalized Communities: Concerns about Exclusion.

30^th January 2002: “Physical & Mental Health of Adolescent Girls” organized for adolescent girls. More than 50 girls participated in the workshop.

8^th – 10^th July 2002: “Women Entrepreneurship Development Programme” held in collaboration with Syndicate Bank, AMU Branch for Diploma Holders in Garments Technology.

8^th March 2003: “Training in Self Defense” for women students of AMU.

July 2003: Workshop on Women’s Issues for the NGOs in Aligarh.

28^th – 30^th August 2006: Regional workshop on “Women & Land Rights in Northern India” in collaboration with National Commission for Women, for framing recommendations for its consideration. Prof. Malini Bhattacharya, Member National Commission for Women, Prof. Zoya Hasan, Member, Minorities Commission, Prof. Mridula Mukherjee, Director Nehru Memorial & Library, Prof. Usha Nayyar, Prof. Utsa Patnaik, & Prof. Afzal Wani were the main speakers. A round table presided over by noted historian Prof. Irfan Habib was held to discuss the proposals.

8^th – 12^th March 2011: UGC SAM Workshop on ‘Capacity Building of Women Managers in Higher Education’ was attended by 31 teachers from universities & colleges in the region.

8^th – 12^th September 2012: Workshop on Concept, Methods & Scope of Women’s Studies.

11^th May 2013: Workshop on ‘Recovering Pasts: Interrogating the Present’ in collaboration with IAWS.

23^rd – 28^th 2013: National Workshop on Gender Awareness.

1^st Oct. 2016: Gender Sensitizing Workshop on the theme ‘Sharing the Space’ organized for students of Department of Foreign Languages, AMU.

27^th Jan. – 30^th Jan. 2017: Gender Sensitization Workshop organized for AMU students on ‘Gender Mainstreaming’ in collaboration with Rajiv Gandhi National Institute of Youth Development (Regional Centre).

27^th Feb. 2017: Gender Mainstreaming Workshop organized for students of Senior Secondary School (Girls), AMU.

29^th July – 9^th August 2017: Ten days ICSSR sponsored workshop on Research Methodology organized for Post graduate & Ph.D. students of AMU.

25th September 2017: One-day workshop on 'Gender Sensitization and Legal Advocacy' in collaboration with Humsafar for students of Teeka Ram Girls' College, Aligarh, Girls' High School, SSS (Girls) & SSS (Boys) AMU.

26^th September 2017: One day workshop on “Feminist Research Methodology” for PhD students in Social Sciences & Humanities.

27th - 28th September, 2017: Two-day workshop on 'Gender, Constitution and Legal Rights' organized in collaboration with AALI, Lucknow for AMU students.