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IAWS- The Indian Associations of Women’s Studies is particularly noteworthy for it was initiated at the first National
Conference of Women’s Studies held in 1981 at the SNDT Women’s University, Mumbai. Over the year IAWS has lobbied for
the development of women’s studies within the university system. IAWS was formed in 1982. SNDT was the first university in
India to start Research Centre on Women’s Studies in 1974.
Bhadramahila- Middle class woman of good breeding.
Sati- Refers to a woman who immolates herself on her husband’s pyre as well as to the practice itself.
AWRAN- Asian Women Research and Action Network – A group of Asian women from 10 countries gathered together in
Montreal in August 1982 at the International conference on Teaching and Research related to women because existing women
resource centres or net works in the region were limited in terms of either geographical coverage, function or focus. AWARN
promoted feminism in research and action based on greasroots realities of Asia.
Fatwa-A legal pronouncement in Islam, issued by a religious law specialist on a specific issue.
Feminist ideology-As an ideology and a social movement, feminism is concerned with the attainment
of gender equality in the political, economic and social spheres of life. The ideology of feminism has as
its primary focus the position of women in society.
The Kashtakari Sanghatana - is working in the tribal district of Thane in Maharashtra, India. It has been working in
the area of community monitoring of health services for the past 15 years. In 1999-2000 it implemented a WHO project
entitled Empowerment of Rural Poor for Better Health in which it first experimented with community Monitoring tools,
organising village level meetings and setting up village level health monitoring committees.
Bigotry-intolerance towards those who hold different opinions from oneself.
"the difficulties of combating prejudice and bigotry"
WEB LINKS
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GLOSSARY
A Patriarchal- - social system can be defined as a system where men are in authority over women in all
aspects of society. In modern American culture and society, the idea of patriarchy is not as accepted or
practiced as it once was decades ago.
Articulation- the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech.
"the articulation of vowels and consonants"
Atrocity- an extremely wicked or cruel act, typically one involving physical violence or
injury.
A riot - is a form of civil disorder commonly characterized by a group lashing out in a
violent public disturbance against authority, property or people. Riots typically involve
vandalism and the destruction of property, public or private.
A contour - line (also isoline, isopleth, or isarithm) of a function of two variables is a
curve along which the function has a constant value.
Colonialism- is the establishment, exploitation, maintenance, acquisition, and expansion of colony in
one territory by a political power from another territory. It is a set of unequal relationships between
the colonial power and the colony and often between the colonists and the indigenous population.
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