Centre for Women's Development Studies (CWDS)

The Centre for Women’s Development Studies aims to expand and transform accepted notions of gender-related action and social science research. Apart from conceptual and theoretical research, field and ethnographic studies, the Centre also engages in advocacy activities and policy interventions.

Major areas of research include:

• democracy, governance and gender
• children's rights
• crimes against women
• communalism and the construction of gender
• globalisation and women
• gender dimensions of migration
• feminism in India and the formation of Women's Studies

The website contains further details about the Centre, including structure of the organisation, research and action research, networking and advocacy, library resources, seminars and conferences, and finances. Information on how to obtain publications is also available on this website.