National Seminars

Since 2015

  • 16 Day Activism Series – 25 November – 10 December 2023. Virtual Seminar on Commemoration of the ‘International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women – 2023’ in collaboration with 18 institutions (Bharathidasan University, Tripura University (Tripura), Kashmir University(Srinagar), Mizoram University(Aizwal), University of Jammu (Jammu), National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) Delhi, Aligarh Muslim University (Aligarh), All India Women’s Studies Students’ Forum (AIWSSF) India, University of Madras (Chennai) & Mohalal Sukhadia University (Udaiyapur), Rajasthan, Gauhati University (Assam), Utkal University (Bhuvaneswar), University of Hyderabad & Bangalore University, Savitribai Phule Pune University & Manonmaniam Sundaranar University (Tirunelveli), Jadavpur University (Kolkata), University of Calicut (Calicut)), Theme: “UNITE! Invest to Prevent Violence Against Women & Girls ! #No Excuse”
  • Virtual Seminar – Researching Gender during Covid-19: Interdisciplinary Challenges, Organised by CWDS and supported by ICSSR, 22-23 September, 2022
  • In Search of Alternatives: Socialism and the Women’s Movement in India – Symposium, 21-23 November, 2019, IIC. Organised by CWDS and supported by Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
  • Vina Mazumdar Memorial Fund Research Scholar’s Workshop on Researching Rural India: Contemporary Challenges to Contextualizing Women’s Lives, 18-19 September, BVVS Sadan, New Delhi
  • Legal Literacy Manual Dissemination Workshop Project on Violence against Women with Physical Disabilities in India: Understanding the Issues and Promoting Legal Empowerment, 13 September, IIC, New Delhi
  • Resource Sharing Workshop organised by Vina Mazumdar Memorial Library, 2 August, 2019, organised by Vina Mazumdar Memorial Library
  • Workshop on Women’s Work and Migration in India at India Habitat Centre. Organised by CWDS and supported by ILO, 1st July, 2019, IHC, New Delhi
  • National Workshop on Disability, Gender and Violence: Issues and Challenges, 25-26 February, 2019, India Islamic Cultural Centre, New Delhi. Organised by CWDS and Women’s Fund Asia
  • Workshop on Partnership for Social Change: Experiences and Directors, 13-14 February, 2019, Jhilimili, West Bengal
  • Workshop on Women Migrating in India: Evidence from Odisha, 27 November, 2018, Conference Room 2, India International Centre, New Delhi
  • Consultation Workshop Reviewing Research on Early and Child Marriage in India:Histories, Challenges, Future Directions at India International Centre, supported by UNFPA, Conference Room 2, Main Building, Monday, 27th August 2018
  • Brain-Storming Workshop on Developing a Legal Literacy Manual for Girls and Women with Physical Disabilities in India, supported by Women’s Fund Asia, 18 August, 2018 at India Habitat Centre, New Delhi
  • Social Economy of Sex Selection: Exploring Family Development Linkages, 12 December, 2017, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi, supported by UN Women and UNFPA
  • Women in Contemporary India: Contexts and Possibilities, 8-9 December, 2017, India International Centre, Annexe, New Delhi, supported by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung South Asia
  • A Panel Discussion on Women at the Midnight Hour and the Release of Centre for Women’s Development Studies’ calendar for 2018, 7th December, 2017, India International Centre Annexe, New Delhi, supported by Rosa Luxemburg Stiftung South Asia and India International Centre
  • Brainstorming Consultation Workshop for the project  ‘Violence against Women and Girls with Physical Disabilities in India: Understanding the Issues and Promoting Legal Empowerment’  supported by South Asia Women’s Fund, 14th September, 2017
  • ‘Violence against Women and Girls with Physical Disabilities in India: Understanding the Issues and Promoting Legal Empowerment’  supported by South Asia Women’s Fund on 14 September, 2017 at Conference Hall, Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, Opp. CWDS, New Delhi
  • Remembering Vina Mazumdar – Celebration of Vinadi’s 90 birthday, by CWDS at Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi, 28th March, 2017
  • Workshop on Women’s Rights, Workers, Migrants and the Law on 18-19 March, 2017 at Bankura
  • Research Scholars’ Workshop on Gender, Nation and Community: Representations and Contestations on 9th  – 10th March, 2017 at Conference Hall, Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, Opp. CWDS, New Delhi
  • 4th Professor Lotika Sarkar Memorial Lecture on ‘Women’s Unequal Status in Family Laws in India Today’ which is being organised at Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi in collaboration with the Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS) on Saturday, March 4, 2017
  • Book discussion on “Too Many Men, Too Few Women: Social Consequences of Gender Imbalance in India and China” edited by Ravinder Kaur on 22 November, 2016 jointly
    organised by CWDS and BVSS at Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, New Delhi
  • The Centre for Women’s Development Studies (CWDS), New Delhi  in collaboration with the All India Confederation of the Blind (AICB), Delhi are organising a one day Interactive Workshop on ‘Creating bridges between visually challenged women and the Women’s Movement’ on Saturday 25 June 2016 at Bhai Vir Singh Sahitya Sadan, Gole Market, New Delhi
  • National Workshop on “Labour Law and the Migrant Worker” held at IIC, New Delhi, 14-15 March, 2016
  • Resource Sharing of Documents and Information Sources for Women’s Movements in India: A Dialogue with Women’s Organisations – CWDS-VMMF. A Workshop to focus on Resource Sharing of Documents and Information Sources for the study and documentation of the Women’s Movement in India was organized on 25th February, 2016, at CWDS, New Delhi.
  • The Third Prof. Lotika Sarkar Memorial Lecture on “Remembering the Teacher, Scholar, Feminist, Activist and above all a Humanist Lotika Di” was delivered by Professor B.B. Pande Former Professor, CLC, DU, Currently, Chair Professor in Criminal Law, NLU Delhi. The lecture, held on 20th February, 2016, was organised by Campus Law Centre, University of Delhi, Delhi in collaboration with CWDS.
  • “Remembering Vina Mazumdar – Action Research: Reflections and the Road Ahead”, Bankura, West Bengal, 15-16 February 2016 under the CWDS-VMMF
  • The Journey from Victim to Survivor: Challenges for Justice in collaboration with Partners for Law in Development conducted a two day workshop on 11-12 February, 2016
  • Research Scholars’ Workshop on “Engendering Social Change: Practices of Resistance’’, held at IIC, New Delhi, on 30 – 31 January, 2016, organized as part of CWDS-VMMF activities
  • Course/Workshop on Issues and Approaches under University’s programme Gender and Development in India (South Asia) for undergraduate students from University of Pennsylvania, 21-23 December, 2015
  • Action For Autism celebrated Christmas with support from Centre For Women’s Development Studies.  The event was held at the National Centre for Autism India, New Delhi, 19 December, 2015.
  • Lecture on “Role of  Women in Library Networking: A Journey to COLLNET. The lecture by Prof. Dr. Hildrun Kretschmer – founder Director of “COLLNET” – a global interdisciplinary research network under the title “Collaboration in Science and in Technology” www.collnet.de was organized by the newly-formed Association of Women Librarians (AWL) in Collaboration with Centre for Women’s Development Studies on 18 November 2015 and chaired by Kumud Sharma, Chairperson, CWDS