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Centre for Social Research : India

Centre for Social Research : India. Yujin Cho.

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Centre for Social Research : India

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  1. Centre for Social Research : India Yujin Cho

  2. “Empower the women and girls of India, protect and ensure their fundamental rights, and increase understanding of social issues from a gender perspective. We operate on local, national and regional levels in an effort to enhance the capacities of individuals, communities and institutions for creating a humane, equitable and gender-just society.” Mission Statement

  3. Established in 1983 in New Delhi, India • Founded by a group of scientists from Jawaharlal University • Based on ideologies of Gandhi, Jayaprakesh Narayan, Betty Friedan, and Simone de Beauvoir • Have since shifted its focus on empowering women, protecting and ensuring women’s rights, and understanding social issues from a gender perspective History

  4. Works on direct intervention and mobilization at the grassroots level • Promotes knowledge, awareness, and capacity building for all members of society • Works on policy-level interventions • Conducts action-oriented research Plan of Action

  5. Established in 1997 • Promotes women empowerment and social justice • Includes long-term or stand-alone capacity training • Awareness generation programs • "benefit by questioning some of our most embedded and fundamental assumptions about the world around us" Gender Training Institute (GTI)

  6. Aim to relate theory to practice • "Research mustn’t be limited to seminar rooms, academic journals and largely uncirculated official documents. Instead, research in the social sciences can be made meaningful to all sectors of society by linking it with programs of sustainable and positive social change." • Research topics include gender, health, violence against women, environment, education, labor Research

  7. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=An_n3yyg7IA •  March 8, 2011 • Released with intent to discourage female feticide • Received positive reviews from ad and marketing community 2011 International Women’s Day Ad

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