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UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development (780), established in 2007 at the Boston University (United States of America)

 

Fields / Disciplines Women’s studies, development economics, history, sociology, social anthropology and cultural conservation studies. Objectives The principal objectives of the Cooperation Programme are to: promote an integrated system of research, training, information and documentation activities in the field of women and gender studies; provide advice and expertise to assist partner countries in gender, culture and development studies by: establishing university outreach aimed at public awareness by promoting the engagement of the media, sustained public education campaigns and public consultation; facilitating links between parties in the area of women and gender studies including local, regional and national government agencies, civic groups and humanitarian organizations; helping members of the Network to promote community development and capacity-building in women and gender studies through education and training with traditional curricula and electronic dialogue; developing research methodologies that aim specifically at identifying and assessing interventions that impact on women’s livelihoods, the visibility of women’s contributions and measures that counter violence against women; creating effective information and communication systems by documenting cultural representations of women and girls in rituals, films, literature and development forums, and their implications for development; evaluating how women fare in education, governance and the cultural heritage arena; enabling Network members to convene a core group of professors and administrators from the participating universities and development organizations to further develop the substantive and procedural agenda. Host Institution Boston University (USA)Website Women’s Studies Program Website Blog of UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development Progress Report 2007-2008 (short version) Partners Jamia Millia Islamia , New Delhi, India Punjabi University, Patiala, Punjab, India Visva-Bharati, Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India The Bhab Initiative, Shantiniketan, West Bengal, India The Cultural Resource Conservation Initiative (CRCI)/The Lime Centre, New Delhi, India UNESCO Sector / Office responsible for the Chair/Network BSP,UNESCO Liaison Office in New-York

Another Side of India: Gender, Culture and Development
New publication of the UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development,at the Boston University (USA)
Progress Report 2007-2008 (short version)
Activities of the UNITWIN Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development, established in 2007 at the Boston University (United States of America)
Publications: "Women's History Initiatives," edited by Dr. Brenda Gael McSweeney, the UNESCO/UNITWIN (University Twinning) Network on Gender, Culture and People-Centered Development, at Boston University (Massachusetts, USA)
New publications of the UNITWIN Network.