WOMEN AND PEACE
A listing of organizations working for women’s rights
and peace in South Asia January 2015
Researched and compiled by Vignesh Rajendran
Edited by Mitha Nandagopalan
Peace,
with Women?
January 2014
Swarna Rajagopalan
Women
in politics in South Asia
Background Paper, January 2012.
Jayalakshmi Gopalan
Women
Taking Action: A Survey of Chennai Women's Organisations
Second Edition, 2011
Reva Yunus and Sweta Narayanan
Documenting
women’s work and working with others who share our
values and objectives are important elements of our vision
and mandate. This study, in its second edition , contributes
to realising both of these.
Women
Taking Action: A Survey of Chennai Women's Organisations
Sweta Narayanan
The
growth of organisations dedicated to serving women in India
is interesting on account of its relevance and growing importance
in the current scenario of accelerated women’s empowerment.
This paper reviews the nature and working of women’s
organisations in Chennai, as a lens to the Indian women’s
movement. Its structure will serve to highlight two major
objectives of the paper – a brief overview of the
course of the women’s movement in the country and
a detailed description of the activities of 20 organisations,
from advocacy groups to service providers, currently working
towards women’s welfare in Chennai.
2008
Summer Internship Papers
Editors:
Nandhini Shanmugham and Sweta Narayanan
Little
Things: World War II and Women in the Madras Presidency
Nirmala Iswari
The experiences
of women in the Madras Presidency during World War II are
interesting to look at because traditional war narratives
typically exclude women, also because very little literature
exists on the subject. This essay draws on historical records
of the War, literature on women and war, memoir/personal
recollections, and an interview. While case studies illustrate
how women became victims and active contributors in war
situations, historical records and literature on women and
war supply background information and facilitate analysis
of case studies.
Madras
Presidency Women in the Quit India Movement
C. Sindhu
This paper
profiles the participation of women, including student activists,
who followed Mahatma Gandhi’s lead by participating
in the Quit India Movement. The Quit India Movement was
followed by the INA (Indian National Army) activities of
Netaji Subhas Chandra Bose and the RIN (Royal Indian Navy)
Mutiny which further weakened the foundation of the British
Empire in India. Captain Lakshmi Sehgal of Madras was an
associate and Commander of the INA’s Rani Jhansi regiment.
During this period, women extended the discipline and sacrifice
of their homes to the nation as a whole. Women in the early
1940s seem to have wanted to prove Gandhi right.
Women's
Participation in the Dravidian Movement, 1935-45
Swati Seshadri
This paper
aims to study the participation of women in the Dravidian
movement. It begins with an overview of the genesis of the
movement, while focusing on women’s activism in various
campaigns. The paper profiles the handful of women whose
work was documented briefly.
