WOMEN STUDIES CENTRE

Women's Studies Centre has been established in Maharshi Dayanand University, Rohtak approved by University Grants Commission in January, 2010 with an objective to understand womens issues from gender perspective. Research, Awakening, Gender Sensitization, Advocacy arc some of the main concerns of the centre. The prime thrust of the centre is to develop a comprehensive and critical approach to understand gender inequality by analyzing socio-economic and cultural dimensions and thereby formulate concepts, theories and approaches for overall empowerment of women in the society. For this, Womens studies Center actively collaborates with academia, government establishments and civil society to have broader perspective of wider issues concerning women in contemporary India in general and Haryana in particular. Womens Studies Centre also strives to disseminate knowledge among different strata of society by having a balance between academics and activism. As a strategy, it seeks to strengthen individual and institutional efforts to enable womens empowerment in the society.