International Conference on Universities for Women: Challenges and Perspectives were held between 1-3 February 2006. The Director of the Conference and the Vice-Chancellor of Sri Padmavati Women’s University, Dr. Veena Noble Dass visualized this conference out of which emerged a consortium of Women’s Universities of which Prof. Dass was nominated the chairperson.The conference was attended by a large number of academicians, administrators as well as ...
Feminism is rapidly developing as a significant critical ideology; it constitutes a major segment of the contemporary writing in English. It has emerged as a concept that encompasses both a philosophy and movement for socio-political change based on a critical analysis of male privilege and women's subordination within a given society. The present anthology provides a broad spectrum on the feminist writing today, with a focus on the woman's question, the problem ...