The IAWS Archive

IAWS (Indian Association of Women’s Studies)  was established in 1982. at a time when the autonomous women’s movement in India had grown strong . Women and gender became a subject for academic discussion and analysis  and a separate field of Women’s Studies (WS) emerged. IAWS, with its mandate of combining academic and activist concerns,  became the premier organisation  for WS in India. 25 years after its inception, I led a project to archive its  unpublished papers, documents, correspondence. The IAWS Archive is now housed in the Savitri bai Phule University of Pune in its Women’s Studies Centre. It captures the struggles and achievements of a  pioneering voluntary association, its all-India scope, its commitment to feminist ideology and challenges of translating this into praxis.

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My Article on the IAWS Archive