Welcome to Sri GVG Visalakshi College for Women
- Udumalpet
- Tamilnadu, India
The Women’s Studies Centre of Sri G.V.G Visalakshi College for Women was
inaugurated on 08.03.2010, to initiate, promote and coordinate, teaching, training,
research and field action programs in the discipline of women's studies.
The Inaugural Address was delivered by Dr.Mrs.M.Kuruvammal, Professor of
Tamil, Indian Languages and Rural Arts, Gandhigram Rural University,
Gandhigram. The course on Women's studies was initiated for interested students.
The pioneers of this movement rightly thought that these young women must
explore the consequences of being a woman in her generation and make that affect
her study in a personal way.
Students today have a much larger choice in almost everything - courses of study,
clothes, gadgets or modes of transportation. On the face of it the women of today
seems to be freer and have a greater choice. But if we look a little deeper, we find
that women essentially still face the problems emerging from the patriarchal
society's need to control her - what she wears, what she studies, where she goes,
whom she marries and so on. The problem is the same but the manifestations are
different - and much more vicious. Eve-teasing has become acid attacks, stalking
has become cyber-stalking and a 'No' to a potential suitor ends in murder. What
then is the role of a Centre for Women's studies for the students of today?
A new crop of students enter the campus in a world where technology is part and
parcel of their day-to-day life. The Centre for Women's Studies attempts to adapt
itself to the emerging situation so as to speak the language of the student in a
manner that makes her feel comfortable. It strives to engage the students and
faculty members in critically thinking about their role as women in
society - a society which talks easily about women's empowerment but very often
means it only as a token or to seem politically correct. Women’s Studies Centre of
Sri G.V.G Visalakshi College for Women provides advisory and consultancy
services on associated issues to the Women within the college and outside the
college.It also undertake Field Action Programs and advocacies to challenge
gender discrimination and violence on women. Updating of knowledge on women
related laws among students and faculty Members.
Women’s Study Centre aims to promote study, training and consultancy on various issues related to women with an objective to support women from all strata of society especially from rural areas in Udumalpet to understand their inner potentials, use that to create a more gender- just society.
The centre intends to initiate and implement appropriate curriculum development, teaching techniques, research, advocacy and action.
To stimulate and augment knowledge about gender, race, ethnicity and class as well as sexual identity and cultural influences on women’s lives.
Carry out programmes and projects that would help in formulation of policy and development of action plans for government and NGO sectors.
Provides advisory and consultancy services on associated issues to the public especially for the persons with disabilities, individual life and different organizations within and outside areas.
To help and develop critical insight about social realities lived experiences and systemic oppressions.