For those who are in Kolkata, please join us. Shampa Sengupta
*WSRC/OFF/174/2013* March 26, 2013 Dear friend,** *Roundtable on Women with Disabilities organised by Women’s Studies Research Centre Calcutta University in collaboration with Sruti Disability Rights Centre* Women with disabilities remain doubly marginalized because of being woman first and secondly for being disabled. Also majority of them face poverty in their lives and thus suffer from further discrimination. Unfortunately this group of disadvantaged women did not get much attention from disability movement or womens movement for very long. In the present time, however, we are seeing changes and one can say that discourses on disabled women are occupying more spaces. In this context, Women Studies Research Centre is organising a Roundtable on the issue of Women with Disabilities on 30th March 2013 from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Tentative Programe Schedule : Introduction by Prof. Ishita Mukhopadhyay, Director, Women's Studies Research Centre, University of Calcutta Education : Situational analysis vis-a vis women with disabilities. – Prof. Ruma Chatterjee, Vice President, SVH. Violence on Women with Disabilities: Verma Committee, Ordinance & New Law on Rape – Shampa Sengupta, Activist. In Their Own Voice : Kuhu Das, Jeeja Ghosh. You are cordially invited to join us and participate in this important discussion. Thanking you, Yours sincerely, Prof. Ishita Mukhopadhyay Director Women’s Studies Research Centre Calcutta University *Venue : Women’s Studies Research Centre, Seminar Room, Calcutta University, Alipur Campus* Register at the dedicated AccessIndia list for discussing accessibility of mobile phones / Tabs on: http://mail.accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/mobile.accessindia_accessindia.org.in Search for old postings at: http://www.mail-archive.com/accessindia@accessindia.org.in/ To unsubscribe send a message to accessindia-requ...@accessindia.org.in with the subject unsubscribe. To change your subscription to digest mode or make any other changes, please visit the list home page at http://accessindia.org.in/mailman/listinfo/accessindia_accessindia.org.in
