{"id":309,"date":"2016-09-20T08:17:05","date_gmt":"2016-09-20T08:17:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cwds.ac.in\/?page_id=309"},"modified":"2026-04-17T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T14:33:15","slug":"research-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/activities\/research-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Research Projects"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CWDS faculty is engaged with research on diverse themes. Faculty research areas reflect engagement with contemporary themes as<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-125\" src=\"https:\/\/www.cwds.ac.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/research-300x300.jpg\" width=\"200\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/research-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/research-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/research-270x270.jpg 270w, https:\/\/backupp.com\/cwds\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/research.jpg 346w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/> well as newer areas of concern within the broad framework of CWDS objectives. Research by CWDS faculty combines qualitative and quantitative methods including micro-studies, macro-data sets, oral narratives and ethnography. The broad research areas of faculty currently include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Globalisation, Women and Work<\/li>\n<li>Democracy, Politics and Governance<\/li>\n<li>Rights of the Child Early Child Marriage<\/li>\n<li>Sex Ratios<\/li>\n<li>Law and systems of justice<\/li>\n<li>Statistics and gender indicators<\/li>\n<li>Migration and Citizenship<\/li>\n<li>Labour, Law and Migration<\/li>\n<li>Women and Violence<\/li>\n<li>Gender and Conflict<\/li>\n<li>Gender and Education<\/li>\n<li>Women and Health<\/li>\n<li>Histories of women\u2019s movements<\/li>\n<li>Women\u2019s Studies and Feminism<\/li>\n<li>Gender and Disability<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Resear<\/b><b>ch Projects<br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Research Projects (Completed 2022)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"list-style-type: disc;\">\n<li>\u2018Socio-economic Status of Suicide Affected Families of Farmer\u2019s and Agricultural Workers in Punjab: An Enquiry into the impact on Women and Children\u2019, (Funded by Punjab Farmers\u2019 Commission)<\/li>\n<li>\u201cRapid Ethnographic Assessment of Time and Time-Use\u201d (Phase \u2013 I) (Funded by ILO)<\/li>\n<li>\u2018Education Policy in Delhi: An Analysis and School Management Committees: Making of Educational Policy in Delhi, (Funded by CWDS-ICSSR).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Research Projects (Ongoing)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 Engendering Change: Exploring the Interlinkages between Marriage, Disability, Sexuality and Knowledge Building in India from a Women\u2019s Studies Perspective \u2013 (funded by Ford Foundation) &#8211;\u00a0 4 sub-projects:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>\u201cAnalysing Early and Child Marriage in India: The Interlocking Markets of Education, Marriage and Work\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u00a0\u201cIntersectional Analysis on Disability and Sexuality\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cKnowledge Gateway on Women\u2019s Studies in South Asia and Creating a Digital Archive of Grey Literature on Women\u2019s Studies\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201cBuilding Capacities of Women\u2019s Studies Centres in Regional Contexts\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>2)\u00a0 \u201cFrom Memory to History\u201d \u2013 (Funded by CWDS-ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0 \u201cBUILD &#8211; Multi-Dimensional Gender Equality and Freedom from Violence: Innovating Research and Catalyzing Partnerships\u201d (Funded by Ford Foundation)<\/p>\n<p>(a) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Gender Inequalities, Layered Violence and Healthcare in India: \u00a0What Exists and Beyond<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>(Project Team \u2013 Bijoya Roy and (Consultant) C.U. Thresia)<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u00a0 \u00a0 Disability, Gender and Violence: What we know and what Needs to be Explored<br \/>\n(Project Team Renu Addlakha and (Consultant) Seema Baquer)<\/p>\n<p>(c) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Decoding the Economic Base of Inequality and Gender Based Violence in \u00a0\u00a0Contemporary India<br \/>\n(Project Team\u2013 Neetha N. and (Consultant) Indrani Mazumdar)<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u00a0 \u00a0 Gender, Citizenship Rights and Violence against Women<br \/>\n(Project Team\u2013 Seema Kazi and (Consultant) Anupama Roy)<\/p>\n<p>(e)\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0 Caste Inequality and Violence on Women in India<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>(Project Team\u2013 Vandana and (Consultants) Shivani Kapur and Mary E. John)<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>(f) \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Background paper on Data Sources and Methodologies<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong>(Project Consultant\u2013 Manasi Bera)<\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0 \u201cRapid Ethnographic Assessment of Time and Time-Use\u201d (Phase \u2013 II) (Funded by ILO)<\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0 Mothers\u2019 Negotiating for Daughters\u2019 (Higher) Education: Studying the Intersection of Caste, Class and Gender in the Balmiki Community\u2019 (Funded by ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p>6)\u00a0 \u201cMinor Forest Produce (MFP) and Livelihood in Bankura: A Gender Analysis\u201d &#8211; (Supported by CWDS-ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p>7)\u00a0 \u201cNorth-East Migrant Women in Service Sectors: Manipuri Women Working in Delhi and NCR\u201d \u2013 (Supported by CWDS-ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p>8)\u00a0 \u201cStudy on the impact of COVID 19 on Maternal Health in small towns of Manipur\u201d &#8211; (Supported by CWDS-ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p>9)\u00a0 \u201cEducation is the Recipe for all Ailments\u2019: Looking into the Everyday Educational Practices at Home and School\u201d &#8211; (Supported by CWDS-ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p>10)\u00a0 \u201cGender Resource Centre closure and effects on Women: An exploratory study in Delhi\u201d (Supported by CWDS-ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p>11)\u00a0 Effect of Corona pandemics on Domestic Female workers: A case study of Delhi (Funded by CWDS-ICSSR)<\/p>\n<p><strong>New Research Initiatives\/Projects<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0 \u2018Cleaning River &amp; Cleaning Flood Plain: The Ethnographic Study of Yamuna Flood Plain\u2019 (CWDS funded project).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CWDS faculty is engaged with research on diverse themes. 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