Advisory Committee :

Prof. V. SHOBHA Prof. N. VIJAYA Prof. T. JYOTHI RANI Prof. N. RAMA SWAMY Prof. K. SEETHA RAMA RAO Prof. K. KATYAYANI Prof. D. RAJENDRA PRASAD Prof. K. MANUJA DEVI Prof. T. RAMESH Prof. P. NARASIMHA RAO Dr. V. RAMCHANDRAM Dr. T. SUMATHI UMA MAHESHWARI Dr. M. THIRUMALA DEVI

ORGANISING COMMITTEE :

Two-Day National Seminar On

Chief Patron :

Prof. B. VENKAT RATHNAM

Vice-Chancellor, Kakatiya University

INSPIRING CHANGE TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY

(Sponsored by the UGC)

1st & 2nd MARCH, 2014

Patrons :

Prof. K. SAYULU
Registrar, Kakatiya University

Prof. T. YADAGIRI RAO

Coordinating Officer, UGC Unit, KU

Seminar Director : Co-Ordinators :

Dr. P. SUBHASH Dr. B. BHASKER Dr. S. RAJANNA

Dr. T.V. SUJATHA KUMARI

Director, Centre for Women's Studies & Dept. of Gender Studies & Asst. Professor of Pub. Admn. & HRM. Kakatiya University, WARANGAL-506 009. (A.P.) Mobile : 9849279896 E-mail : sujathavenkateshwarlu520@gmail.com

Organized by

Technical Support :
Md. YOUNUS HUSSAIAN, CCT

DEPARTMENT OF GENDER STUDIES & CENTRE FOR WOMENS STUDIES KAKATIYA UNIVERSITY, WARANGAL-506009. (A.P.)

Theme of the Seminar : Womens equality has made positive gains but the world is still unequal. Inspiring Change is the global hub and encourages advocacy for womens advancement everywhere in every way. It calls for challenging the status quo for womens equality and vigilance inspiring positive change. In no region of the developing world are women equal to men in legal, social and economic rights. Gender inequality, which remains pervasive worldwide, tends to lower the productivity of labour and the efficiency of labour allocation in households and the economy, intensifying the unequal distribution of resources. It also contributes to the non-monetary aspects of poverty-lack of security, opportunity and empowerment that lower the equality of life for both men and women, while women and girls been the largest and most direct costs of these inequalities, the costs cut broadly across society, ultimately hindering development and poverty reduction. Gender equality in the context of development relates to the importance of womens capacity to exercise agency which express the goals of womens empowerment and gender justice. There are a variety of ways in which women can be empowered, including through access to the economic, social and political resources identified by the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). Despite persistent gender inequalities, there has been progress since 1975, the year is significant because it was declared by UNO as International Womens Year and moreover the first World Conference on Women was held in Mexico City . In the same year in many parts of the world gender inequalities in schooling and health have decreased, though significant gaps persist in some countries. Progress has also been made in recognizing the cross cutting nature of gender issues and their relevance to development effectiveness and poverty reduction. There is now a shared understanding with in the development community that development policies and actions that fail to take gender inequality into account and fail to address dis-

parities between males and females will have limited effectiveness and serious cost implications. In this context the present seminar on the topic entitled INSPIRING CHANGE TOWARDS GENDER EQUALITY assumes significance. Therefore the present seminar will be organized during 1st and 2nd March 2014 to explore the challenges of gender equality which is essential for the sustainable human development. Sub Themes : 1. Gender Equality and Millennium Development Goals. 2. Gender Responsive Budgeting. 3. Women and Double burden of work. 4. Women in Informal Sector. 5. Womens Rights to Land and Property. 6. Gender Inequality in Health 7. Women's Empowerment 8. Human Rights-based Approach to Gender Equality. 9. Violence Against Women 10. Gender in Art, Literature and Media. Call for Papers : Papers are invited for presentation, The full fledged papers along with the abstract should be submitted in hard and soft copies on or before 20th February, 2014. Papers should be typed in MS-Word format with 1.5 line spacing. Papers should be mailed to sujathavenkateshwarlu520@gmail.com or cws.ku.wgl@gmail.com The papers will be evaluated by the experts and selected papers will be published in a Journal having ISSN. About Kakatiya University : Kakatiya University was established in the year 1976 to fulfill the aspirations of the Telangana people for higher education. The founding of the university was in fact a historic event in the sense that heralded a new era in the realms of higher education of this region.

The University was accredited with 'A' grade by NAAC in 2008. It has been rendering excellent service in the fields of humanities and social sciences with social awareness and responsibility for the past three and half decades. The working pattern of Centre for Women's Studies will be a part of that academic system. About Centre for Womens Studies : The Centre for Womens Studies was sanctioned by the UGC during the year 2000. The Centre is primarily aimed at, to study the problems confronted by the women in and around the campus. The Centre is also entrusted the job of conducting research projects on women. Besides organizing a National Level Seminar once in a year, the centre is also organizing Symposias, workshops, Discussions independently and also in collaboration with other Womens Organizations, NGOs, and with District Level Services Authority. The centre is also bringing out a bi annual journal entitled Kakatiya Journal of Women Studies with ISSN number. In 2013, the Womens Studies Centre has been upgraded by the UGC as Department of Gender Studies and M.A. Gender Studies has been started in 2013-14. How to Reach Us : The city of Warangal is well connected by rail and road. It is 140kms east to Hyderabad. The University campus stands at a distance of about 10ms from both railway station of Kazipet and Warangal. The city Central Bus Station stands at a distance of 4kms from the campus.