Pam Rajput - Voices for Peace and Sustainable Development: The First Women's Parliament of India

October 16, 2011

Participants:	Pam Rajput, Ph.D.
Length:	0:30:00
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Tags:

activism, India, women's rights, women's studies

Additional Web Resources:

• Bioneers
• Center for Women's Studies, Coimbatore

Program Description:

Pam Rajput, Ph.D., is an Indian academic turned internationally renowned activist who has been engaged in the women's movement since the mid-70s both in India and internationally. She helped organize and was the first speaker of a "Women's Parliament" that brought together over 500 women leaders from every part of India. A recipient of many academic fellowships, she is a member of several expert committees and bodies in India including the nation's: Planning Commission, Ministry of Women & Child Development, National Commission for Women, delegation to the UN Commission on the Status of Women, and many others. She is also the founder and Director of the Centre for Women's Studies & Development and the Head of the Department of Political Science at Panjab University.

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