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UGC Centre for Women's Studies, Dibrugarh University
The Centre for Women’s Studies, Dibrugarh University, is one of the UGC approved Women’s Studies Centres in the country and second such Centre in the North East region of India. It was established as a Centre (Project) in 1998 with a UGC grant under the IX Plan and received the approval of UGC in November 2004. Since its inception, the Centre has been diligently working in varied aspects of women’s studies and women and gender issues- violence against women, oral history, gender sensitization, advocating women’s issues, archiving and documenting varied experiences of women. The Centre has been engaged in research, training, documentation and dissemination and extension work on issues relating to women and women’s empowerment both among the academic community and also in the wider society.

Vision
The Centre envisages its role as a catalyst of social change with its focus on academics, teaching, training and advocacy, dissemination of knowledge and thereby bringing about awareness on persisting feminist concerns such as sexism, racism and classism. In addition to its academic program and research projects, the Centre provides services to the broader community both on and off the campus by organizing lectures, conferences and gender sensitization programs. Its visions are:
 * To propagate the cause of gender friendly environment and gender-inclusive society through a proper understanding of the issues influencing the status of women especially those of North East India
 * To promote gender equality through teaching, research, seminars, workshops, and community outreach activities
 * To document the voices of women at the periphery of the society: elderly women, victims of sexual harassment, physically challenged women, women victims of war, natural calamities etc.
 * To develop and disseminate knowledge about women’s role in the society, so as to more effectively address the issues concerning women of the North East India
 * To contribute to the effective policy making and its implementation in favour of economic, social empowerment of women.