Following were the activities conducted by WSC during April 2011 to March 2012:

Conferences, Consultations, Lectures, Workshops:

• Meeting on Plans of WSC and exploring the possibilities of collaborative efforts with various educational institutions and NGO’s.

• Training workshop on “Sexual Harassment of Women at the Workplace”

• State level consultation on “Right to Abortion, Sex Selection and Eugenics”

• International Conference on “Feminism and the Law: Revisiting the Past, Rethinking the Present and Thinking the Way Forward”

• Prof. S.P. Sathe Memorial Lecture by Prof. Ratna Kapur on “An Epitaph or Born Again? Critical Reflections on Feminist Engagements with Law in India”

• WSC and Nisha Dhanagare Memorial Foundation jointly organized a consultation on “Assisted Reproductive Technology and Women’s Rights”

Training and Workshops:

• Conducted one day training on ‘Child Marriage – its physical, psychological and sociological adverse effect on the woman and provisions of Child Marriage Prohibition Act’, at Vikas Deep Prakalpa, Mangaon, Dist. Raigad

• Conducted one day training on Implementation of PCPNDT Act’ at Center for Leadership, Committee of Resource Organizations (CORO) at Aurangabad

Research Projects:

•  Preliminary Survey on Misuse of Section 498-A, IPC – Survey of the Police Stations in  Pune

•  Effect of the Protection of Women from Domestic Violence Act, 2005 (PWDV Act) on  Women’s Rights

•  Socio-legal Problems faced by Women in Urban Slums

Moot Court Competition:

•  Prof. S.P. Sathe Memorial Annual National Moot Court Competition was held on 25th  and 26th February 2012

Internship:

•  One MSW student interned with WSC from November 2011 to April 2012

Website:

•  Website of WSC was launched  www.wscils.edu.in

 

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