Centre for Women's Studies & Research, University of Kashmir

28/04/2026

27/04/2026

Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un.
With a heart weighed down by grief, One of the Student from the very first batch namely NIDA NISAR, the beloved daughter of Nisar Ahmad Lone of Bongam, Shopian lost her Life in An Accident Yesterday. The loss of a young soul leaves an unfillable void, and the pain is beyond expression. Our thoughts and prayers are with the bereaved family in this hour of immense sorrow.May Almighty Allah (SWT) forgive her shortcomings, grant her the highest place in Jannat-ul-Firdous, and give strength and patience to the family to bear this irreparable loss.You are not alone in this grief we stand with you in prayers and solidarity.

17/07/2023

*KASHMIR UNIVERSITY PG ENTRANCE 2023 GENDER STUDIES SELECTION LIST

29/12/2022

CWSR KU holds outreach programme on ‘women’s health and hygiene’

The Centre for Women’s Studies and Research (CWSR) University of Kashmir in collaboration with the Department of Sociology organised an outreach programme on ‘Health and Hygiene for Women’.

The day-long activity was held in Shanpora area of Srinagar, in the interiors of Dal Lake, on directions of the Vice-Chancellor Prof Nilofer Khan, under the banner of Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.

Coordinator CWSR Dr Roshan Ara led the outreach programme, which was attended by other faculty members of CWSR including Dr Shazia Malik, Dr Rabiya Bazaz and Dr Suhail Hakak, besides students of CWSR semester 3rd (Batch 2021) and a few non-teaching staff members.

Dr Roshan Ara highlighted the objectives of the programme, which, she said, aimed at raising awareness in the locality about the importance of women’s good health and hygiene. She impressed upon the participating women to not neglect their health concerns and also offered tips to them on how they can maintain good hygiene.

Dr Ara thanked the University authorities for their constant support to programmes being held by the CWSR.

Dr Shazia Malik encouraged young girls to “break the glass ceiling” and emerge as “independent individuals” when it comes to decision-making, while Dr Rabiya Bazaz emphasised the need to take the reproductive health of women very seriously saying any trivialisation can lead to other co-morbidities and complicate matters. Dr Suhail Hakak talked about the social and economic manifestations of women's health and how the whole dynamics needs to be well understood.

The event concluded with distribution of sanitary pads, face-masks and sanitisers among the participating women.

08/12/2022

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24/07/2022

Srinagar, July 23: Kashmir University’s Centre for Women’s Studies and Research
(CWSR) organised a mega outreach programme on women's health and hygiene in
Fakir Gujri area of Srinagar.
The day-long programme, led by Coordinator CWSR Dr Shazia Malik, mainly
focussed on raising community-level awareness on promoting and safeguarding
menstrual health by removing stigmas associated with it and providing safe access
of women to proper sanitation and disposal facilities.
The CSWR team included Dr Roshan Ara, Assistant Professor CWSR, Dr Azhar
Ahad Wani, Medical Officer, University Health Centre and Sadaf Yusuf, state
coordinator of NGO ‘Wise Trust’.
The team first visited a local Government High School, where girl students of
menstrual age were imparted awareness on issues related to menstrual health and
hygiene.
During their medical evaluation, Dr Azhar detected malnutrition among several
students and advised them on addressing the same.
Later, adult young women in the area were separately counseled on better hygiene
practices.
The team also distributed medicines and sanitary napkins among the participants,
who were encouraged to discuss issues related to their health and hygiene amongst
themselves and in the community for their healthy wellbeing. The target group
included girls and adult women of menstrual age.
150 sanitary napkin packets, provided by ‘Wise Trust’, were distributed free of cost
among the participants while 50 more packets were handed over to the staff of the
high school.
In the concluding remarks, Dr Shazia thanked the Vice-Chancellor Prof Nilofer
Khan and Registrar Dr Nisar Ahmad for their continuous support to the outreach
programmes organised by CWSR.

21/07/2022

SELECTION LIST OF GENDER STUDIES PG ENTRANCE 2022.

29/06/2022

CWSR organises workshop on ‘Health and Hygiene Awareness for Women’

Making University gender-friendly, inclusive in all respects: VC

29/06/2022

KU’s CWSR organises workshop on ‘Health and Hygiene Awareness for Women’

Making University gender-friendly, inclusive in all respects: VC

Srinagar, June 29: Vice-Chancellor University of Kashmir Prof Nilofer Khan Wednesday presided over a workshop on ‘Health and Hygiene Awareness for Women’.

The day-long workshop was organised by the varsity's Centre for Women’s Studies and Research (CWSR).

In her presidential address, Prof Nilofer said apart from academics and research, the CWSR is mandated with focusing on advocacy, extension and awareness programmes and the current workshop is an important endeavour in that direction.

Prof Nilofer, the founder director of CWSR, said academic institutions have a professional obligation to hold grassroots sensitisation programmes to highlight the importance of women’s health and hygiene for the larger welfare of the society.

“We will make all efforts to further strengthen our resolve to make this University a gender-friendly and an inclusive institution in all respects,” she said, urging CWSR to continue with its community-level outreach activities.

On the occasion, the Vice-Chancellor released a pamphlet titled ‘Socio-Cultural Perceptions of Menstruation’, formulated by CWSR in collaboration with the Department of Linguistics, to raise awareness on menstrual hygiene.

Registrar Dr Nisar A Mir, who was a guest of honour, said the University is committed to provide its complete support to such important societal programmes.

Keynote speaker Dr Rizwana Habib from GMC Srinagar called for doing away with stigmatisation of menstrual health and hygiene, saying “it hurts human rights and amounts to abuse of women.”

She said 52 percent of women in the world are still unaware of menarche, even as she underlined that education alone can lead to de-stigmatisation of menstrual health and hygiene in the society.

Prof Aneesa Shafi, Dean Students Welfare and Prof Nahida Tabassum, Dean School of Applied Sciences also shared the .....