September 2018
KC College introduced a Certificate Course in Gender Studies which is spread over three months, the course aims at imparting a nuanced understanding of gender issues and in helping to build a critical feminist perspective. Their resource persons are drawn from diverse fields of inquiry and include a mix of academics, filmmakers, researchers, women’s rights and LGBTQ activists and lawyers.
Women with disabilities are not just fighting against a sexist and misogynistic society but also against a mindset which is ableist and does not see women with disabilities as women. The thrust of the lecture was to position women with disabilities within the women’s rights agenda.