Gujarat National Law University GNLU CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ORGANISES NATIONAL SEMINAR ON ROLE OF WOMEN IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SPONSORED BY NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN 01 st April 2017 GUJARAT NATIONAL LAW UNIVERSITY The Gujarat National Law University, a premier national law university of India, is established by the Government of Gujarat through Gujarat National Law University Act, 2003. The University is recognized by the Bar Council of India (BCI) and the University Grants Commission (UGC) [2 (f) & 12 (b)]. GNLU is a member of the Association of Indian Universities (AIU); The United Nations Academic Impact (UNAI); and International Association of Law Schools (IALS). GNLU offers interdisciplinary legal courses in five faculties namely, B.A.LLB, B.Com. LLB, B.Sc. LLB, BSW. LLB, BBA. LLB; two post-graduate programme namely, LLM and MBA (Financial Management and Business Laws) as well as doctoral programmes in law and interdisciplinary fields and foreign law and language programmes. Over a period of time since its inception, the University has established itself as a leading National Law University in the country, with its intensive focus on research-based activities and teaching through the establishment of specialized centres, organizing extension and training programmes, national and international conferences, guest lectures and collaborations for faculty and student exchange programmes.
For its exemplary efforts in the promotion of legal education, UGC has recognized GNLU as a model legal university in terms of access, equity, relevance, and high standards in 2011. The National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) has accredited the University with A Grade in 2016. GNLU has also been ranked as the 3rd and 4th Best Law University in the country by Outlook- Drshti Professional College Survey 2016 and India Today-Nielsen Survey 2016, respectively. NATIONAL COMMISSION FOR WOMEN The National Commission for Women was set up as statutory body in January 1992 under the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 (Act No. 20 of 1990 of Govt. of India) to : Review The Constitutional And Legal Safeguards For Women ; Recommend Remedial Legislative Measures; Facilitate Redressal Of Grievances; and Advise The Government On All Policy Matters Affecting Women In keeping with its mandate, the Commission initiated various steps to improve the status of women and worked for their economic empowerment during the year under report. The Commission completed its visits to all the States / UTs except Lakshdweep and prepared Gender Profiles to assess the status of women and their empowerment. It received a large number of complaints and acted suo-moto in several cases to provide speedy justice. It took up the issue of child marriage, sponsored legal awareness programmes, Parivarik Mahila Lok Adalats and reviewed laws such as Dowry Prohibition Act, 1961, PNDT Act 1994, Indian Penal Code 1860 and the National Commission for Women Act, 1990 to make them more stringent and effective. It organized workshops / consultations, constituted expert committees on economic empowerment of women, conducted workshops / seminars for gender awareness and took up publicity campaign against female foeticide, violence against women etc. in order to generate awareness in the society against these social evils. GNLU CENTRE FOR ENVIRONMENT AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT The Centre for Environmental and Sustainable Development established by Gujarat National Law University is taking the initiative to offer study, research and expert consultation in the environmental matters. The Centre for Environmental Environment and Sustainable Development aims to provide a platform for study, research, capacity building and consultation to all the stake holders including the grass root people, industries and administrative authorities.
ABOUT THE SEMINAR Over the last two decade, there has been a growing understanding that environmental degradation does not necessarily affect men and women in the same way. Governments at the various UN Conferences in the 1990's such as the Fourth World Conference on Women and the Rio Summit on Development and Environment have recognized that sustainable development can only be achieved when gender inequalities in natural resource management are addressed. During the five-year review of the implementation of Agenda 21(Rio+5, 1997), governments acknowledged that women have played a crucial role in promoting environmental awareness at all levels. "Nevertheless, more opportunities should be created for women to participate effectively in Economic, social and political development as equal partners in all sectors of the economy." India, being a major player in international level, needs to formally acknowledge and integrate women players into the process of attaining the sustainable Development in a holistic manner. Keeping the objective in mind, Gujarat National Law University is organizing a One Day Workshop on Role of Women in Sustainable Development. OBJECTIVES: To understand the vital role played by women in the global objectives of achieving sustainable development. To identify the social, legal and economic hurdles in enabling the women in playing their role. EXPECTED OUTCOME: To come out with concrete suggestion for improving and encouraging the role of women in sustainable development. THEMES: Gender Equality and Sustainable Development Investment in Education of Women and Sustainable Development Realization of Human Rights for Women and Girl Child Role of Indigenous Women in Sustainable Development The Economics of Gender Women and Environment Women as Primary Energy Managers Women: The Future We Want Women s Health and Sustainability
Gender Equality and Media. The Role of Government in Upliftment of Women in the Society. RULES FOR SUBMISSION: 1. Submissions are to be made in Electronic (MS Word format) form only and are to be sent to gcesd@gnlu.ac.in. 2. The subject of the mail should be: NCW Seminar_ Author s Name_Title of the Research Paper. Eg: NCW Seminar_Kwinjal_Role of Women Entrepreneurs in India 3. Each article must be accompanied by an abstract of not more than 300 words. 4. Citation should be as per Harvard Bluebook Citation (19 th Edition). 5. Submissions must contain a cover letter indicating the name of the authors, name of the Institution, Designation, Email Id and Contact Number. 6. Text Specifications: a. Font: Times New Roman b. Size: 12 c. Line spacing: 1.5 d. Margin: 1 inch on each side 7. Footnotes Specifications: a) Font: Times New Roman b) Size: 10 c) Line Spacing: 1 8. Plagiarism in any form is strictly forbidden. 9. Eligible candidates: Students of Undergraduate as well as Postgraduate courses, Research Scholars, Academicians, Practitioners, social workers. 10. By submitting an article, the author is presumed to undertake that the article is an original work and has not been submitted, accepted or published elsewhere. 11. Co-authorship is allowed up to 2 i.e. 1 Author and 1 Co-author. SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Abstracts & Research Papers should be submitted in Electronic Format Only. Email: gcesd@gnlu.ac.in Last Date for submission of Abstracts (not more than 300 words): 28 th March, 2017 The authors would be intimated about selection of the abstract latest by 30 th March, 2017. Date of Conference: 01 st April, 2017
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