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WHAT
IS IT?
The creation of a
multidisciplinary Women Studies Centre, attached to the University of
Alicante, follows the lines of already created centres at other
universities as a institutional answer to the need of including within
the university atmosphere an space for reflection and performance on
gender, from an open, critical approach, according to the social
needs of gender promotion and equality, with the solid conviction that
the development of women rights stands before the development of the
society rights as a whole.
The WSC is co-founder of the "Valencian Universities Coordinating Centre for Gender Studies"
It is member of AOIFE (Association of Institutions for Feminist Education and Research in Europe), of ATHENA (official network of the European Commission Socrates Program), of WISE (Women's International Studies in Europe) and of ARM (Association for Research on Mothering)
The
WSC is intended for the achievement of the following objectives:
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Integration
in the research teaching.
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Multidisciplinary
education of the WSC's members.
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Coordination
of proposals of subjects on gender.
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Participation
in and collaboration with national and foreign Centres and Institutes.
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Promotion
of new research lines and collaboration with and training of research groups
in Gender Studies.
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Encouragement
of actions tending to non-discrimination.
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Establishment
of scientific co-operation relations with national and international University
Institutes, as well as with related centres and entities.
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Establishment
of agreements and maintenance of relationships with different academic
and non-academic institutions, public and private entities.
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Circulations
of the activities and studies produced within the Centre:publications,
conferences, lecture, etc.
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Creation
of a specialised bibliographical and documentary collection.
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