This exhibit is dedicated to Vibhuti Patel, prominent feminist and longstanding participant and leading figure in the Indian women's movement. It is made possible by Vibhuti Patel's generous contributions of photos and articles over the years, without which we would not be able to document the practices of the Indian women's movement over the decades.... Continue Reading →
Daughters’ Rally 1986
Daughters' Rally 14/11/1986
‘Eliminate Inequality Not Women’
Janhavi Ashok Bhatt, 14/11/1986
Dr Usha Mohan Leading a Demonstration against sexual harassment
By Vasant Nargolkar, December 1986
Play on violence against women
Play on violence against women, 8/3/1981
Women’s Liberation Song
Singing Women's Liberation Song, 8/3/1987
State Level Rally by the Women’s Liberation coordination Committee
State Level Rally by the Women's Liberation coordination Committee, 8/3/1988
‘Women Are Not Spare Parts for Sale’
'Women Are Not Spare Parts for Sale' demonstration against a Beauty Contest decision, 1986
Photographs of Campaign against sex selection in 1986
Daughters’ Rally 14/11/1986 Janhavi at Daughters’ Rally 14/11/1986 Manisha Gupta at Daughters’ Rally 14/11/1986 Postcard 14-11-1986
4th Doctor Neera Desai Memorial Lecture
Prof. Veena Poonacha, Prof. Nabneeta Dev Sen, Prof. Vasudha Kamath and Prof. Vibhuti Patel at the 4th Dr. Neera Desai Memorial Lecture 23-9-2013 Prof. Vibhuti Patel at IV Dr. Neera Desai Memorial Lecture 23-9-2013 Sonalben remembering Dr. Nag Desai 23/9/2013
Remembering Kalpana Mehta (feminist activist and co-founder of Saheli Women’s Resource Centre): “Writing about Kalpana, writing about the times”
Written by Ranjana Padhi and Laxmi Murthy, who have been associated with the autonomous women’s movement since the mid-1980s and were active in Saheli from around 1986-2006. Posted on August 9, the day Saheli was founded in 1981. There is no cure against mortality, yet there is a lingering sadness and a sense of loss... Continue Reading →
Dr. Vibhuti Patel in protests against gender violence
Dr. Vibhuti Patel, professor at SNDT university, is seen here participating with fellow activists in demonstrations against gender violence in Mumbai at the end of 2012. The occasion was a protest gathering of 18 women's rights organisations on 22nd December 2012, at the same spot where a young woman was slashed with a sickle by... Continue Reading →
Dr. Leela Dube (1923-2012)
Dr. Leela Dube, pioneering scholar of women's studies and feminist anthropology Photographer Mukul Dube. Photograph shared with Prajnya by Dr. Vibhuti Patel.
Women’s movement for peace
Women's peace rally, 2002 in the aftermath of the Gujarat riots. Contributor: Vibhuti Patel
Women’s Day rally
Vibhuti Patel addressing a rally on March 8, 1980
“Daughter of Maharashtra”
Dr. Vibhuti Patel conferring the Daughter of Maharashtra Award on ms. Manisha Gupte, Director, MASUM, at the Naari Samata Manch, Pune, 5 April, 2009.
‘Daughter is not for slaughter’
Panel on declining sex ratio at World Social Forum, 2004. Contributor: Vibhuti Patel.
Sakti workshop on women and empowerment
C.P Sujaya releasing a book on discourse on women and empowerment, edited by Vibhuti Patel, at the Sakthi workshop, Bangalore, 2009. Contributor: Vibhuti Patel
Writing on women and law
Dr. Vibhuti Patel releasing a book on women and law, at the silver jubilee function, Naari Samata Manch, Pune, 2009. Contributor, Vibhuti Patel.
Women’s empowerment – roundtable, 2003
Organised by Maharashtra State Commission of Women and University of Mumbai, 28-29 November 2003. Contributed by Vibhuti Patel.
Peace activists
Peace rally in solidarity with survivors of communal carnage in Gujarat, 2002. Contributor: Vibhuti Patel