History of the World Center for Women’s Studies (World-CWS)
In March 2015 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, during the 1st Annual World Conference on Women’s Studies organized by TIIKM was established the World Center for Women’s Studies (World-CWS) as an institute intended to serve and benefit men and women, academia and organizations that provide service, research, and support to women’s empowerment worldwide. The institute aims at advocacy for global gender equality and at conducting policy oriented research and designing models of practical solutions to women’s empowerment.

The founder member elected executive committee of the World Center for Women’s Studies composed of a representative of each country present at the 1st World Conference on Women’s Studies in Sri Lanka.

Executive Committee of the World Center for Women’s Studies (World-CWS):
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Prof. Bishnu Charan Barik
- School of Social Sciences, Swami Ramanand Teerth Marathwada: University, India;
- bishnu_barik@rediffmail.com
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Prof. Elisabeth Adyiningtyas Satya Dewi
- Parahyangan Centre for International Studies, Parahyangan Catholic University, Bandung, Indonesia;
- Elisabeth.dewi@unpar.ac.id
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Ms. Chia-Yi Li
- Department of Physical Education, National Taiwan Normal University, Taipei,Taiwan;
- Manyu.zhang@vub.ac.be
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Ms. Rebecca Lim
- Community Engagement Coordinator, MCS Romero Center;
- http://www.mercycs.org.au
- rebecca.lim@mercycs.org.au
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Prof. Jasbir Singh
- Professor, Department of Economics, University of Jammu, Jammu, India;
- drjbsingh@yahoo.com
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Prof. Maria Anita Stefanelli
- Associate Professor, Dipartimento di Lingue, Letterature e Culture Straniere, via del Valco San Paolo, Università Roma Tre, Roma;
- stefanel@uniroma3.it
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Prof. Wyn Thomas
- School of Music, Bangor University, Bangor (Wales), United Kingdom;
- w.thomas@bangor.ac.uk
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Ms. Ashley Tryba
- Temple University Alumnus, Philadelphia, USA;
- ashleyrtryba@gmail.com
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Prof. Smita Verma
- Dept. of Sociology & Women’s Studies, Isabella Thoburn College, Lucknow, India;
- verma.smita.lko@gmail.com
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Prof. Barbara Wejnert
- Associate Professor, Department of Transnational Studies/Global Gender Studies Graduate Program, University at Buffalo, State University of New York, Buffalo, NY, USA;
- bwejnert@gmail.com
- bwejnert@bufflo.edu