Asian Center for Women’s Studies

Ewha Womans University

November, 2015
 Ewha’s Path
towards Women’s Education
1995
Asian Center for Women’s Studies
1990 established
1982
<Women’s Studies> <Women’s Studies> Ph.D.
MA course offered course offered
2006
Ewha Global
Partnership Program Today
1960s established
Dr. Lee Tae-young gave 2011
course <Women’s Rights
& Women’s Movement> 2011 2015
Ewha The world's
1995
Global 2nd largest
2003 Empowerment Women's
1910
University 1977 Ewha Institute Program University
established for Leadership established
1946 Development 11 colleges
1950s established 17 undergrad
1886 Dr. Helen Kim 65 majors
gave course 15 graduate
1886 <Women & Job> schools
Mary F. Scranton 2007
founded Ewha Hakdang Ewha-KOICA
Master’s Program
1946 1977 established
Accredited as Korea’s Korean Women’s
first university Institute
established
 Background:
Asian Center for Women’s Studies

• Established in 1995 at Ewha Womans University, an affiliate of the

Korea Women’s Institute (1977) of Ewha

• Developing Women’s Studies theories and practices

based on the experiences of women in Asia

• Strengthening women’s solidarity and feminist network in Asia

through the international exchange of knowledge and
cooperation

• Contributing to the improvement of the quality of women’s lives

in Asia and the world
 Main Activities
• Asian Women’s Studies Research Project
• Curriculum Development
Research

• Training for Next

Generation Feminist
Education Publication
Scholars
• Young Feminist
• Asian Journal of Women’s
Forum
Studies (AJWS)
• Textbook Publication

• Ewha
Global EGEP Exchange
Empowerment
Program

Networking • Research exchange

• Forum and Seminars
• Asian Women’s
Studies Network
• ACWS Club
 Research Projects

Korea-ASEAN Cooperation Project

Education and Exchange Program for Young Scholars in
Women’s Studies (2012~2015)

Women’s Studies Scholars Exchange Program

Korea, China, Japan, ASEAN (2006~2011)

International Workshop for Young Feminist Scholars

Summer Lecture Sessions (2000~2011)

Asian Women’s Studies Network Project

8 Country Workshop (1999~2011)

Asian Women’s Studies

Curriculum Development and Institution Building
(1998~2002)

Women's Studies in Asia

Knowledge, Exchange, Theory and Practice (1997~2000)
 AJWS
(Asian Journal of Women’s Studies)
 AJWS has served as an international forum
• To stimulate and advance Asian knowledge production
and theorizing
• To acknowledge and question western feminist thoughts
• To promote indigenous feminisms and transnational
activism
 Published first in 1995 (Quarterly journal)
 Indexed SSCI, Scopus, KCI, Gender Watch, Alternative Press
Index, Feminist Periodicals and others
 Adopted Multi-languages abstract (English & Mother tongue)
 Created a section ‘Voices from Asian Feminist Activism’
Events for Publishing AJWS Volume 20
◀ Round Table
“The Role of Asian
Journals for the Production
of Counter-Knowledge”

Exhibition of Exchanging
Journals/ Books ▶
 Publication

EGEP Book Series & Books in Korean Textbook Publication

Our Voices 1: Feminism and
Women’s Activism (2015)

Stories of 103 Women Activists

from Asia and Africa (2015)

Women’s Studies in Asia

Series (2005)

Research Papers and Proceedings

 Curriculum Development in
Asian Women’s Studies

Women's Studies in Asia: Knowledge

Exchange, Theory and Practice (1997- Textbooks on Asian Women’s Studies
2000) China India Indonesia S.Korea
-Scholar Exchange and Network Building
-Regional Workshops in 8 countries Philippines Taiwan Thailand
-Publication
 Exchange & Networking

Women’s Worlds 2005

June 19-24, 2005 / Ewha Womans University
“Embracing the Earth: East-West/North-South”
2,271 participants from 75 countries

AAWS
(Asian Association of Women’s Studies)

• 2007 Established / ACWS took a role as Secretariat (2007-2013)

• Institutional basis for Asian feminist research and education
• Members: 637 Members from 41 Countries (2015)
614 Individuals, 23 Institutions
Young Feminist Forum: KACP

Korea-ASEAN Cooperation Project

on Education and Exchange Program
for Young Scholars in Women’s
Studies

• strengthening the research and education

capacities of young scholars and experts
in Women’s Studies in Asia

1-1) International Colloquium, Workshop,

and Open Forum with Study Tour (2012)
1-2) Building the Korea-ASEAN Women’s
Studies and Leadership Network (2012)

2-1) International Colloquium, Workshop,

and Open Forum with Study Tour (2014)
2-2) Building the Korea-ASEAN Women’s
Studies and Leadership Network (2015)
 EGEP
(Ewha Global Empowerment Program)

Ewha-KOICA
•Launched in 2006 • Launched in 2011
• For female foreign • For women in non-
nationals • For women officers in government public sector
developing countries in Asia and Africa
• Scholarship for degree
course •Master course in Women and • non-degree short term
Development since 2007 residential program
•Advanced & Evaluation
EGPP Course by EILD in 2011
EGEP
Nanum
(Share)
Leadership

Ewha Womans University

Ewha Women’s Studies Gender
Equality
Hub of
Net- Global
working Women’s Education

Theory
-Activism
Women -Policy
Empower
-ment
EGEP
(Ewha Global Empowerment Program)
Thank you.