We at CSR believe that the pursuit of knowledge should be a socially relevant activity. We’re dedicated to promoting the interdependence of research, action and sustainable development. As the role of social institutions in processes of social change widens and deepens, it becomes even more vital to relate theory to practice by combining empirical research with action-oriented programs. Research mustn’t be limited to seminar rooms, academic journals and largely uncirculated official documents. Instead, research in the social sciences can be made meaningful to all sectors of society by linking it with programs of sustainable and positive social change.
During our earlier years, we concentrated research on localised problems among the underprivileged: Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, women and the urban poor. More recently, the scope of our research has widened to include national and regional (South Asia) issues. Our research and enquiries address topics of and related to gender, health, violence against women, environment, education, governance, political participation, labour, industry, cyber space and trade. As much as our research work has been appreciated for its scientific rigor, we are also proud of the policy-level recommendations and action-oriented insights that emerge from our findings. CSR’s monographs, books and reports have been well received by social activists, universities and policy-making bodies alike.
Centre for Social Research (CSR) has more than a decade long experience of implementing projects and programmes on the issue of gender biased sex selection in Delhi and Haryana, two of the most skewed sex ratio states…
Save the Girl Child: Achieving Gender Equality by Addressing Sex Selection. Our first Meri Shakti, Meri Beti project involved the direct participation and cooperation of both social actors…
CSR has begun the fifth phase of its project “Meri Shakti Meri Beti” to fight against pre-natal sex selection. The project aims at curbing incidents of pre-natal sex selection in the Delhi….
This project focused on the so-called “glass ceiling” faced by women managers in contemporary India. The near non-existence of data on female managers in India reflects the lack of societal attention allotted to the issue…
Having successfully completed the initial Meri Shakti, Meri Beti (“My Strength, My Daughter”) project in Delhi, CSR’s research department initiated a similar project in the two Haryana districts with the lowest sex ratios….
The 73rd Constitutional Amendment Act (CAA) included a provision for a 33% reservation of seats for female politicians in Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs). Therefore, this study was intended to assess…
Viewing the success of Centre for Social Research’s Meri Shakti Meri Beti campaign launched in partnership with Women Power Connect (WPC) in the two lowest sex ratio districts of Haryana…
Child marriage in India has been practiced for centuries, with children married off before their physical and mental maturity. The problem of child marriage in India remains rooted in…
With decades of experience in addressing pre-natal sex selection (previously termed “female foeticide”), CSR implemented ‘Meri Shakti Meri Beti’ (My Daughter, My Strength) project in 2007…
Surrogate motherhood raises difficult ethical, philosophical and social questions. When a monetary transaction takes place, the matter becomes even more complicated: especially in India…
Pre-Natal sex selection is one of the leading causes in India for a serious decline in the number of girls under the age of seven. In January 2015, the Government of India…
A steady increase in women´s work force participation characterizes the employment scenario in India today. Out of 455.7 million workforce (all ages) women workers numbered 146.9 million, which is 32 per cent…
In Collaboration with Honda Two Wheelers, we successfully launched our Women’s Security Guard Training Program in the Mini Secretariat, Gurugram on 11th October 2018. We commenced the first batch from October….