On 29 Mar 2005 17:59:06 -0800, ivaluemyprivacy{at}mailblocks.com wrote:

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>Secondly, Women's Studies is as academically rigorous as any other
>discipline. It is regrettable that your columnist is unaware that it is
>possible to be academically rigorous and politically engaged without
>being biased or doctrinaire. The Women's Education, Research and
>Resource Centre at UCD has a well-founded international reputation for
>excellence in its field.

Their website proves otherwise:

http://www.ucd.ie/werrc/research/

Key research areas include :

Contemporary feminism and gender politics in Ireland and
internationally

Women, power and public participation

Historical perspectives on women in Ireland

Literary and cultural theory

Lesbian and Queer theory and politics

Women and Adult and Further Education

Gender and global studies

WERRC has a dedicated commissioned research unit, with a fulltime
Research Coordinator. The unit seeks to ensure that a feminist
perspective is available to organisations engaged in public policy
research and analysis.

As well as drawing on the expertise of members of staff in the
Centre, the unit builds active research partnerships with other
researchers, academic centres and non-governmental organisations
through the formation of a pool of researchers and the pursuit
of collaborative research projects with both academic and non-
academic organisations.  Recent areas of focus include the labour
market, gender and education, health and poverty, equality issues
and violence against women.




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