Dr. Maheema Rai

Designation: Assistant Professor

Date of Joining: 16/11/2023

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Academic record & distinction

M.A, M.Phil, PhD, Department of Peace and Conflict Studies and Management, Sikkim University

PhD Topic Gender Justice and Uniform Civil Code in India: A study of Darjeeling District in West Bengal

M.Phil Topic Health security of women labourers living in slums of Darjeeling town

 Research interests

• Gender Studies
• Traditional and Non-traditional Securities Studies
• Peace and Conflict Studies
• Customary Laws

 Latest Publications

1. Migration and Refugees in South Asia (2021), in Adhuri Subramanyam Raju (ed). Bilateral and Multilateral Cooperation in South Asia, London: Routledge (co-author)
2. Religion and Gender Inequality in India (2021). In Medani P. Bhandari and Shvindina Hanna (eds) Social Inequality as a Global Challenge. (Denmark: River Publishers) (co- author)
3. Peace journalism (2021), Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Peace, Justice and Strong Institutions, edited by  Walter Leal Filho, Pinar Gökçin Özuyar, Anabela Marisa Azul, Luciana Londero Brandli and Tony Wall, Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-71066-2_88-1
4. Exploring Gender Justice for Attaining Equality (2020), W.Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Gender Equality, Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer. (First author) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_70
5. Human Rights of Women Refugees (2020), W.Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Gender Equality, Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, Springer. (First author) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_74-1
6. Women and Uniform Civil Code in India (2020), W. Leal Filho et al. (eds.), Gender Equality, Encyclopedia of the UN Sustainable Development Goals, (First author) https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70060-1_71-1