The Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women Studies (SNCWS), JMI was established under the aegis of the University Grants Commission in September 2000 and is one of the oldest Centres in JMI. From its inception, Jamia Millia Islamia has been co-educational, a rare milestone of gender equity in a University, and SNCWS - accredited as one of the Phase-III Advanced Women’s Studies Centre in the country by the UGC, has since taken many significant steps towards achieving awareness and sensitization of gender issues in the Jamia campus and the surrounding communities. Sarojini Naidu Centre for Women Studies plays a vital role in mainstreaming gender perspectives into the academic and other development processes in the community life of Jamia Millia Islamia and its surrounding communities.