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"Phung Bich Thuy" [ Profil ] |
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Re: [ycnews] FW: Call for Papers: Conference - The Future of Asian Feminisms
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Mar 11th, 2008 - 05:33:28 |
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FYI
On Sat, Mar 8, 2008 at 2:51 AM, Emily Turk wrote:
> *FYI*
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> *From:* bounce-732350-83740 (at) lyris.spc.int [mailto:
> bounce-732350-83740 (at) lyris.spc.int] *On Behalf Of *ARROW
> *Sent:* Monday, February 18, 2008 10:52 PM
> *To:* Pacific Women's Information Network
> *Subject:* [pacwin] [ARROW] Call for Papers: Conference - The Future of
> Asian Feminisms
>
> Dear ARROW friends,
>
> We're pleased to announce a *Call for Papers for the Second Conference of
> the Kartini Network – The Future of Asian Feminisms: Confronting
> Fundamentalisms, Conflict and Neoliberablism – *happening in Bali,
> Indonesia 2-5 November 2008. The Kartini network, which promotes
> women's/gender studies in Asia, aims for the Conference to be a forum to
> discuss the future of Asian feminisms, specifically the successes or
> failures of legal campaigns in specific contexts. Please read below for more
> details and see the attachment.
>
> *(Kindly note this is not an ARROW initiative)*
>
> Best wishes,
> Michelle Rogers
> ARROW
>
>
> ________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>
> *The Future of Asian Feminisms: Confronting Fundamentalisms, Conflict and
> Neoliberalism
> Second Conference Kartini Network
> Bali, Indonesia 2-5 November 2008*
>
> *CALL FOR PAPERS
> *
> *Conference Theme and Rationale
> *
> Following the successful First Kartini Conference in Dalian, China, in
> 2004 this second Kartini conference will discuss the future of Asian
> feminisms assessing past experiences and charting new paths. One of the
> major foci will be successes or failures of legal campaigns in specific
> contexts.
>
> Most Asian countries are affected by various forms of economic
> restructuring. These processes are often played out on women's bodies as a
> battleground. Cuts in social spending affecting budgets on health and
> education due to processes of liberalization and structural adjustment have
> important consequences for women – both in relation to demands on their
> time, and in relation to their health and educational levels. Massive waves
> of migration in the region expose millions of women migrant workers to
> specific dangers, ranging from sexual abuse to exploitation. In many
> countries the economic and social pressures, coupled with resentment against
> what is perceived as the aggression of the US give rise to various forms of
> fundamentalisms. Thus the region is characterized by an unprecedented growth
> of fundamentalisms, increasing economic insecurities, due to neo-liberal
> globalization and SAPs, as well as external and internal conflicts, wars and
> other forms of aggression. These crises are gendered and affect women in
> multiple ways. As a result most Asian countries are recording an increase in
> sexual violence against women in the public and in the private sphere, which
> is exacerbated by dominant gender regimes based on specific forms of
> heteronormativity.
>
> Participants will be invited to present papers or poster presentation to
> the following five panels:
>
> 1. Women's and Gender Studies in Asia: Historical Perspective and Future
> Challenges
> 2. Fundamentalisms and Feminisms
> 3. Conflicts And Violence
> 4. Sexuality
> 5. Poverty, Vulnerability and Livelihood
>
> *The Kartini Network*
>
> Kartini, the Asian – European Network for Women's and Gender Studies, was
> founded in 2000. Kartini aims to promote women's/gender studies in Asia,
> bringing together academics and activists working in this field. It has a
> feminist perspective focussing on the intersectionality of gender with other
> axes of difference (caste, class, ethnicity and race) and promoting gender
> justice and economic justice. It fosters cooperation between academics and
> activists i.e. between women's/gender studies, women's movements and
> development organisations within the Asian region and with a few selected
> strategic partners in non-Asian countries. The Kartini network focuses on
> five themes: women's studies, fundamentalisms, sexuality, livelihood and
> conflict resolution. It sees these themes as interlinked. Kartini aims to
> strengthen south-south cooperation, including at the sub-regional level,
> building on the available regional expertise, both within academia,
> research institutes and gender-based NGO's.
>
> *Structure of the Conference*
>
> The structure of the conference will be thus that participants will be
> enabled to attend work of other panels than those in which they present
> themselves, so as to maximize the forum for inter-Asian dialogue.
> Comparative papers will be encouraged and the panels themselves will be set
> up in such a way that the potential for comparative work is fully utilized.
>
>
> Beside formal paper and poster presentations roundtable discussions will
> be held; films will be shown and other forms of presentations will be
> encouraged. Activists will be specifically invited to discuss their advocacy
> plans. Themes will prepare themselves beforehand through their own
> constituencies and in agenda-setting preparatory meetings.
>
> Other networks will be invited to share their meetings with the
> conference, such as the Sangat network. Themes will also hold events prior
> to or after the conference, for their own activities.
>
> *Applications can be directed at kartiniasia (at) gmail.com /
> kartiniasia (at) yahoo.com
> Email : www.kartini-asia.org
>
> The application should contain a title, a short proposal of no more than
> 200 words and a short cv of the applicant(s) of no more than 200 words.
>
> Fellowships are available for a limited number of Asian researchers and
> activists based in Asia, on a competitive basis.
>
> Subscription rate: US $ 175
> Reduced rate (students, Asian activists and scholars based in Asia) US
> $125
>
> Deadline for submission: 1 July 2008
> Notification of acceptance: 15 August 2008*
>
> Conference Organizing Team:
> Nursyahbani Katjasungkana, Indonesia (chair)
> Ayesha Banu, BanglaDesh
> Kamla Bhasin, India
> Sepali Kottogoda, Sri Lanka
> Maznah Binti Mohamad, Malaysia
> Saskia Wieringa. The Netherlands
>
> ______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
>
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