Conference on “Gender and Social Transformation: Global, Transnational and Local Realities and Perspectives”, July 17-19 2009, Beijing

The international Conference on “Gender and Social Transformation: Global, Transnational and Local Realities and Perspectives” will be held in July 17-19 2009 in Beijing, China.

The conference is primarily funded by the Chinese Women’s Research Society (CWRS) and other support from the American University. The goal of the conference is to provide an international forum in which to examine how women and gender relations are shaped by societal transformation economically, politically, socially and culturally in the global, transnational and local contexts and processes. The conference explores how dynamics process of globalization and transnationalism has impacted on women’s lives, as it has challenged even altered gender relations on the ground. Using gender lens, the meeting will examine how women and men in different locations around the world experience societal transformation and how they respond to and challenge transnational and global processes of changes.

Major Topics of Interest: 

• Theorizing globalization and transnationalism and feminist critiques
• Work, economic transformation and global economy
• Gender Mainstreaming, development and policy
• Migration, citizenship, and politics of difference/recognition
• Political participation, civil society/engagement and gender justice
• Identity, media and cultural changes
• Education, health, environment and family transition
• Women’s agency, activism, and social movements

Visit www.wsic.ac.cn/icgender for more information on the conference.