Third International Conference of Women in Africa and the African Diaspora
DATE: October 8-17, 2001. This conference that focuses on issues relating to women of African descent will gather hundreds of scholars, activists, policy-makers and students from all continents. It will draw attention to the urgency and pertinence of a sense of history as participants engage simultaneously in stocktaking and mapping forward-looking strategies for future engagements. The conference will deal with the following themes: democracy and governance, feminist/womanist theories, war and peace, conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction, civil society, human rights and the law, health and services, arts and the humanities, education, political economy, science and technology, religion and culture.
TITLE:
Third International Conference of Women in Africa and the African Diaspora
(WAAD) on "Facing the New Millennium: Gender in Africa and the African
Diaspora--Retrospection and Prospects."
VENUE: Antananarivo & Tamatave, MADAGASCAR
DATE: October 8-17, 2001
BRIEF DESCRIPTION:
This conference that focuses on issues relating to women of African
descent will gather hundreds of female/male scholars, activists,
policy-makers and students from all continents. It will draw attention to
the urgency and pertinence of a sense of history as participants engage
simultaneously in stocktaking and mapping forward-looking strategies for
future engagements. The conference will deal with the following themes:
democracy and governance, feminist/womanist theories, war and peace,
conflict resolution and post-conflict reconstruction, civil society,
human rights and the law, health and services, arts and the humanities,
education, political economy, science and technology, religion and
culture.
CONTACT:
Obioma Nnaemeka, Convener
Women's Studies Program
Cavanaugh Hall, Suite 540
Indiana University
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46202 USA
Phone: (317)278-2038;(317)274-7611 (messages)
Fax: (317)274-2347
Email: [email protected]
For full conference description and other details, please visit the
conference website at http://www.iupui.edu/~aaws (click on "Action Alert"
and click on "WAAD III-2001 Madagascar").