> >Conference-
> >
> >Gender in the Mediterranean:
> >
> >Emerging Practices and Discourses
> >
> >
> >
> >5-7 March 2004
> >
> >
> >Intercollege, Nicosia, Cyprus
> >
> >
> >
> >Call for Proposals
> >
> >
> >
> >On the occasion of International Women's Day, the
> Mediterranean
> >Institute of Gender Studies (MIGS) in
> collaboration with the British
> >Council organise a conference under the title
> Gender in the
> >Mediterranean: Emerging Practices and Discourses,
> for scholars,
> >researchers, professionals, activists and policy
> makers to exchange
> >experiences, knowledge and insights as these
> relate to the analysis
> >and activism on gender issues in the
> Mediterranean. It aims to
> >provide interested parties from diverse
> backgrounds with an
> >opportunity and a forum to explore how gender
> relates to key
> >socio-economic and political issues in the
> Mediterranean.
> >
> >
> >
> >Participants will come together to explore and
> analyse issues and
> >perspectives of gender as these affect and are
> affected by women's
> >and men's cultural, economic, political and social
> realities in the
> >Mediterranean on multiple levels, and encourage
> the exchange, debate
> >and discussion of ideas/solutions for promoting
> gender equality and
> >justice, build strategic regional alliances,
> strengthen advocacy
> >campaigns and put new issues on the agenda of
> gender. The
> >conference will provide a platform for a critical
> approach to
> >profound global changes and their effects on the
> lives of women and
> >men, and promote a trans-cultural dialogue amongst
> diverse
> >Mediterranean voices.
> >
> >
> >
> >The conference aspires to highlighting the need
> for further interest
> >in gender issues in the Mediterranean and the
> establishment of a
> >network of activists and scholars committed to
> advancing them.
> >
> >The conference will be structured around plenary
> sessions, poster
> >presentations and thematic workshops related to
> specific themes of
> >gender in the Mediterranean. These will address,
> illuminate,
> >integrate, question and deconstruct matters of
> gender in the
> >Mediterranean. The areas to address are the
> following:
> >
> >· Human Rights
> >
> >· Social Exclusion - Otherhood -
> Discrimination
> >
> >· Interpersonal, Domestic, and Ethnic
> Conflict and Violence
> >
> >· The Role of Women in Non-Governmental
> Organisations -
> >Resistance and Empowerment
> >
> >· Sexuality
> >
> >· Female Genital Mutilation
> >
> >· Trafficking of Women and Girls
> >
> >· Sustainable Development and the
> Environment
> >
> >· Language, Images and
> Representation/Media and Fiction
> >
> >· Governance, Leadership and
> Decision-Making
> >
> >· Gendered [Un]Employment
> >
> >· Religion
> >
> >· Immigration
> >
> >
> >
> >Funding
> >
> >
> >
> >Grants to cover the full cost of attendance for
> one/two participants
> >are available at the following British Council
> offices: Malta,
> >Portugal, Spain, Serbia and Montenegro [other
> offices might also
> >have funds]. Please contact the British Council
> Office in your
> >country for further information.
> >
> >
> >
> >Guidelines of Submission
> >
> >
> >
> >Please send:
> >
> >
> >
> >1. A page where you clearly state
> >
> >Name:
> >
> >Address:
> >
> >Email:
> >
> >Phone Number:
> >
> >Title of paper:
> >
> >Institutional Affiliation:
> >
> >Short biographical note [no more than100 words]:
> >
> >2. An abstract [maximum] of 350 words in
> word format only by
> >October 15thth, 2003 to
>
>
><mailto:info@medinstgenderstudies.org>info@???.
> >Please write "GMC Abstract" in the Subject line.
> The abstract's
> >filename should include the last name of the
> author followed by the
> >GMC [for example, smithGMC.doc].
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >Notification of Accepted Abstracts:
> >
> >
> >
> >If your abstract is accepted for presentation, you
> will be notified
> >by December 15th, 2003
> >
> >
> >
> >Registration Fee:
> >
> >
> >
> >Conference fee: £50 Cyprus pounds [approximately
> 90 Euro]. The fee
> >includes conference registration, the opening
> ceremony, 2 lunches,
> >and tea/coffee throughout the conference. Special
> cases will be
> >considered for a partial or full reduction in fee
> - please indicate
> >accordingly on your registration form.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >For Information on Logistics:
> >
> >
> >
> >Special rates will be negotiated with hotels near
> the venue.
> >
> >Nicosia Hotels Offering Special British Council
> Rates for March 2004
> >
> >applicable for this particular seminar - Please
> note that the rates are in
> >
> >Cyprus pounds per room per night inclusive of
> taxes and service.
> >
> >
> >
> >Five minutes walk for the venue:
> >
> >Hilton Park Hotel ****
> >
> >Single B&B: £72, Double B&B: £81
> >
> >Grivas Digenis Avenue, CY 2413 Nicosia, Cyprus
> >
> >P O Box 21390, CY 1507 Nicosia, Cyprus
> >
> >T: +357 22 695111 / F: +357 22 351918
> >
> >E-mail: hiltonpark@???
> >
> >Website: www.hiltonpark.com
> >
> >In the old town:
> >
> >Holiday Inn ****
> >
> >Single B&B: £38 (subject to change)
> >
> >Double B&B: £55 (subject to change)
> >
> >70 Regaena Street, CY 1504 Nicosia, Cyprus
> >
> >P O Box 21212, CY1504 Nicosia, Cyprus
> >
> >T: +357 22 712712 / F: +357 22 673337
> >
> >Website: www.tamasos.com/nicosiaholiday.html
> >
> >
> >
> >Classic Hotel ***
> >
> >Single B&B : £34
> >
> >Double B&B: £44
> >
> >94 Regaena Street, CY 1513 Nicosia
> >
> >P O Box 21758, CY 1513 Nicosia, Cyprus
> >
> >T: +357 22 664006 / F: +357 22 670072
> >
> >E-mail: classic@???
> >
> >Website: www.slh.com/classic/
> >
> >
> >
> >In the town centre:
> >
> >Cleopatra Hotel ****
> >
> >Single B&B: £50
> >
> >Double B&B: £62
> >
> >8 Florinis Street, CY 1065 Nicosia
> >
> >P O Box 21397, CY 1507 Nicosia, Cyprus
> >
> >T: +357 22 671000 / F: +357 22 670618
> >
> >E-mail: cleotel@???
> >
> >Website: www.hotelworld.com
> >
> >
> >
> >More information about hotels and rates as well as
> registration
> >forms and other details [room sharing, transport
> from the airport
> >etc] will become available for downloading on the
> conference website
> >and by contacting Ms Katerina Andronikou at the
> British Council as
> >from October 1st at:
> >
> >Telephone: +357 22 585232
> >
> >Fax: +357 22 585239
> >
> >Email:
>
>
><mailto:katerina.andronikou@britishcouncil.org.cy>katerina.andronikou@???
> >
> >
> >
> >For Updates check:
> >
> >
> >
>
>
><http://www.medinstgenderstudies.org/>www.medinstgenderstudies.org
> > [current events] and
>
>
><http://www.britishcouncil.org.cy/>www.britishcouncil.org.cy
> >
> >or email:
>
<
mailto:info@medinstgenderstudies.org>info@???
> >
> >
> >
> >The Organising Committee:
> >
> >
> >
> >Myria Vassiliadou at
>
>
><mailto:vassiliadou.m@intercollege.ac.cy>vassiliadou.m@???
> >
> >Anthoulla Papadopoulou at
> <mailto:chaos@cytanet.com.cy>chaos@???
> >
> >Alexia Panayiotou at
> <mailto:alexiap@ucy.ac.cy>alexiap@???
> >
> >Miranda Christou at
>
>
><mailto:mirandachristou@yahoo.com>mirandachristou@???
>
>
>
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