[Badgirlz-list] Women's Bodies, Gender Analysis, and Feminis…

> Call for Papers: Journal of International Women's
Studies-- Special
> Issue: Women's Bodies, Gender Analysis, and Feminist
Politics at the
> Fórum Social Mundial
>
> Please submit your contribution to the editors no
later than April
30,
> 2006 following the guidelines posted on the JIWS's
website at
> www.bridgew.edu/JIWS.
>
> Since its inauguration in 2001, the World Social
Forum (WSF) has
gained
> increasing importance as a venue for strengthening
alternatives to
the
> neoliberal agenda for globalization. The WSF has
been described as
both
> a process and an event, following an agreed upon set
of principles in
> its planning and convening in order to foster new
forms of
organization
> and movement building. Nevertheless, this is an
evolving, fluid
> phenomenon as the World Social Forums have given
rise to several
> regional, local and thematic social forums. Many
women and some
> feminists have participated in various ways in these
forums: as
> organizers, workshop presenters, participants and
malcontents.
>
> Along with AWID's triennial global conferences, the
WSF offers
women's
> organizations predictably scheduled opportunities to
network with
> activists from distant locales and other sectors.
However, the
> experiences of women working in this expansive and
sometimes
> overwhelming environment have been uneven and
contradictory, and the
> roles played by gender analysis and feminist
politics often
ambiguous.
>
> For this special issue of the Journal of
International Women's
Studies
> we are seeking contributions in a range of genres
from women who have
> direct experience with organizing or attending one
or more of the
World
> Social Forums or regional/local forums organized
under the auspices
and
> according to the principles of the Fórum Social
Mundial.
>
> Submissions might include theoretical or analytical
essays,
reflective
> narratives, activity reports or evaluations,
manifestos, press
releases,
> posters or other ephemera. JIWS's intention is to
collect materials
> documenting the range of experiences and activities
occurring under
> the tent of the WSF so that feminist practice within
the Social
Forums
> can gain in effectiveness. We also believe it is
important to begin
to
> archive this activism as it happens.
>
> With the tri-partite polycentric forums planned for
Caracas
(Venezuela),
> Bamako (Mali), and Karachi (Pakistan) in January
2006, the first U.S.
> Social Forum scheduled for Atlanta in 2007, the
Social Forum process
> is on the cusp of gaining new visibility in the US,
an arena that has
> been slow to recognize the importance of these
strategic events. It
> therefore, seems a precipitous juncture for
gathering our thoughts
and
> recollections about this evolving phenomenon.
>
> Please submit your contribution to the editors no
later than April
30,
> 2006 following the guidelines posted on the JIWS's
website at
> www.bridgew.edu/JIWS.
>
> From: Laura Roskos (roskos@???) Patricia
Willis
> (pwill06@???) Center for Women's Health
and Human Rights,
> Suffolk University, 8 Ashburton Place, Boston, MA
02108
>
> The Journal of International Women's Studies is an
on-line,
> open-access, peer reviewed journal that provides a
forum for
scholars,
> activists, and students to explore the relationship
between feminist
> theory and various forms of organizing. JIWS is
currently indexed
with
> the Library of Congress, the MLA International
Bibliography, The
> International Bibliography of Social Sciences,
Elsevier Bibliographic
> Databases, Ulrich's Periodicals, the Gale Group, and
at
> http://webster.bridgew.edu.
>

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