About the Conference
The Centre for Gender Studies, Research & Development was established under the School of Humanities and Social Sciences, functioning under the Faculty of Liberal Arts and Humanities, Jagran Lakecity University is pleased to invite you to participate in a two-day international conference on “Towards Gender Equality: Overpowering Structural Barriers and Reclaiming Agency”, with the aim of bringing together a global cross-section of scholars, practitioners, policymakers and professionals from various colleges, universities, and industries to a common platform, making it interdisciplinary in approach, to explore measures towards a gender-just society.
Themes
Towards Gender Equality: Overpowering Structural Barriers and Reclaiming Agency.
Sub-Themes
The conference papers will be divided into four panels A, B, C, and D. Interested delegates may send their abstracts (200-250 words) to the given email id [email protected]
Panel A-Gender, Literature and Media: Papers may be related to the portrayal of women and other genders in English or regional literature and various forms of media.
Panel B-Gender, Justice, and Human Rights: The papers under this sub-theme may comprise of the issues related to gender in various sectors like society, law, human rights, etc.
Panel C-Gender and Leadership: Under this sub-theme, the papers may cater to the organized and unorganized sectors of working space along with the least important workspace i.e. home and the home managers.
Panel D-Gender and Sexual Diversity: This sub-theme can discuss issues related to sexual orientation and the challenges that are associated with the same.
The conference papers should cover majorly three aspects in each sub-theme related to gender studies:
- Challenges: What are the challenges that need to be addressed?
- Journey so far: How much has been done and how much have we achieved in bridging the gap between genders?
- Future Ahead: How can we work together towards eliminating structural barriers to achieve the goal of gender equality?
Submission Guidelines
Academicians, practitioners, social workers, activists, other professionals, research scholars and students having keen interest in the given area/themes are invited to submit an abstract on or before 15th September 2021 to [email protected]
The abstract should follow the APA format with a maximum word limit of 250 words with 5 key words.
All submissions must be attached with the email in Microsoft Word (.doc) format.
A registered author can present maximum two papers.
The title of the attached file must specify the name(s) of the author(s).
Affiliation of the author(s) and contact details of the corresponding author should be mentioned clearly in the abstract.
Registration Fees
UG / PG students and research scholars: INR 200/-
Academicians and Professionals: INR 500/-
International Participants: USD 10
Important Dates
Date of Conference: 28th & 29th October 2021
Last date of registration with abstract: 15th September 2021
Date of intimation of acceptance of abstracts: 20th September 2021
Last date to register for the conference: 25th October 2021
Last date for full paper submission: 25th October 2021
E-mail id for submission: [email protected]
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