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<\/p>\nAnnouncement<\/p>\n
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4th Women in Africa and the African Diaspora (WAAD) International Conference on Education, Gender & Sustainable Development in the Age of Globalization<\/p>\n
Abuja, Nigeria (August 3-8, 2009) CALL FOR PAPERS<\/p>\n BACKGROUND<\/strong> THEME (Education, Gender & Sustainable Development in the Age of Globalization)<\/strong><\/p>\n The 4th WAAD interdisciplinary conference will provide opportunities for constituencies inside and outside the academy\u2014researchers, academicians, practitioners, policy makers, professionals, and students from various disciplines in the humanities, social sciences, pure and applied sciences, professional schools, etc.\u2014to discuss the education of women and girls in Africa and the African Diaspora and explore its relationship to sustainable development in a rapidly globalizing, complex world. How can the acquisition of different forms of knowledge guarantee women\u2019s participation in ensuring that today\u2019s growth does not jeopardize the growth and possibilities of future generations and that \u201cdevelopment meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.\u201d? What role would indigenous knowledge play in women\u2019s participation? In disciplinary terms, the conference will examine the central role the arts and humanities can and must play in the global knowledge economy and their relevance to development discourses and practice. How can humanistic studies dialogue with scientific studies in addressing global issues such as social and environmental justice, gender\/social inequality and knowledge gap,20and education for 21st century SUBTHEMES<\/strong> PROPOSAL SUBMISSION<\/strong> REGISTRATION CONTACT<\/strong> Announcement 4th Women in Africa and the African Diaspora (WAAD) International Conference on Education, Gender & Sustainable Development in the Age of Globalization Abuja, Nigeria (August 3-8, 2009) Professor Obioma Nnaemeka, Convener E-mail: waadconf@iupui.edu; website: http:\/\/www.waadconf.org CALL FOR PAPERS BACKGROUND For over a decade, the WAAD conferences have provided the space for researchers, students, policy […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-culture"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p1c8Xx-e0","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=868"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":869,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/868\/revisions\/869"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=868"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=868"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.kuma2.net\/skyeview\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=868"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nProfessor Obioma Nnaemeka, Convener
\nE-mail: waadconf@iupui.edu; website: http:\/\/www.waadconf.org<\/a><\/p>\n
\nFor over a decade, the WAAD conferences have provided the space for researchers, students, policy makers, activists, women and men of different races, religious persuasions and ideological leanings to engage in vigorous and fruitful debates on issues relating to women in Africa and the African Diaspora. The first WAAD conference held in Nsukka, a small university town in rural Nigeria, gathered over
\n700 researchers, activists, policy makers, and students from five continents. The conference generated ten-volume proceedings of over 200 original papers and saw the beginning of the Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS). The second WAAD conference, held in Indianapolis (USA) in 1998, gathered hundreds of participants from 35 countries and 48 national and international organizations. The third conference in Madagascar was equally very well attended. The WAAD conference has succeeded in putting in place forward-looking strategies for continuing its work\u2014it maintains a global network and has published three volumes of selected papers.<\/p>\n
\nglobal citizenship?<\/p>\n
\nAutobiographies and Biographies
\nCapacity-building and Leadership
\nCivil Society, NGOs and Transnational Activism
\nCreativity (Oral & Written Traditions), Artistic Expressions and Development
\nCurricular Development and Reform
\nDemocratization and Women\u2019s Participation
\nEducating against War and Militarization
\nVolunteerism, Civic Engagement and Global Citizenship
\nEducation Policy, Teacher Education, and National Development
\nEnergy, Mineral Wealth and National Security
\nEngendering the Disciplines
\nEntrepreneurship and Small\/Medium-size Businesses
\nFeminist\/Womanist Interventions
\nGendered Inequalities and Access to Education
\nGendered Spaces and the Diaspora Question
\nGlobal Financial Institutions and Women in Developing Countries
\nHealth, Medical Sciences and Health Education
\nGendered Violence, Human Rights and Social Justice
\nLibraries and Archives
\nMobilization and Transnational Social Movements
\nPeace and Conflict Resolution
\nPoverty Alleviation, Agriculture, and Food Security
\nPreserving the Environment, Saving Our Planet
\nReligion, Culture, and Indigenous Knowledge
\nSkills-Training and Economic Independence
\nCommunications, Technology and the Digital Divide
\nThe Economy and Global Capital
\nThe Humanities, Development, and Globalization
\nUnderstanding Gender and Global Africa
\nWomen in Higher Education: Research, Teaching and Administration
\nYouth Engaging Development Strategies<\/p>\n
\nForms for paper, panel, roundtable and workshop proposals are available on the conference website: www.waadconf.org<\/a>. Click on \u201cProposals.\u201d Send as e-mail attachments the completed proposal form, abstract and curriculum vitae (as Word documents) by MARCH 15, 2009 to the Convener at waadconf@iupui.edu<\/a>. Selected papers will be published.<\/p>\n
\n<\/strong>Registration form and fee schedule are available at the conference website: www.waadconf.org<\/a>. Click on \u201cRegistration.\u201d All presenters whose proposals have been accepted must pre-register by APRIL 15, 2009 for their names to appear on the conference program.<\/p>\n
\nProfessor Obioma Nnaemeka, Convener
\n2009 WAAD Conference
\nDepartment of World Languages & Cultures
\nIndiana University
\n425 University Boulevard
\nIndianapolis, IN 46202, USA
\nPhone: 317-278-2038; Fax: 317-278-7375
\nE-mail: waadconf@iupui.edu<\/a>; Website: www.waadconf.org<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"