Hi everyone! Izmir University of Economics will be hosting the 2nd Biennial Women's Studies Conference at our University campus between June 12-14 2008. Please see the Call for Papers below to participate in this year's conference themed "Gender and Positive Action: Empowering or Disabling?".
Further details can also be found on our website: dba.ieu.edu. tr/women
Regards,
ITIR BAGDADI
Lecturer
Department of International Relations and the European Union
Izmir University of Economics
Sakarya Cad. No: 156
Balcova - IZMIR
Tel: +90 232 488 8246
GENDER AND POSITIVE ACTION: EMPOWERING OR DISABLING?
The Second Biennial Women’s Studies Conference of the Izmir University of Economics
12 – 14 June 2008
Izmir University of Economics, Izmir
Theme:
This year’s conference, which is the second women’s studies conference to be held at the Izmir University of Economics, is entitled “Gender and Positive Action: Empowering or Disabling?” and will aim to explore the effects of positive action on women – a topic that has received a significant amount of press but relatively little comprehensive academic studies. The main objective of this conference is to offer a platform for discussion and exchange of ideas among scholars, practitioners,
governmental and non-governmental organizations. Although women remain under-represented in many sectors of the economy, educational institutions and in political offices, the issue of aiding their advancement via positive action policies is a heated topic. While advocates of positive action claim that such policies clearly promote access to education, employment and political representation for underrepresented women, a task necessary to compensate for past and current discrimination, opponents argue that such policies only serve to create a different type of discrimination and promotes the advancement of unqualified individuals simply because they are women. Our conference aims to analyze the
effectiveness of positive action policies such as gender quotas and work-related affirmative action policies and asks the question of whether or not it “empowers or disables?” Given the current status of discussions surrounding positive action, this conference hopes to explore in detail the pros and cons of such an approach.
All papers are required to be submitted in English. Turkish-English translation will be provided in plenary sessions and sessions focusing on Turkey.
Call For Papers:
The application is open to any researcher who is interested in the study of women’s issues, and PhD students and young scholars are particularly encouraged to apply. The abstracts of the proposed papers, that should not exceed 500 words, are expected by March 17, 2008 and the Committee will notify applicants by April 4, 2008.
Please see the conference website http://dba.ieu. edu.tr/women/ for more information.
Please send abstracts to: womenstudies@ ieu.edu.tr
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