Gender Festival (GF) 2007

11th - 14th September 2007

GENDER DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT: AFRICAN FEMINIST STRUGGLES IN THE CONTEXT OF GLOBALIZATION

Call for Papers

We are pleased to announce that the next Gender Festival on 'African Feminist Struggles in the Context of Globalization' will take place at TGNP's Gender Resource Centre, Mabibo Dar es Salaam Tanzania from 11th to 14th September 2007.

The 2007 Gender Festival is an open space for bringing together feminist and gender-focused groups, other civil society organizations, institutions, activists and other development actors working at various levels to meet, reflect and strategize on the progress made in feminist struggles for gender equity, social transformation and participatory democracy in Tanzania. Discussions will take into account the present context of corporate-led globalization and 'free market' ideology, and their impact on development and democracy in Africa and the world over, and examine alternative frameworks and strategies.

The event provides a major opportunity for feminists, gender and human rights activists, civil society organizations, students, researchers and others to reflect on herstory, and take stock of achievements, constraints, challenges and potential opportunities for fostering joint action to build an alternative and better world. At the conference, participants from a wide spectrum will share their experiences, sharpen their skills and capacities, network and establish further linkages amongst and between themselves and other actors.

The main theme is: Gender Democracy and Development: African Feminist Struggles in the Context of Globalization.

Paper presentations in workshops will fall under the following sub themes:

(1) The right to bodily integrity, sexuality, reproductive health and safe motherhood.

(2) Beyond access: struggles over emancipatory education, language, information and media.

(3) The right to safe and clean water for all: struggles over delivery and privatization

(4) The right to decent employment, sustainable livelihoods and livable incomes: struggles against impoverishment, exploitation, and oppression and control over resources and incomes.

(5) Feminist struggles over natural resources, including land, minerals, water and fisheries

(6) Taming the Demon: struggles over HIV & AIDS in all its manifestations

(7) Struggles over equitable power sharing in all spheres of politics and decision making

(8) Deafening NO to Gender Based Violence and patriarchal culture

(9) Feminist Debates and Dialogue

(10) Politics of Culture, unilateralism and the rise of fundamentalisms.

(11) Feminist participatory leadership and organizing styles

(12) Popular Feminist History.

(13) Feminist struggles over unfair trade and debt, and for an alternative global economy

Submission Instructions:

Abstracts are invited for new pieces of work, including written papers, documentaries, poetry and other formats. Work presented at previous Tanzania Gender Festivals are not eligible for submission. Authors who submit papers agree to have their papers published in the proceedings and sign the copyright form. The submission should be in A4 and should be in word or PDF.

Please visit www.tgnp.org for guidelines on papers. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits.

The submission receipt deadline for abstracts is 30th June, 2007.. and for the final papers is 10th August 2007.

For more information contact:

Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP)
Gender Resource Centre - Mabibo,
P.O. Box 8921, Dar es Salaam, TANZANIA.
Tel: +255 22 2443450/205
Mob: +255 22 754 784050
Fax: +255 22 2443244
E-mail: info@tgnp.org
Tovuti: www.tgnp.org