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The Gender and Development Network (GADNET) invites you to participate
in a workshop hosted by the Collegium for Development Studies, Uppsala
University and the Nordic Africa Institute
New Challenges for Gender Justice - fundamentalisms,
markets and rights A changing international climate has led to gender issues being discussed prominently. Reproductive rights, sexual health and violence against women have taken centre stage in UN conferences and in global discussions on human rights and human development. At the same time, the space for feminist issues is both growing and shrinking in some respects. Complex processes of globalisation have been accompanied by free market doctrines that have justified growing inequalities in wealth and income. These have had gendered implications such as the debated processes of the 'feminisation of poverty'. One set of reactions to globalisation and to an unequal global economy marked by North-South struggles over trade and finance, has been the strengthening of national, religion-based, ethnic or other identities in many countries of the South. In some countries in the North, a neo-conservative agenda has interesting parallels. Fundamentalism in such instances expresses itself as control over women, their sexuality and choices, while in certain contexts fundamentalist rhetoric has been used by some women to their advantage. Fundamentalism may or may not have to do with religion, but it is often in the service of other agendas - national, multinational, corporate or patriarchal. With this background in mind, the workshop will discuss gender politics and efforts towards 'gender justice' at different sites and scales in different countries. It will focus on two questions:
Invited speakers include: Shahrah Razavi, Research Coordinator at the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD), Geneva. Dr. Razavi's current research areas include work on Gender and Social Policy, and the rise of Islamic based politics and gender equality. Saraswati Raju, Professor, Centre for the Study of Regional Development, Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. Professor Raju is a social geographer teaching and researching in developmental issues with focus on gendered disparities in work and education, empowerment and space. Diana Mulinari, Assistant Professor, Dept. of Sociology/Centre for Gender Studies, Lund University. The emphasis of her work is on feminist theorising of (in)equalities and social change. Susanne Wadstein, Gender Officer, Swedish International
Development Agency, has a long experience of working within development
cooperation with questions relating to gender equality. Members of GADNET and others who are interested are invited to participate in the workshop. Participation is limited to 50 people and the emphasis is on discussions rather than paper presentations. Those who would like to participate are requested to reflect upon their own work and practice in relation to the themes of the workshop, their experiences of working with these questions and strategies for the future. These reflections, and the questions that they raise, should be put down in writing as a brief draft or outline of one page. The outlines will be used to divide the participants into different thematic discussion groups. Outlines should be sent to Seema.Arora-Jonsson@kus.uu.se latest by October 10. A registration fee of 400 SEK will be charged for participants and 200 SEK for students/doctoral candidates to be paid directly to the Centre for Global Gender Studies in Göteborg. Go to registration form. If the form does not work, please send the required information in an email.
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