)>Forwarded From: <[log in to unmask]> Date: Tue, 7 Oct 1997 05:22:08 -0500 (EST) Obioma Nnaemeka French and Women's Studies Cavanaugh Hall, Room 001C Indiana University 425 University Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46202 Phone: (317) 278-2038 (317) 274-0062 (messages) Fax: (317) 274-2347 e-mail:[log in to unmask] ** Please Post/Distribute ** CALL FOR PARTICIPATION SECOND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA THEME: WOMEN IN AFRICA & THE AFRICAN DIASPORA: HEALTH AND HUMAN RIGHTS INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA OCTOBER 22-27, 1998 In July 1992, over 700 researchers, activists, students and policy makers from all continents gathered in Nsukka--a small, rural town in Nigeria--for the first international conference on Women in Africa and the African Diaspora (the Americas, the Caribbean, and Europe). The conference focused on disciplinary and interdisciplinary issues related to women in Africa and the African diaspora. In addition to generating ten volumes of proceedings, the conference provided the space for much needed global networking and collaboration. At that meeting, it was agreed that the next conference would focus on health and human rights and be held in the African diaspora. For the purposes of the second conference, health will be discussed not only as a physical and medical question but, in a broader sense, as a social issue; thus allowing participants to debate health issues in their relatedness to the economy, education, human rights, militarization,the environment, the arts, ethnic conflicts, refugee problems, etc. in the context of global interdependence and international politics. For example,the campaign against female circumcision in Africa and the Arab world could be debated simultaneously as a health issue, a human rights question and an economic issue. One might also examine how health issues are imagined in the arts or how the health of the economy affects the health of artistic productions, etc. Discussions could also focus on the impact of changes in economic and social policies (the welfare system in the US and the immigration question in Europe,for example) and the escalation of ethnic politics and armed conflicts on the African continent on the health and human rights of women.This announcement extends an invitation to agencies, researchers, students, activists, policy makers,and interested individuals--irrespective of gender, race, religious affiliation and national origin--to participate in the second WAAD conference. DEADLINE FOR THE SUBMISSION OF PROPOSALS: MARCH 15, 1998 Handwritten, faxed or e-mailed abstracts will NOT be accepted. Please include your name (in full) and address on your proposal. REGISTRATION FORM Please indicate your interest in the following categories: ___ Attend the conference ___Present a paper. Title _________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________ ___Organize a panel, workshop or exhibition. Area of interest: ______________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________ ___Chair a session. Area of interest: __________________________________________________________________ ___Serve as discussant. Area of interest: ___________________________________________________________________ ___Serve as resource person. Specify: _________________________________________________________________ ___Other. Specify______________________________________________________ Name:__________________________________________________________________ Affiliation:_______________________________________________________ Address:_______________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ Phone:(home)______________________________(work)_______________________ Fax:__________________________e-mail:_______________________________ REGIS TRATION FEE : US$ 85 by March 15,1998 US$ 125 after March 15,1998 Make checks payable to Indiana University, Indianapolis Checks/money orders must be in US dollars drawn on US banks. Mail to/For more information contact: Professor Obioma Nnaemeka, Convener Second WAAD Conference French and Women's Studies Cavanaugh Hall 001C Indiana University 425 University Boulevard Indianapolis, IN 46202 U. S. A. Phone: (317) 274-0062 or (317) 278-2038 Fax: (317) 274-2347 e-mail: [log in to unmask] NOTE: If no one is in the office when you call, please leave a detailed message (including your name, mailing address, phone/fax numbers, and e-mail address) and we will send requested information to you. ____________________________________________________ Another Heads^UP from BLACK GEEKS ONLINE, the fastest growing virtual community online! To join, visit our Virtual Headquarters: http://www.blackgeeks.net Trickster can throw a rock tomorrow and hit the chicken yesterday!