2008 Women & Girls in Georgia Conference
Call for Papers

The Institute for Women’s Studies at the University of Georgia welcomes proposals for its second annual Women and Girls in Georgia Conference, to be held in Athens October 24-26, 2008. The theme of this year’s conference is Health & Well-Being. The conference, focused on feminist research concerning the women and girls of our state, is open to academics, advocates, activists, and community members. The conference will include presentations of cutting-edge scholarship, reports from the field, and opportunities for networking and political strategizing. We encourage submissions that engage the intersections of gender, sex, and other dimensions of identity, and that recognize the diversity of women and girls (including women and girls of color, immigrants, lesbians and queer women, women and girls with disabilities, rural communities, etc.)

We seek individual papers, group panels, workshops, and other formats. Possible topics include but are not limited to:

* reproductive health (ex. teen pregnancy, sex education, alternative    birthing practices, sexual well-being, adolescent sexual health)
* environmental health
* gender, race, class, sexuality, and health care quality and access
* substance abuse/addiction
* body image and sport
* HIV/AIDS
* rural women’s health
* immigrant women’s health
* mental health
* aging
* women’s health activism
* violence against women/sexual harassment
* women in prisons
* women in the military


We welcome qualitative, quantitative, theoretical, and other feminist approaches. Proposals should include a one-page abstract, and names and affiliations of all participants. Please send proposals via email to WAGGconf@gmail.com by Monday, June 16, 2008.

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