AFRICAN WOMEN IN THE
DIASPORA CONFERENCE 2008
CALL FOR PAPERS & PRESENTATIONS
Due February 15, 2008
Theme
Addressing Cultural Rites & Practices that Harm African Women & Girls - the Role of African Men, Women & Youth.
Dates of Conference
June 20 & 21, 2008, Minneapolis, Minnesota, USA
About the Conference
This year's bi-annual conference is two days of speakers, panels, and presenters who address issues currently facing African women. It provides educators, social workers, diversity officers, legal advocates, students, and health and other service providers with best practices for interacting with African women and their families in the areas of health and education, socio-economics, youth development, and much more. Past participants have come from all over the US, Africa, Europe and the rest of the world.
This conference straddles both the academic and social service arenas. While we are interested in learning what academic research has to offer, we also need to know practical ways of applying this in working with African women, youth and families.
Presenting at the Conference
- We welcome submissions on any topic related to this year's theme: Addressing Cultural Rites and Practices that Harm African Women & Girls - the Role of African Men, Women and Youth.
- All proposals must be in English
- Presentations at the conference will be in the form of brief papers (30 minutes long), panels (90 minutes for 2 panelists) and best practices and case studies.
- Presentations will be accepted on the basis of the proposal. These must be submitted electronically preferably as attachments in Word format.
- The conference organizers may approach proposal writers to request changes in their proposals to better fit conference needs.
- Presenters should register for the conference as paying participants. No compensation is possible.
- Abstracts will be published in the conference abstract book and papers will be published in the Proceedings journal.
- Presenters must register by April 30, 2008 or their presentation will be removed from the program.
Please submit all proposals by email as a Word attachment to:
mawa0302@yahoo.com with "Submission" in the subject line or by mail on CD with a hardcopy to MAWA at the address below.
Please include the following information in your submission:
Part A
- Author(s) name
- Title/Position
- Institution/Organization
- Postal Address
- Telephone Number
- Fax Number
- Email Address
- Title and names of other panelists (if for a panel)
- Author(s) biography
Part B
- Session title
- Preferred format of the session
- Objectives/intended outcomes
- Abstract
- Session Length (45 or 90 minutes)
Please Submit Proposals by February 15, 2008 to:
Executive Director
MAWA
African Women in the Diaspora Conference Submission
2207 N. 2nd St
Minneapolis, MN 55411
USA
Or by email to:
mawa0302@yahoo.com
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