GENDER AND SEXUALITY CONFERENCE

“Re-thinking Gender and Sexuality: What do we know? What have we learnt? What’s next?”

The International Institute of Knowledge Management proudly invites you to the 2^nd International Conference on Gender and Sexuality 2019 which will be held from 03^rd – 04^th October 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

The 2^nd International Conference on Gender and Sexuality 2019 aims to provide an important platform for researchers, academicians, scholars, and scientists from all around the world to address equal rights and discuss better solutions to deal with gender relations. It will also provide an opportunity for delegates to share their valuable knowledge and experience of gender studies from various perspectives. This conference will hope to have representation from every continent and regions across the world, to share views and ideas on gender issues, network with international colleagues and make the conference a meaning the full opportunity for engagement.

CALL FOR PAPERS

The 2nd International Conference on Gender and Sexuality 2019 invites academics, researchers and professionals with a particular interest in issues related to gender transformation and sexuality to submit abstracts to abstract@genderconference.com

Participants from various disciplines are invited, including but not limited to social work, sociology, political studies, psychology, anthropology, development studies, religion, communication, languages, culture studies and law. The conference will be held from 03rd – 04th October 2019 in Colombo, Sri Lanka under the theme “Re-thinking Gender and Sexuality: What do we know? What have we learnt? What’s next?”

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CONFERENCE CHAIR

Prof. Shahana Rasool

(D.Phil Social Policy –Oxford)
Associate Prof.: HEAD of Department of Social Work
University of Johannesburg

Dr. Sharifa Al Yahyai

Former Minister of Social Development, Sultanate of Oman
Academic Specialist in Women’s Studies
Board Member of Arab Women Foundation
Member of Advisory Board in University of Business & Technology- Jeddah

Speech title : “Rethinking Women in politics- sharing a life story”

Jessica Lynn

Transgender advocate and activist

USA

Bhoomi Harendran

Transgender activist
Sri Lanka

OPPORTUNITIES

All accepted abstracts for the 2^nd International Conference on Gender and Sexuality 2019 will be published in the conference abstract book with an associated ISBN 978-955-3605-38-2.

All full papers sent for conference proceedings will be subjected to double blind reviewing process and will be published electronically with an ISSN in the proceedings with a DOI Number (DOI prefix: 10.17501).

Publication
The International Institute of Knowledge Management is a member of Crossref

International Journal of Gender and Entrepreneurship

The coverage of the journal includes; Entrepreneurship, Female/Women’s entrepreneurship, Business, Management, Strategy, Gender, Economics, Internationalization and Marketing.

Online ISSN 1756-6266
Editor in Chief Prof. Colette Henry
Publisher Emerald Publishing
Journal Link https://emeraldgrouppublishing.com/products/journals/journals.htm?id=ijge

Indexed in Scopus, Emerging Sources Citation Index, ReadCube Discover and many more.

Gender Issues

Online ISSN 1936-4717
Editor in Chiefs J.M. Simons-Rudolph
A.P. Simons-Rudolph
Publisher Springer
Journal Link https://www.springer.com/social+sciences/sociology/journal/12147
Indexed in SCOPUS, PsycINFO, Google Scholar and many more

FEATURED EVENTS

Panel Discussion on

“ Power to Decide: Women, Decision-Making and Gender Equality ”

On 03^rd October 2019
From 4.00p.m – 6.00p.m

“ Panel Discussion on LGBTQI+ Rights, Culture and Society ”

On 03^rd October 2019
From 4.00p.m – 6.00p.m

Career Development Workshops

Workshop on Scholarly Publications

On 04^th October 2019
From 2.00p.m – 3.30p.m

Share Your Story at Gender Studies ’19

Themes:

• Success Stories—personal and project achievements, joyful accomplishments
• Stories of Struggles–including setbacks, anger, sadness

Genres:

• Narratives
• Documentary films
• Short fiction films
• Performance art—poetry, song, short dramas

Send your original work before 03^rdJune 2019 with your biography.

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ORGANIZERS & PARTNERS

Hosting Partner

University of Johannesburg,
South Africa

Academic Partner

University of Genova,
Italy

Academic Partner

University of Balochistan,
Pakistan

Tour & Accommodation Partner

Organized By

Event Partner

HEAR IT FROM OUR PARTICIPANTS

“Gender studies in a Global Perspective.” Justin Francis, West Visayas State University Iloilo City, Philippines shared about Ambedkar University, India They talking about the International Conference on Gender Studies (Gender Studies ‘18) which was scheduled to be held from 04th to 05th October 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

“Gender studies in a Global Perspective.” Chitra Anand, Kritika Chopra shared about Ambedkar University, India They talking about the International Conference on Gender Studies (Gender Studies ‘18) which was scheduled to be held from 04th to 05th October 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.

Priyam Sinha, Centre For The Study of Developing Societies, India, She shared about Ambedkar University, India They talking about the International Conference on Gender Studies (Gender Studies ‘18) which was scheduled to be held from 04th to 05th October 2018 in Bangkok, Thailand.