The African Activists Association of UCLA Presents our
6th annual colloquium
Women Agency in Africa:
Role, Motivation, and Voice
Africa is a continent with rich culture and filled with natural resources. However, women of this continent for a long time have faced severe challenges that have affected their well being, health, and effective participation in the continent. Such challenges include infant mortality at childbirth, female genital mutilation, gender violence, gender discrimination in the business world as well as the political arena, etc. The aim of this conference is to shed more light on women agency in Africa and their roles in mitigating the issues facing women, men and children in Africa. The conference seeks to bring together scholars and students who specialize in a variety of fields (e.g. economics, political science, history, women studies, public health, world arts and cultures, language, etc.), and members of the community who are interested in the issues women face and women roles in mitigating issues that are not only peculiar to women in Africa, but to all of Africa. We welcome submissions from a variety of disciplines and fields including but not limited to:
*Public Health Religion/Philosophy*
*History Arts*
*Education Political Science*
*Economics Agricultural Science*
*Psychology Linguistics*
*Geography*
Abstracts and papers must be submitted in English. Individual presentations may not exceed 15 minutes. Please submit abstract of 250-500 words by email to:
africanactivists@gmail.com
Submit it no later than April 1, 2011.
The body of the email should contain the title of the presentation, your name, institutional affiliation, address, email address, and phone number. The abstract should be sent as a Microsoft Word attachment. Participants will be notified of acceptance via email. Everyone is welcome to submit and we look forward to hearing from you-The African Activists Association at UCLA.
*QUESTIONS? Contact the African Activist Association (AAA) at:
africanactivists@gmail.com
About the African Activist Association (AAA) at UCLA:
AAA was started over 35 years ago by activist graduate students at UCLA and is one of the oldest Africanist students activist organizations in the US. Currently, the mission of AAA is to provide a forum through which Africanists across disciplines can collaborate to increase awareness of issues concerning Africa. AAA aims to encourage positive and productive discourse about Africa both within the UCLA community and beyond.
