Showing posts with label Women's Rights. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Women's Rights. Show all posts

10 October 2015

FEMMES, JUSTICE ET SOCIÉTÉS: CALL FOR PAPERS

JOURNÉE D’ÉTUDE
21-22 JANVIER 2016
Université de Nantes
Centre universitaire départemental de La Roche-sur-Yon

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FEMMES, JUSTICE ET SOCIÉTÉS

            La recherche a largement investi le champ des études juridiques ou historiques sur la question du contrôle des femmes et la façon dont ce contrôle agit de façon différentielle au regard des normes de genre.
            Alors que les inégalités entre hommes et femmes font preuve d’une résistance certaine depuis des siècles, bon nombre d’initiatives animées par des femmes ont mêlé et mêlent actions politiques et économiques, résistance et solidarités en vue d’un accès plus juste au Droit.
            Au croisement du droit, de l’histoire, de l’anthropologie et de la sociologie, l’objectif de cette journée d’étude est de susciter des échanges entre disciplines, autour de la question de la femme, de ses droits et de son rapport à la société et ce, depuis des siècles.
            Cet appel à communications propose d'explorer le processus de régulation sociale des normes de genre sous l’angle de la (re)production des différences et de l’altérité. Pour ce faire, plusieurs axes de réflexions sont proposés :
-          Les institutions judiciaires, politiques et religieuses face à la problématique du genre : analyser le fonctionnement de la justice s’impose pour mieux appréhender les obstacles que les femmes rencontrent depuis des siècles ;
-          Les femmes et leurs droits dans un contexte de pluralisme normatif : la justice étatique ne constitue souvent que le dernier recours pour les femmes, d’autres ordres normatifs tendant à s’imposer à elles en pratique depuis des siècles : quels ont-ils été ? Quels sont-ils ? Comment ont-ils cohabité avec le droit ? Quelles possibilités les femmes ont-elles eues pour jouer sur différents registres ?
-          Quels dispositifs sont mis en œuvre par les États, les associations et les organismes pour favoriser un meilleur accès à la justice ? Comment expliquer leur développement récent ? Quel est leur impact sur le rapport des femmes au droit ?


Contact : Ana Conde

                ana.conde@univ-nantes.fr

28 January 2014

CALL FOR PAPERS: Women in War and at War


The University of Warwick has issued a call for papers.
18th - 19th September 2014 / University of Warwick

Call for papers

Women's roles in war are complex and varied and are not limited to that of victims. During the Arab Spring, women took to the streets protesting against oppressive regimes in North Africa and the Middle East. We are also witnessing a significant rise in female political activism during conflict: many women increasingly find Internet, blogs and social media a useful tool to fight oppression, advocate change but also to report from war zones. Many women actively participate in combat, in regular armed forces but also as guerillas and, freedom fighters. They are also compelled to fight as girl child soldiers.

Sexual violence against women remains an alarming and disturbing feature of modern armed conflicts. This is despite the fact that International Humanitarian Law (IHL) prohibits rape and other forms of sexual violence in war and despite the major advances in International Criminal Law (ICL) in the punishment of gender crimes. Over the past two years, some further steps and initiatives have been taken at national and international level to address this problem.  For instance, in June 2013 the United Nations Security Council issued Resolution 2106 on sexual violence in conflict, calling (once again) for the prevention of sexual violence during conflicts. In April 2012, the UK Foreign Secretary, William Hague, launched the Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative, which resulted in adopting a G8 Declaration on Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict and endorsing the Declaration of Commitment to End Sexual Violence in Conflict, which has been signed by 70% of UN Member States.
What impact have these measures had? Will they make a real difference? Have they had any impact on the way that armed conflict is conducted? How much can the law actually achieve? What do recent conflicts tell us about the contemporary representations of women in and at war?
This conference builds on the 2012 Women in War and at War conference held at Aberystwyth University and is designed to focus in particular on recent developments in relation to women and war.

Keynote speaker: Prof. Christine Chinkin, London School of Economics


The University of Warwick invites proposals for papers in the following or related areas:

 -          Women and the conflict in Syria

-          Women, the Arab Spring and the aftermath

-          International Humanitarian Law: effectiveness and challenges

-          International Criminal Law and the prosecution of gender-related crimes

-          Representations of women in and at war

-          Women, war and the media

-          Women in post-conflict settings

-          Gender and conflict.

 Abstracts of max. 250 words should be submitted by 15 February 2014 to womeninatwar@gmail.com. Authors of selected abstracts will be informed by mid-March 2014.

27 July 2013

CONFERENCE: Law and Justice in Globalised Era

Auro University (India, Gujarat) announced the Conference 'Law and Justice in Globalised Era'.

The Conference aims to promote exchange of knowledge and views of educationalists, jurists, practicing professionals, social activists, and individuals in their areas of interest, relating to social justice and social change.
 AURO University's, School of Law, Surat extends an invitation to judges, lawyers, academicians, social activists, individuals and students to present papers on any one of the following areas of interest. 
Suggested areas of interest for the Conference:
  • Globalisation and Legal Education
  • Corruption: Ways and Means of Curbing it
  • Challenges of National and International Trade and Commercial Laws
  • Intellectual Property RightsLabour and Industrial Dispute Resolution
  • Women Protection and Law
  • Personal Laws in Changing Times
  • Juvenile in Conflict with Law and Protection of Child from Sexual Abuse and Exploitation
  • Alternate Dispute Resolution Mechanism: Need of An Hour
  • Financial Regulations and Its Impact on Trade and Business
  • Industrialization and Environment Issues
  • Human Rights
  • Justice Delivery System
  • Cyber Crime
Deadline of registration is 20th August 2013
Details: http://nclj2013.aurouniversity.ac.in/Default.aspx