Call for Abstracts
Concept Note
Kenya has ratified the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development adopted by the United Nations General Assembly at its Summit in September 2015. This Agenda stipulated 17 Sustainable Development Goals, one of which is to “achieve gender equality and empower all women and girls” (SDG 5).Additional six SDGs specifically target Gender Equality and Women Empowerment (GEWE) (goals 1, 3, 4 8, 10 and 16).
In this respect, the Department of Sociology, Social Work and African Women’s Studies and the Women’s Economic Empowerment Hub of the University of Nairobi (WEE Hub), will hold from 26th to 27th October 2023 the 6th Annual Conference on The Status of African Women. The objectives of the Conference are, using feminist methodologies, to use research findings and case studies to create awareness and fill in the invisible knowledge gaps that exist as a result of the way in which women’s perspectives have been left out of traditional methods of data collection and analysis. Furthermore, the Conference will seek to highlight women’s knowledge, experience and contribution to economic empowerment and sustainable development.
Theme
Harnessing Women’s knowledge,experience and contribution towards sustainable development.
Sub-Themes
- Digit -all the future work;Women and innovation, technology in the fourth industrial revolution
- Women’s health;syndemics and post pandemics, mental health, reproductive and public health, and calamities
- Women experiences with religion in the contemporary world
- Women and climate change, agriculture, food security, environment, and disaster preparedness
- Women’s collective Agency, self-mobilisation and participation in socio political towards sustainable development.
- Women’s Economic empowerment, Labour force participation and property rights
Who can Submit?
The conference welcomes original research and case studies. The conference aims to promote scholarship and academic discourse among students, faculty, researchers, scholars, and development facilitators, professionals working in public and private sectors and other persons who want to bring forth their research work in the field of women studies and epistemology.
Guidelines for Preparation of the Abstract
Abstract should comply with the following format:
- Length: 250 – 400 words
- MS Word; Times New Romans (font size = 12), line spacing 1.5
- Title of the presentation (indicate under which sub-topic)
- Author(s) and affiliation
- Focus of the research/case study
- The conceptual framework
- Methodology
- Results and Discussion
Collaboration among multiple authors, colleagues and other scholars is acceptable with the consent of all co-authors. It is the responsibility of the Lead Presenter to obtain the consent of fellow authors.
Full original papers should be under 12,000 words and will be submitted as per the guidelines which will be provided after acceptance of the abstract.
Conference papers will be presented on power-point
IMPORTANT DATES
| Submission of abstract | 19/06/2023 |
| Abstract Submission to close | 25/08/23 |
| Notification of acceptance | 31/08/2023 |
| Full paper submission | 30/09/2023 |
| Registration for Conference Starts | 1/9/2023 |
| Registration for Conference Closes | 13/10/2023 |
| Conference | 26th – 27th October 2023 |
Conference Registration Fee
| UoN Undergraduate Students | Ksh.600 |
| UoN Staff | Ksh. 1,000 |
| UoN Postgraduate Students | Ksh. 1,000 |
| Students from East Africa Community | Ksh. 2,000 |
| International Students | Ksh.3,000 $30 |
| Participants from East Africa Community | Ksh. 3,000 |
| International Participants | Ksh.5,000 $50 |
Contact Details
For more information, contact us on
Dr.Marygorety Akinyi Tel :+254722229885
Email: cmgakinyi@uonbi.ac.ke
Conference Email: awsc-conf@uonbi.ac.ke
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