10th International Interdisciplinary
Congress on Women
Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds
2008
UCM,
Women´s Worlds is the most important congress on academic
research on gender and women and feminist social movements. It is a major
international event with a main goal: to continue the fight against social
injustice and gender inequalities. Feminist researchers, specialists, activists
and internationally known public figures will use this opportunity to reflect on
important contemporary issues that affect women in specific ways. The University
Complutense of Madrid (UCM) was elected in Seoul (WW05) to be the home for the
2008 congress edition. Thus,
Ever since the congress first
edition in
Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds
2008 will have a great repercussion in the history of our country. It will be
one of the most important events of the year with a great impact beyond our
society. The butterfly is the symbol for MMWW08; it is the symbol of our
contribution to honour the achievements of so many brave women and to express
our committement to continue fighting for freedom of all women and further
expanding feminist agendas in the World.
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MOTTO:
Equality: No
Utopia
THEME:
New Frontiers: Dares and
Advancements
Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds
2008 is open to proposals in ALL
fields and themes related to women and gender in contemporary societies as well
as historically. However, we have established some thematic guidelines to
facilitate classification of proposals for the congress final program. We are
placing a special emphasis on two central themes: violence and migrations but
these themes are by no means the only ones to be addressed. MMWW08 organizers
will like to receive a wide variety of proposals in ALL fields of knowledge and
working areas.
The experience of dislocation
whether physical or conceptual / symbolic affects women in specific ways. We
have chosen three concepts to encompass the general theme of the congress:
frontiers, dares and advancements, in order to address a wide range of themes,
issues and disciplines that ought to be taken into account for a better
understanding of the present World. On the one hand, the congress theme refers
to physical dislocations as having to do with migration, illegal traffic of
women for sexual exploitation and slavery, cheap labour, racism, xenophobia and
all forms of physical violence against women and those who are “in transit”. On
the other hand, it refers to imaginary and conceptual forms of dislocations and
frontiers as having to do with survival mechanisms that women in extreme
situations develop, many forms of conceptual dislocation and imaginary borders,
“other worlds”, the Internet and scientific revolutions that we are experiencing
in the 21st century, new venues and ties among people who are fighting for
gender equality and social justice around the World, new time/space frames, new
feminist theoretical proposals, etc.
MMWW08 will be the ground for a deep and
constructive analysis and an optimistic outlook at all the issues that affect
women and feminist enterprises today.
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WHAT: 10th International
Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds 2008
(MMWW08).
WHERE: University Complutense of
WHEN:
ORGANIZERS: University Complutense of
CONTACT: Mundos de Mujeres / Women´s Worlds
Av. Juan de Herrera s/n
Universidad Complutense de Madrid
28040-Madrid
Spain
Phones: +34 91 3941027
+34 91 1171
Fax: +34 91 3941171
E-mail: mainoffice@mmww08.org
Congress General Coordinator
WEB SITE: www.mmww08.org