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Gender & Development: Call for Papers on Reproductive Rights
The July 2008 issue of the international journal Gender & Development,
(published for Oxfam GB by Routledge/Taylor and Francis) will focus on
Reproductive Rights.
Researchers, practitioners and activists are invited to submit their ideas
for this issue, by a deadline of Monday 1 October 2007.
Gender & Development provides a forum for development policymakers,
practitioners and researchers, and feminist activists to share insights,
analyses and theoretical concepts that promote and support dignified,
decent and sustainable development, founded on equality between women and
men. Building on Oxfam’s commitment to integrate gender and women’s
rights
into all is work, the journal aims to meet the needs of development
policymakers and practioners for information which enables them to
integrate gender issues into their work. Published by Routledge/Taylor and
Francis for Oxfam GB, the journal has become essential reading for all
concerned with gender-fair development. It is currently read in over 90
countries.
Gender & Development has an editorial policy of publishing in clear,
jargon-free English, in order to be of use to the widest possible
readership. Practitioners and activists, as well as researchers, are
invited to write for us. Articles should be 4,000 – 4,500 words plus
references.
What kind of articles do we need?
Each issue features a range of articles from researchers, policy makers,
and practitioners. Researchers from inside and beyond academia are invited
to share the policy implications of their work with our wide-ranging
audience. Practitioners are invited to share critical studies of
development interventions: what has worked, and what has been less
successful? How can development agencies support the women’s movements in
their struggle to secure sexual and reproductive rights for all?
Contributions could include (but you are also invited to suggest others!):
· A definitive ‘state of the art’ overview – what is
the current state
of play vis a vis reproductive rights? What are the successes, threats and
challenges today? What is the role of development policy and practice – of
governments, NGOs, community groups etc – in securing reproductive rights
for women, men, and adolescent girls and boys?
· New developments in reproductive technologies, and
the practical
implications for women in poverty in the global South (and/or North)
· Microbicides – the campaign to develop an effective
‘invisible’
woman-controlled means of preventing HIV, which may or may not allow
conception - why the delay? What is the current progress?
· Maternal mortality – where are we now? Assessing
‘progress’ in the
wake of the MDGs
· Abortion rights – challenges and progress - an
assessment of where we
are now and the recent success in the US Senate
Reproductive rights in conflict,
disasters and emergencies
· Activism to secure sexual and reproductive rights for
marginalised
groups of women – for example, e.g. Roma women, women living with
disabilities
· The ‘right to reproduce’ – technologies enable women
in some
countries to overcome infertility, or to become pregnant without becoming
infected with HIV. Could/should development/women's rights/human rights
organisations be promoting access to infertility or assisted fertility
treatment in contexts where it is not currently available or considered as
a possibility?
· Campaigns to end ‘harmful traditional practices’ –
for example, ‘dry
sex’, child/’early’ marriage, female genital mutilation – what has worked
and what has the impact been on women’s health and on wider society?
· Young people’s sexual and reproductive rights – the
challenges and
case studies of activism to support these
· Sexuality education and awareness-raising: what has worked,
in which
contexts?
· Development and the right to privacy – how has HIV
prevention
challenged this?
If you would like to write on any of the above, or have other ideas that
would make interesting articles on the theme of gender, development and
reproductive rights, then please send a paragraph outlining your proposed
idea to gadeditor@oxfam.org.uk, as
soon as possible, and before the
commissioning deadline: Friday 5 October 2007.
Commissioned articles will need to be completed for a deadline of Monday 7
January 2008. We particularly welcome contributions from first-time writers
and will provide the necessary support for you to share your development
experience and expertise through the journal.
For more information about Gender & Development, including guidelines for
contributors, please visit
http://www.oxfam.org.uk/resources/issues/gender/gad.html
Dr Caroline Sweetman
Editor, Gender and Development
A journal of policy and practice published by Oxfam GB
Campaigns and Policy Division
Oxfam House
John Smith Drive
Oxford, OX4 2JY
United Kingdom.
Telephone: (00 44) 1 865 472106
Oxfam works with others to overcome poverty and suffering.
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