Engendering Policy and Politics
International and comparative challenges and perspectives
An international, interdisciplinary conferences hosted by the Gender
Research Network, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester,
Chancellors Conference Centre, 21-22 June 2007, supported by the Social
Policy Association and Jean Monnet Centre for Excellence
Keynote speakers include:
Professor Drude Dahlerup, Stockholm Professor Gillian Pascall, Nottingham
Professor Joni Lovenduski, Birkbeck Dr Katherine Rake, Fawcett Society
Professor Jane Lewis, LSE Professor Diane Sainsbury, Stockholm
Call for Papers
Aims and Objectives
This interdisciplinary conference will address key debates around the theme
of engendering politics and policy. Panels will take a comparative and
international perspective on what it means to engender the political process
and policy outcomes.
Key themes
What steps have governments and political parties taken to
feminize/engender politics?
What tools and mechanisms can and do states use to address gender
inequalities in society?
What is the nature of the relationship between engendering politics and
engendering policy?
What are the barriers to tackling gender inequality in policy and politics?
What are the intended and unintended gendered consequences of policy?
What effects have gender-sensitive policies had on different groups of men
and women?
Drawing on comparative and international evidence, what lessons can be
learned about the links between politics and policy in tackling gender
inequalities?
What role do local, national and international organizations play in
tackling gender inequalities?
Panels
We invite papers in the following areas (please see the conference website
for full details):
Gender and work Household division of labour
Family policy Ageing, gender and citizenship
Gender and international relations Gender and care
Gender and youth The gender pay gap
Advances in feminist political theory Gender and the European Union
Political parties Governance and gender
State feminism Feminist institutionalism
Extending the political
There is also an open stream for poster submissions on the general
conference themes.
Deadlines
Abstracts for posters and full papers must be submitted via email to
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can be considered. Please read the conference website
http://www.socialsciences.man.ac.uk/gendernetwork/conference/default.htm
prior to submission.
Organisers
Claire Annesley and Kirstein Rummery, on behalf of the Gender Research
Network, School of Social Sciences, University of Manchester.
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