The 28 and 29 April 2016, will be held in Port-au-Prince Haiti's first international and interdisciplinary conference on gender research under the theme "From practice to science : renew stories about women in Haiti." This conference will be organized by Darline Alexis (Quisqueya University), Denyse Côté (Université du Québec en Outaouais) and Sabine Lamour (Paris VIII University and State University of Haiti).

The academic conference will aim the development of research on gender and women from both of the feminist movement, international devices, than ministries and universities. It proposes to analyze how schools of thought on the issue of gender through research, creation and Haitian society, public policy and intervention practices.

This conference will addresses gender relations from different scales of analysis and application and in different geographical areas. Will be welcome any proposal of communication in literary studies, geography, history, philosophy, urban planning, anthropology, political science, economics, health sciences, development studies, social work, communications, etc...

Proposals for communication should be sent to the Conference Secretariat : conferencegenrehaiti2016@gmail.com no later than 19 February 2016. They may be written in French or Creole. With a maximum length of 250 words, they will comprise a brief description of the subject (theoretical and / or empirical) and the methodologies used. These proposals will be evaluated by the Scientific Committee which will forward notification of acceptance March 4, 2016.

Download the complete Call for Proposals : https://www.haitilibre.com/docs/appel-communications-28-29-avril-2016.pdf (in french)

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