CFP: Womens Rights (10/30; 3/15/01-3/18/01)

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    Call for Papers

    WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
    MARCH 16TH - 18TH, 2001
    SPECIAL STUDENT CONFERENCE MARCH 15TH, 2001

    Southeastern Women’s Studies Association (SEWSA) Conference 2001
    Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida

    “Under guarantees of international rights as well as in everyday life, a
    women is not yet a name for a way of being human.”
        Catharine A. MacKinnon, Amnesty Lectures

    Across boundaries of race, ethnicity, class, sexual orientation, age and
    physical ability, women suffer diminution of their human rights because
    they are women. In the United States and globally, grass-roots and
    political efforts often fail to improve the daily lives of women. The
    alarming gap between human rights principles and socio-political
    practices is evident as we confront practical issues affecting women
    such as domestic violence, poverty, health care, immigration, criminal
    justice, and employment discrimination.

    This conference proposes to address the practical and theoretical
    challenges of moving from formal guarantees to substantive gains. We
    invite presentations - from scholars and students, from human rights
    activists and from creative artists - on the subject of advancing
    women's dignity, integrity, security and status, as a matter of everyday
    life, as a matter of human rights. Students, particularly
    undergraduates, are encouraged to submit proposals for the SEWSA Student
    2001 conference. Preference will be given to work related to women and
    human rights in South Florida, Latin America and the Caribbean, although
    more general presentations are also welcome.

    Please submit 3 copies of a 250-word proposal for a lecture, panel
    discussion, creative performance, workshop, poster session, multi-media
    exhibit, etc. to be received no later than Monday, October 30th, 2000.
    No email or fax submissions please. Include a cover page indicating
    either SEWSA 2001 or SEWSA Student 2001, with your name, institutional
    affiliation if any, and complete contact information - especially email
    address. Please include a SASE or email address for confirmation.

    Send SEWSA 2001 and SEWSA Student 2001 proposals to:
    Josephine Beoku-Betts, Women’s Studies Center, Florida Atlantic
    University
    777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, Florida 33431
    For information only: <beokubetts@fau.edu> -- 561-297-3865

    See our website for updates and conference information:
    <www.wsc.fau.edu/sewsa2001>
     SOUTHEASTERN WOMEN’S STUDIES ASSOCIATION
    ANNUAL CONFERENCE 2001

    Florida Atlantic University/Women’s Studies Center
    777 Glades Road, Boca Raton, FL 33431
    (561) 297-3865 - Website: www.wsc.fau.edu/sewsa2001

    WOMEN’S RIGHTS ARE HUMAN RIGHTS
    MARCH 16 - 18, 2001 - STUDENT CONFERENCE MARCH 15, 2001
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    Registration Form
    Please type or print below the information as you would like it to
    appear on your conference badge.

    Name: ________________________________________

    Social Security #__________________

    Affiliation:
    _____________________________________________________________

    Address:
    ________________________________________________________________

    ______________________________________________________________________________

    E-Mail: _______________________________Fax:
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    Telephone (Day)
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    School Attending _______________________________Student #
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     Registration (by February 1, 2001) $75.00 ____
     Late Registration (after February 1, 2001) 95.00 ____
     Student Registration 55.00
    ____
    Please indicate if you are a presenter: ______
    As a presenter you must register by the February 1, 2001 deadline

    All presenters must register for the conference and be members of SEWSA
    (annual membership is for one calendar year, January 1 through December
    31. If not already a member, please send a separate check, payable to
    SEWSA, to the conference registration address.

    SEWSA Dues:
    Student (income less than $15,000) $10
    Regular member - Income: $15.000-19,999 $15
                                               $20,000-29,999 $20
                                               $30,000-39,999 $25
                                               $40,000-49,999 $30
                                               $50,000-59,999 $35
    Sustaining or Institutional member $50
    (One individual conference registration allowed per institutional
    membership)

    Cancellations must be received in writing prior to February 28, 2001 in
    order to receive a refund (less $30 processing fee). No refunds will
    be available after that date, however, substitutions can be made at any
    time.

    Florida Atlantic University’s facilities are generally accessible to
    persons with disabilities. Please indicate if you will need special
    assistance to accommodate a disability _____________

    We want to assess the need for child care. Please indicate if you will
    need assistance with child care ____ Children’s ages _____________

    The Program Committee is exploring the possibility of publishing
    selected papers from the conference either as a special journal issue or

    an edited anthology. If you would like to have your paper considered
    for publication, and are willing to submit it at or soon after the
    conference, please indicate ____

    Some student travel grants will be available, please check the
    conference website or SEWSA newsletter for information.

    The registration fee includes a luncheon. Registration forms and fees
    must be postmarked by February 1, 2001 to obtain the regular
    registration rates. Your receipt will be included in the registration
    package you receive at the conference. Please send checks or money
    orders in US funds payable to SEWSA2001, and mail to: Florida Atlantic
    University, Women’s Studies Center, Room AH 111, 777 Glades Road, Boca
    Raton, FL 33431. Website: www.wsc.fau.edu/sewsa2001

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