Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.980213142435.18986A-100000@ccen.uccb.ns.ca> Date: Fri, 13 Feb 1998 14:27:00 -0400 From: Michael Gurstein <mailto:mgurst@CCEN.UCCB.NS.CA> Subject: Re: ...CONFERENCE NEEDS HELP !!! To: mailto:DEVEL-L@AMERICAN.EDU
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> From: "Obioma G. Nnaemeka" <mailto:nnaemeka@iupui.edu>
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> I desperately want to reach and invite scholars/activists etc.
> who live and work in Africa. The list you sent me helps
> A LOT.
>
> Without any funding yet for the conference, I'm solely
> responsible for every detail and chore. You can imagine
> how much of an uphill task this is.
>
> I am trying to set up a web site for AAWS and the WAAD
> conference and I hope to have an address by early next week.
>
> I will soon after that send out the mass mailing of the
> announcements with our web site address.
>
> If you have other useful lists for Women's Studies and
> African Studies, please do not hesitate to send them along.
>
> Your kindness is profound and so is my gratitude.
>
> God bless.
>
> Obioma Nnaemeka
> Associate Professor of French
> Women's Studies & African American Studies
> Cavanaugh Hall, Room 001C
> Indiana University
> 425 University Boulevard
> Indianapolis, IN 46202
> U. S. A.
>
> Phone: (317) 278-2038; (317) 274-0062 - messages
> Fax: (317) 274-2347
>
> e-mail:mailto:nnaemeka@iupui.edu
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> From: "Obioma G. Nnaemeka" <mailto:nnaemeka@iupui.edu>
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>
> PLEASE POST/CIRCULATE
>
> CALL FOR ACTION
>
> 2ND INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON WOMEN IN AFRICA &
> THE AFRICAN DIASPORA(WAAD)
>
> THEME--WOMEN IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA:
> HEALTH & HUMAN RIGHTS
>
> INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, USA
>
> OCTOBER 22-27, 1998
>
> In July 1992, over 700 researchers, activists,
> policy makers, and students from all continents
> assembled in Nsukka--a small, rural town in
> southeastern Nigeria--for the first international
> conference on "Women in Africa and the African
> Diaspora: Bridges across Activism and the Academy"
> (WAAD).Convinced by the need to build bridges
> across racial, gender, ethnic, class,locational,
> national, and disciplinary boundaries, the
> organizers extended an invitation to researchers,
> activists, policy makers, and students irrespective
> of gender, race, ethnicity, or national origin.
>
> WAAD '92 accomplished its goals and put in place
> forward-looking strategies for continuing its work.
> The networking that prevailed at Nsukka laid the
> foundation for the formation of NGOs in Africa. In
> addition to the ongoing activist work, the
> conference generated a ten-volume proceedings of
> over 250 original papers on different aspects of
> the lives of women in Africa and the African
> Diaspora. WAAD '92 was also the impetus for the
> formation of the Association of African Women
> Scholars (AAWS). It is hoped that the second
> conference will provide the forum for
> consolidation of gains and charting new paths
> towards more successes.
>
> The interdisciplinary focus of the second WAAD
> conference is a crucial one. Health will be
> discussed not only as a physical and medical
> question but,in a broader sense, as a social issue,
> thus allowing participants to debate health issues
> in their relatedness to the economy, education,
> human rights,the arts, militarization, cultural
> practices, environmental issues, ethnic conflicts,
> refugee problems, etc., in the context of global
> interdependence and international politics. Human
> rights questions will be discussed in a holistic
> way by linking socio-economic rights to civil and
> political rights.
>
> The presentations at the WAAD conference will
> include recent trends in morbidity and mortality in
> women of African descent, sociocultural factors
> which impact on the health of women of African
> descent, and the impact of changing focus of
> medical research. Discussions will also focus on
> how health issues are imagined in the arts or how
> dramatic changes in climatic conditions with
> resultant dislocations and food shortages, changes
> in economic and social policies and the escalation
> of ethnic politics and armed conflicts continent
> impact the health and human rights of women of
> African descent.
>
> Workshops at the conference will target specific
> health and human rights issues--AIDS, female
> genital surgeries, traditional medicine/birth,
> preventative care, reproductive health, widowhood,
> medical research,infant and maternal health, health
> care policy, religious fundamentalism, war, ethnic
> conflicts,and refugee problems. The conference will
> provide an occasion for participants to not only
> learn what the problems are but also to share,
> celebrate, and learn from success stories.
>
> Locally and internationally, 1998 provides an
> appropriate context for the WAAD conference. The
> city of Indianapolis plans a year-long series of
> events, "Africa Celebration '98," which will
> showcase the complexity, diversity, and rich
> cultures of Africa. Also, 1998 marks the 50th
> anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human
> Rights. The WAAD conference will be one of the
> events organized worldwide to celebrate this
> important anniversary and set in motion forward-
> looking strategies for promoting universal human
> rights.
>
> This announcement extends an invitation to
> agencies, governments, academicians, independent
> scholars, activists, students, policy makers, and
> other interested individuals--irrespective of
> gender, race, religious affiliation, and national
> origin--to participate in the second WAAD
> conference.
>
> _______________________________________________________
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>
> DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION OF A ONE-PAGE PROPOSAL--MARCH 15, 1998
>
> (Handwritten, faxed or e-mailed abstracts will NOT be accepted)
>
> Contact: Obioma Nnaemeka, Convenor, Women's Studies
> Program, Indiana University, 425 University Blvd.,
> Indianapolis, IN 46202, USA. Phone: (317) 278-2038 or
> (317) 274-0062 (messages), fax: (317) 274-2347, e-mail:
> mailto:nnaemeka@iupui.edu
>
> REGISTRATION FORM
>
> Please indicate your interest in the following categories:
>
> ___ Attend the conference
> ___ Present a paper.
>
> Title:
>
>
> ___Organize a panel, workshop or exhibition. Area of interest:
>
>
> ___Chair a session. Area of interest:
>
>
> ___Serve as discussant. Area of interest:
>
>
> ___Serve as resource person. Specify:
>
>
> ___Other/Specify:
>
>
> Name:
>
> Address:
>
>
> Phone: (work) (home)
> Fax: E-mail:
>
>
> REGISTRATION: US$ 85 by MARCH 15, 1998; US$ 125 after
> MARCH 15, 1998
>
> Make checks payable to Indiana University, Indianapolis
>
> Mail to:
>
> Professor Obioma Nnaemeka, Convenor
> Second WAAD Conference
> French and Women's Studies
> Indiana University
> 425 University Boulevard
> Indianapolis, IN 46202
> USA
>
> Phone: (317) 278-2038
> (317) 274-0062 (messages)
> Fax: (317) 274-2347,
> e-mail: mailto:nnaemeka@iupui.edu
>
>
> _______________________________________________________
> _______________________________________________________
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>
>
> From: "Obioma G. Nnaemeka" <mailto:nnaemeka@iupui.edu>
>
>
> PLEASE POST/CIRCULATE
>
> ASSOCIATION OF AFRICAN WOMEN SCHOLARS (AAWS)
>
> (Promoting excellence in scholarship, networking, and activism)
>
> MEMBERSHIP
>
> Membership of the organization is open to African WOMEN and MEN
> (academicians, independent scholars, activists, students, and policy
> makers) everywhere committed to engendering and promoting scholarship in
> all disciplines in African Women's Studies. Individuals who are not of
> African descent can join the organization as associate members. Dues at
> the associate membership level will be assessed at a reduced rate.
>
> AIMS & OBJECTIVES
>
> (1) To promote and encourage scholarship on AFRICAN WOMEN in
> African Studies;
>
> (2) To forge intellectual links and network with scholars,
> activists, and policy makers inside and outside Africa; and
>
> (3) To participate actively in continental and global debate
> on issues specifically relevant or related to African women.
>
> FUNCTIONS OF THE ORGANIZATION
>
> (1) Organize and sponsor conferences and other forms of
> scholarly interchange;
>
> (2) Encourage and undertake consortial/collaborative projects;
>
> (3) Institute a refereed journal--JOURNAL OF AFRICAN WOMEN'S
> STUDIES(JAWS)--to promote and disseminate scholarly
> research on African women;
>
> (4) Facilitate faculty and student exchanges;
>
> (5) Create a communications network via cyberspace for the
> pooling and dissemination of resource information, including
> but not limited to works in progress, dissertations, new studies,
> research updates, pedagogy;
>
> (6) Create, establish, and/or carry out any other functions
> and activities which may from time to time arise and are
> considered to be incidental and conducive to the realization
> of the above objectives; and
>
> (7) Establish a Research and Documentation Unit which will
> produce an AFRICAN WOMEN'S BIBLIOGRAPHY SERIES on a biennial
> basis.
>
> AAWS DISCUSSION GROUP ON THE INTERNET
>
> The discussion group is open to anyone who is interested in
> discussing African women's issues. Requests to join can be made
> on the internet through mailto:LISTSERV@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU by sending
> the following message: SUBSCRIBE AFWOSCHO
>
>
> REGISTRATION FORM
> Name:
>
> Address:
>
>
>
> City: State: Zip Code: Country:
>
> Affiliation:
>
> Title: Rank:
>
> Field/Discipline:
>
>
> Research/Activist
> Interests:
>
>
> Telephone--(home): (work):
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> Fax: E-mail:
>
>
> ANNUAL DUES
>
> Income over $35,000 $40
> Income from $15-$35,000 $30
> Income below $15,000 $15
> Students (resident outside Africa) $10
> Other residents in Africa $10
> African students studying in Africa $ 5
> Institutional Member $100
> Life Member* $1000
> (*One-time payment or 4 annual
> installments of $250)
> Associate membership rate: $5 off categories
> 1-5 above, and $100 off life membership rate.
>
> AMOUNT ENCLOSED
>
> AAWS dues are for one calendar year. Above dues apply to North
> America and overseas surface mail. For overseas air-mail add $10.
> Make checks payable to Association of African Women Scholars.
> Members not resident in the United States should pay by money
> order or check in US dollars drawn on a US bank. Send
> checks/money orders to:
>
> Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka
> Treasurer, AAWS
> Women's Studies Program
> The University of Kansas
> Lawrence, KS 66045
> U. S. A.
>
> OFFICERS:
>
> Obioma Nnaemeka (President), Helen Mugambi (Vice-President),
> Pamela Smith (Secretary) Omofolabo Ajayi-Soyinka (Treasurer),
> Opportune Zongo (Publicity Secretary)
>
> ADDRESS: Obioma Nnaemeka, President
> Association of African Women Scholars (AAWS)
> Women's Studies Program
> Cavanaugh Hall 001C
> Indiana University
> 425 University Boulevard
> Indianapolis, IN 46202
> U. S. A.
> Phone: (317)278-2038
> (317)274-0062 (messages)
> Fax: (317)274-2347
> E-mail: mailto:nnaemeka@iupui.edu
>
>
>
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Michael Gurstein, Ph.D. ECBC/NSERC/SSHRC Associate Chair in the Management of Technological Change Director: Centre for Community and Enterprise Networking (C\CEN) University College of Cape Breton, POBox 5300, Sydney, NS, CANADA B1P 6L2 Tel. 902-539-4060 (o) 902-562-1055 (h) 902-562-0119 (fax) mailto:Mgurst@ccen.uccb.ns.ca http://ccen.uccb.ns.ca