ICOGECAO 2019: GENDER EQUITY: CHALLENGES AND OPPORTUNITIES 2019 Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology Surat, India, December 19-20, 2019 |
Conference website | http://icogecao.wixsite.com/icogecao |
Submission link | https://easychair.org/conferences/?conf=geco2019 |
Poster | download |
Submission deadline | September 30, 2019 |
Acceptance confirmation | October 30, 2019 |
Final paper submission and registration | November 15, 2019 |
Conference start date | December 19, 2019 |
Conference end date | December 20, 2019 |
About GECO 2019: (TEQIP-III Sponsored International Conference On “Gender Equity: Challenges And Opportunities”, 19 & 20 December 2019)
For centuries gender has defined, shaped and limited the role of individual in the society. But from Simone de Beauvoir to Judith Butler gender roles have undergone a process of deconstruction. Binaries have been questioned and they no longer define the trajectory of individual’s life. As Judith Butler rightly remarked, “Masculine and Feminine roles are not biologically fixed but socially constructed.” In the process of challenging the stereotypes many boundaries have been broken as women have successfully adapted to professions other than teaching, while men have also achieved comfort in managing home. And most significantly the third gender is now a recognised section of the society. But this transition has not been overnight as for years’ individuals, people and societies have lived the dilemma of how and how far the shackles of gender roles can be decimated. It has witnessed many layered conflicts be it: domesticated woman vs. career woman; macho man vs. effeminate man; or LGBT and their existential crisis in the patriarchal society. From Manu Smriti to Vishaka Guidelines and removal of Section 377 of the Indian penal code, the question of gender equality has been a contested site. A lot has changed but a lot needs to be changed. In an age where gender roles are re- assessed, re-created and re-framed, it’s time to think of the challenges and opportunities brought forth by gender equity.
Therefore, this conference is an attempt to understand the myriad moods and pathways not just roles and turbulence caused by these precursors of change. It aims to provide a platform for people of all genders and professions to unapologetically present their views and reviews, opinions and analyses, hypothesis and findings, his- story and her- story. It invite
Submission Guidelines
All papers must be original and not simultaneously submitted to another journal or conference. The following paper categories are welcome:
It aims to discuss not just the issues in our respective pasts like gender oriented myths, patriarchal traditions and values, historical perspective on patriarchy, male hegemony in terms of resources, finance and decision making; but also the present and future issues like acceptance and equal treatment of woman at workplace, need for behavioural changes, acceptance of LGBT at workplace, sensitization of children and adults towards gender equity, empowerment of the second and the third gender, and most importantly recognising merit regardless of gender. It promises to be an open platform to voice, share, discuss, develop, exchange, revise one’s opinion on gender issues, as we need to assess the challenges and map the opportunities beyond the obvious boundaries of social acceptance. For this we invite panels and papers to define, interrogate and analyse equity in context of gender. The conference will discuss themes as broad as gender equity in terms of past/present/future; home/workplace; theory/praxis; written/oral discourse.
Participation is also invited for panel session on psychological aspects of empowerment and leadership, victimization, exclusion and social problems.
The submitted papers should be 4 to 6 pages long, in English and using the IEEE Conference Template. The submitted manuscript will be reviewed by at least two experts selected by the Technical Committee for their demonstrated knowledge of particular topics. Authors will be notified of the review results by email. The submission of the paper can be done by the Easy Chair portal.
Plagiarism is intolerable. The submitted manuscripts are expected to contain only the original work executed by the authors with adequate, proper and scholarly citations to the work of others. It is the responsibility of the authors to clearly identify both their own contribution(s) and also contributions of the published results/techniques based on which their work has been built up. Reviewers will make sure these standards are met.
Committees
Patron:
- Dr. Shailesh Gandhi, Director SVNIT Surat.
TEQIP III Members:
- Dr. J. E. M. Macwan, Coordinator, TEQIP, SVNIT.
- Dr. Hitesh Jariwala, Nodal Officer, TEQIP, SVNIT.
Organizing Secretaries
- Dr. Vasundhara Mahajan, Associate professor EED.
- Dr. Urvashi Kaushal, Assistant professor AMHD.
- Dr. Namrata Jariwala, Assistant professor CED.
- Dr. Anandita Chowdhury, Professor EED.
Advisory Committee:
- Dr. Rupamanjari Ghosh, Vice Chancellor, Shiv Nadar University, UP, India.
- Michel Cockerham, Researcher & CEO, Jade Link, USA.
- Dr. Ritambhara Mehta, Head & professor, Department of Psychiatry, Government Medical College, Surat, Gujarat, India.
- Dr. Mina Chandra, Department of Psychiatry Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, Delhi, India.
- Manvita Baradi, Urban Management Centre, Delhi, India.
- Divya Sinha, CPCB, Delhi, India.
- Dr. Purnima Parida, CRRI, Delhi, India.
- Jacqueline Klopp, Columbia University.
- Anne Kammu, University of Nairobi.
TEQIP Twinning activity member:
* Dr. Sudhir Narayan Singh, Associate Professor, Department of Humanities and Management Science, Madan Mohan Malaviya University Of Technology (MMMUT), Gorakhpur, UP, India.
Venue:
The conference will be held at Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT), Surat, Gujarat – 395007, INDIA.
Contact
All questions about submissions should be emailed to: icogecao2019@gmail.com