National Seminar on Gender and Democracy in Northeast India

The Department of Political Science, Gauhati University, Guwahati, Assam has been organizing a UGC–SAP sponsored National Seminar on Gender and Democracy in Northeast India on March 4-5, 2014. Interdisciplinary in nature, the seminar will primarily focus on Northeast India. However, it intends to draw experiences from other regions in the country too. Abstracts and full papers are invited from scholars, teachers and activists from Northeast India and outside on different sub-themes of the proposed seminar. The sub themes include Gender and Democracy: Emerging Issues and Theoretical Formulations; Gender Violence: Domestic Violence, Trafficking, Superstition and Witch-Hunting, Sexual Harassment; Gender Gap: Gender and Land Rights, Sex Ratio; Gender and Media; Gender and Governance: Legal framework, Gender Policies, Gender Budgeting, Women in Panchayati Raj; Gender issues in Tribal Societies; Gender Education and Gender Studies; Role of NGOs; Gender Construction in Literature & Culture etc. Papers on related themes may also be considered.

The abstract and full paper must be sent in electronic format (MS word) through e-mail attachment in the following address: gupolsc@gmail.com  and cc to jayanta1947@gmail.com  and dhruba75@rediffmail.com. Interested participants can send their abstracts by February 1, 2014 through e-mail attachment only. Selected authors will be informed to submit their full paper by  February 10, 2014.