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Conference Announcement Theme: Gender Justice and Development Subtitle: Local and Global Type: 9th International Conference Institution: International Development Ethics Association Centre on Values and Ethics, Carleton University Center for International Studies and Department of Philosophy, Bryn Mawr College Location: Bryn Mawr, PA (USA) Date: 9.–11.6.2011 __________________________________________________ The past several decades have brought world-wide agendas about rights and justice to the forefront of international policy debates. Throughout the 1990s, international United Nations conferences opened space for debate on the environment, human rights, population, and women. While it can be said that the economic and political crises of the new millennium have slowed the pace of commitments to the pursuit of equality for all, debates about how best to promote equality and justice in and through the development process continue. Many organizations at the local, national, and global levels now understand gender to be a central factor in policies for alleviating poverty or promoting economic growth. The changes wrought by measures such as improving health care for women and children and increasing women’s access to education, property, and work show the key role that women can play in development processes. Moreover, these processes help to remove discrimination on the basis of gender and to alleviate the inequalities and injustices that discriminatory practices and traditions produce. "Gender Justice and Development: Local and Global", the Ninth International Conference of the International Development Ethics Association (IDEA), will be held at Bryn Mawr College, Bryn Mawr, PA, June 9-11, 2011. This is the first time that IDEA is holding its biennial conference in the U.S. Previous conferences have been held in places such as Costa Rica, Mexico, Kenya, India, Honduras, Uganda, and Spain. “Gender Justice and Development: Local and Global” will feature plenary speaker Naila Kabeer, professor of development studies, School of Oriental and African Studies, London University. There will also be three plenary panels with prominent theorists on the topics of Care and Justice: Thinking Relationally; Gender and Climate Change; and Empowerment: Local and Global. Information about the speakers, individual titles, days and times for the plenary sessions can be found at: http://brynmawr.edu/internationalstudies/idea/plenaries.html The full program will have 100 papers presented by participants from around the world on a range of issues related to the conference theme. The papers reflect diverse theoretical, conceptual, empirical, practical, and activist perspectives from research areas that include philosophy and the humanities, social sciences, policy studies, development, social work, local and global organizations, and policy makers. You can view the full program at: http://brynmawr.edu/internationalstudies/idea/program.html ALL ARE WELCOME TO ATTEND. To register, please go to: http://brynmawr.edu/internationalstudies/idea/registrationinfo.html Program Co-Chairs: Jay Drydyk, Chair of Philosophy, President of IDEA and Director of COVE, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada Christine Koggel, Chair of Philosophy, Co-Director of CIS, and Board Member of IDEA, Bryn Mawr College __________________________________________________ InterPhil List Administration: http://interphil.polylog.org Intercultural Philosophy Calendar: http://cal.polylog.org __________________________________________________
