UPV to host nat’l confab on Gender and Environment
The Women Studies Association of the Philippines (WSAP) will hold the 8th WSAP National Conference with the theme “ Gender, Environment and Development” at UP Visayas, Iloilo City, on April 8-10, 2010.
WSAP is a national professional organization of academic and non-academic-based women’s studies teachers, researchers, and activists promoting gender perspectives in the Philippine educational system. Its efforts to bring gender issues to the forefront are geared toward the objectives of the United Nations to improve the situation of women worldwide.
The major objective of the conference is to engage academicians, development workers, local government officials, and policymakers about the issues of Gender, Environment and Development. Specifically, the conference aims to:
1. Disseminate information and initiate academic and policy-driven discussions on the issue of gender, environment, and development;
2. Bring together teachers of women’s studies, scientific experts, and the community of women at large to document the existing knowledge and experiences of the changing natural environment and climate in a systematic way as part of women’s knowledge and perspectives about the environment and sustainable development;
3. Contribute toward policy development and the strengthening of women’s studies as an academic discipline and practice in the country; and
4. Generate enough materials for a publication on gender, climate change and sustainable development.
A registration fee of Two Thousand Pesos (Php 2,000.00) shall be charged inclusive of conference kit, six snacks and lunch.
For further information and/or inquiries, please contact Dr. Zenaida Q. Reyes at telephone No. 4001185 or email at reyes.zenaida@yahoo.com or Dir. Ana Ebo or Ms. Becky Yusingco at telephone number (02) 5368647 or email at feministana@yahoo.com. (Source: GDP)
