Hosted by the UTS Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, the symposium will highlight the challenges faced by women from different cultures and the approaches that organisations and governments are taking in an effort to promote gender justice in different global contexts.
Presenters:
Associate Professor Rekha Pappu, picture supplied
Associate Professor Rekha Pappu, Chairperson of the School of Education at Tata, Hyderabad: "Women's Education, Empowerment and Employment: A view from India"
Heather Goodall and Devleena Ghosh, UTS: "Learning Through Cross-Cultural Conversations"
Nina Burridge, Anne Maree Payne from UTS and Nasima Rahmani from Gawharshad Institute of Higher Education, Kabul:"Perspectives on women and higher education in Afghanistan"
Susanne Schmeidl, UNSW: "Advancement of Women's Rights in Afghanistan: (Dis)empowering Women's Agency for Social Change"
Doctoral Student presentations:
Narelle Fletcher:"There are no words…": rape testimonies from the 1994 Tutsi genocide in Rwanda
Danielle Hagarty:"Exploring the Nature of Physical Activity Participation among Middle Eastern and North African Born Women living in Australia"
Alyssa Choat:"Taking back the image, counter-hegemonic images of the female body in visual culture as empowerment of women"
Audience: All welcome to this free event
Lunch and refreshments provided
RSVP: Belinda.Jones@uts.edu.au