*CFP* "GENDER AND MEDIA: CHALLENGES OF BEIJING", ONLINE 2020 CONFERENCES

Gender and Media: Challenges of Beijing + 25

2nd and 3rd, December 2020

Online Conference

In 2020 we commemorate the 25th anniversary of The Beijing Declaration and Platform for Action. Several developments in the promotion of equality and peace for women in the world are attributed to this document approved in 1995 at the IV World Conference on Women which remains a reference for the international community.

 

The outcomes of the Platform and its documents and their subsequent reviews are a legacy embodied in a set of strategic goals, which have been followed by the necessary actions to achieve them in twelve priority areas. One of these areas is “Women and the media” (Area J), which will be the core theme of the Gender and Media International Conference: Challenges of Beijing + 25.

This event results from a joint initiative of the Working Group on Gender and Sexualities of the Portuguese Association of Communication Sciences (SOPCOM) and the Research and Policy Committee of GAMAG – Global Alliance on Media and Gender, in partnership with the Portuguese Association of Women Studies (APEM), and the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Coimbra (FLUC).

The main goal of this International Conference, which will be held online in December 2nd and 3rd, 2020, with sessions in Portuguese, English, and Spanish, is to assess the progress made since the adoption of this document and to promote an agenda of research and transnational action within the scope of Women and Media for the coming years. Thus, we are inviting proposals for virtual paper presentation which represent different geographical contexts reflecting the importance of situated knowledge and the adoption of interdisciplinary approaches.

Proposals embracing theoretical, methodological, and empirical contributions addressing one of the following themes are welcome:

• Activisms, public sphere and feminisms
• Gender studies challenges
• Women’s Human rights
• Gender, media institutions and communication policies
• Gender and media representations
• Gender and sexualities
• Gender, publics and media consumption
• Social impacts of COVID-19 pandemic
• Intersectionality, communication and culture
• Masculinities and media
• Women and communication
• Women and journalism
• ICT and gender
• Gender violence and media

 

Important Dates

Reception of abstracts: until October 26th, 2020

Communication of results: November 2nd, 2020

Registration: until November 22th, 2020

Conference: December 2nd and 3rd, 2020

 

Submission of Abstracts

Abstracts can be in Portuguese, English or Spanish and must be submitted online here until October 26, 2020.

Abstracts should be based on any of the topic areas listed above. Abstracts should be a maximum of 500 words. Each author may present only one paper and be the first author of a proposal.

 

Contact

Email: gmbeijing25@gmail.com