Deadline: 9-Nov-22
The United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women (UN Women) Ethiopia Office in collaboration with the Ethiopian Human Rights Commission (EHRC) invites you to submit an abstract for presentation at a Conference to be held on 8th and 9th of December 2022 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia under the title ‘’Women’s equal and effective participation in political and public life: An imperative for inclusive democracy and sustainable development ‘’.
The conference aims to create a platform for concerned stakeholders including the gender machinery, democratic and political institutions, associations of women and youth, civil societies, individual gender activists and partners from intergovernmental organizations to discuss the status and participation of women in leadership and politics. In particular, the conference will focus on exploring pertinent issues affecting women’s participation in political and public life both at national and local government level such as institutional/organizational and political culture, normative frameworks, accountability systemsin peace and security. With the spirit of leaving no one behind, issues of intersectionality and inclusion are expected to be further explored to see the extent to which groups such as young women and women with disability face additional barriers to access positions of power.
The conference is expected to result in identification of emerging challenges and best ways to tackle the same; best practices and innovative solutions to overcome the critical barriers that are faced by women, particularly those facing intersecting forms of discrimination; analyze the impact of COVID-19 and conflict on the participation of women in leadership as well as help decision makers envision how the participation of women in crisis management and decision making could result in better, inclusive and sustainable outcomes.
Themes
Researchers, academicians, policy makers and other practitioners on leadership and governance, gender equality and women’s empowerment are welcome to submit original research papers, discussion papers or case studies to the conference. Abstracts are expected to be focusing on the following themes:
- Political culture and women’s participation in political processes in Ethiopia.
- Organizational/institutional culture and its impact on women’s participation in leadership and decision making.
- Power with: Networking for women’s increased participation in leadership and decision making.
- Organizational culture and women’s participation in leadership and decision making.
- Impact of conflict on women’s participation in leadership and decision making.
- Normative frameworks and accountability mechanisms on the promotion of women’s leadership and decision making.
- Women’s leadership and decision making in local governance.
- Women with disabilities in political and public leadership.
Funding Information
- The selected papers for the presentation will receive an award of 40,000 ETB cash prize.
Criteria
- Abstracts submitted only from Ethiopia will be accepted.
- Acceptance of abstracts does not imply any payment from the organizers. However, for the selected paper presenters, the costs of travel, accommodation and stay in Addis Ababa for the given dates of the Conference will be covered.
- The award will be given once the presenter makes the presentation during the conference and submit a final edited version of the paper after incorporating comments, if any, as a lump sum amount.
For more information, visit https://africa.unwomen.org/en/programme-implementation/2022/10/womens-equal-and-effective-participation-in-political-and-public-life