Issues of women\u2019s identity, citizenship and power in a globalized world will be explored when approximately 3,000 academics, activists and policy makers from around the world converge in Ottawa at Women’s Worlds 2011: The 11th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women. Themed Living in a Globalized World: Inclusions, Exclusions and Seclusions, the congress will examine the new global context in which women negotiate and elaborate social justice, equality and new kinds of difference.<\/p>\n
Held every three years, the congress is both a showcase for and a generator of gender research and interdisciplinary scholarship. Hosted in June 2011 by Carleton University and the University of Ottawa, with the participation of the Universit\u00e9 du Qu\u00e9bec en Outaouais and St. Paul\u2019s University, this is the first time the congress will be held in Ccanada.<\/p>\n
\u201cAn internationally recognized academic conference of this size offers members of the Carleton and Ottawa communities a stimulating intellectual opportunity and a chance to make their many strengths known worldwide,\u201d says conference co-chair Rianne Mahon, chancellor\u2019s professor and director of the institute of political economy at Carleton. \u201cAs an interdisciplinary conference, Women\u2019s Worlds 2011 will draw on, engage and exhibit the many and diverse strengths of academic departments across Ottawa\u2019s universities.\u201d<\/p>\n
The congress will provide a venue to develop ongoing research networks on health, gender and peacekeeping, lines of migration and livelihood, and participation in government, as well as facilitate the creation of a feminist journal. And for students, involved as volunteers, collaborators, presenters and participants, the congress will provide young scholars and future policy makers with an exceptional opportunity to network, exposure to new research and a global view of gender issues.<\/p>\n