[NIS_GS:] CFP- Women, Immigration/Transmigration and Public Policy

CALL FOR ABSTRACTS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

WOMEN, IMMIGRATION, TRANSNATIONAL MIGRATION AND PUBLIC POLICY
MAY 17-18
HALIFAX, NOVA SCOTIA
Canada

SPONSORED BY THE NANCY’S CHAIR IN WOMEN’S STUDIES FOR THE MARITIMES
AND THE FEMINIST PUBLIC POLICY PROJECT

We invite submission of abstracts for presentations addressing the topic
Women, Immigration, Transnational Migration and Public Policy.
Presentations may include discussion of social science, legal, etc
data,
discussion of cultural representations, policy recommendations, etc. We
are especially interested in the interconnection between
immigration/transnational migration and globalization, and the
feminization of poverty within the global political economy.

Topics may include but are not limited to:
So called “mail-order” bride marriages
Domestic workers
Transnational marriages
Spouse-dependent immigration status
International issues of domestic violence

Please send 500 word abstracts by January 15th to:

Lenore Kuo,
Nancy’s Chair in Women’s Studies
Mt. St. Vincent University
Halifax, Nova Scotia B3M2J6
CANADA
lenore.kuo@msvu.ca

The conference will be held at Mt. St. Vincent University, a small,
traditionally female, public institution, overlooking picturesque
Bedford
Basin.

Private rooms in 4 person suites will be available for $32.25/night
(Canadian) including taxes, continental breakfast, parking and sports
center pass for conference attendees.
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