ICUWS 2017 - International Conference on Universities and Women's Studies 2017

ICUWS 2017 is an opportunity for academics, students, scholars, scientists and engineers from around the world who are involved in the study, management, development and implementation of systems and concepts to combat information warfare or to improve information systems security & connected technologies to come together and exchange ideas. This conference is trying to establish itself as a key event for the understanding of threats and risks to information systems, the development of a strong security culture, and incident investigation.
Please consider submitting to this conference. We are interested in the entire range of concepts from theory to practice, including case studies, works-in-progress, and conceptual explorations.
Prospective authors are invited to submit original technical papers by the deadline for publication in the ICUWS 2017 Conference Proceedings and for presentation(s) in the symposia listed below. Deadlines will be strictly matched and late papers will be summarily rejected. The conference welcomes papers on the following (but not limited to) research topics.
Women and Media in Global Perspective
Securing Women’s and Girls’ Health
Religion and Women’s Rights
Empowering Women through Education and Entrepreneurship
Addressing Violence against Women and Girls
Advancing Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women and Girls
Women’s Leadership in Law Enforcement
Violence in Feminist, Gay and Postcolonial Discourses
Women’s Artistic Expression
Feminization of Poverty
Women, Decision making & Leadership
Equal opportunities & resources in Education
Intersections of Gender, Race, Class and Sexuality
Women, Violence and Vulnerability
Women, Human rights & justice
Women & popular media including www
Feminist Theory, Politics & Activism
Identities & Diversity
Women, Culture & Society
Sexual and Reproductive Health
Gender relations, conflict, violence, war and peacebuilding
Gender rules and roles in war and peacebuilding
Stereotyped gender identities in war and peacebuilding
Domestic violence in war and peacebuilding
Gender based violence and prosecution
Wartime rape and the reproduction and reinforcement of existing hierarchies
Truth commissions
UNSC Resolution 1325 and peacebuilding
Women's narratives in war and peacebuilding
Empowerment of women for peacebuilding
National and international laws and peacebuilding
Gender discrimination, migration and refugees
Migrant smuggling and human trafficking
Geography of war and peace
Education and peacebuilding
Contemporary issues in feminism
New perspective in gender studies