Call for papers on women’s lives in mountains02.02.2015Scholarly papers related to women’s lives in mountainous areas may be submitted for the Fourth International Women of the Mountains Conference until 30 June 2015. The conference, organized by Utah Valley University (UVU), the Kyrgyz National Center for the Development of Mountain Regions under the auspices of the Mountain Partnership, will be held on 7-9 October 2015 in Orem, Utah (United States). Paper topics include, but are not limited to, the following:
Proposals from scholars written with students in particular in global mountain communities are especially welcome. The Conference may have limited funding for participants from developing countries in mountainous regions. For more information on the upcoming 2015 conference and past conferences, please visit: www.womenofthemountains.org. Taking into account the successful contribution to the Second and the Third International Women of the Mountains Conferences by UVU students, Utah International Mountain Forum, a coalition of student clubs at UVU, will play a major role in hosting the Fourth International Women of the Mountains Conference with faculty assisting them as advisors (www.utahimf.org). Students from other universities from the Rocky Mountain states are invited to join the organizing committee of International Women of the Mountains conference as well. For more information, students may email [email protected]. An abstract (300 words maximum) and short bio of each participant should be sent to [email protected] by 30 June 2015. After confirmation of acceptance of abstract, the complete paper should be submitted to the above e-mail address by 31 August 2015. This conference will continue the tradition set during the previous International Women of the Mountains Conferences hosted in Orem, Utah in 2007 and 2011 and in Puno, Peru, in 2012 of strengthening the involvement of North American mountain communities with the United Nations’ Mountain Partnership. The International Women of the Mountains Conference promotes worldwide sustainable development in mountainous areas. It also addresses critical issues facing women and children in mountainous regions across the globe and provides a forum to raise both awareness and advocacy on eliminating gender inequality and addressing challenges to sustainability.
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