The Success Story of the 8th World Conference on Women’s Studies 2022 (WCWS 2022)
The 8th World Conference on Women’s Studies 2022 (WCWS 2022) was held from 12th – 14th of May in Virtual Platform under the theme “Feminist Futures in Precarious Times: Decoloniality, Boarderlands, and Transformative Visions.” The conference was organized by The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka and hosted by the Asian-African Association for Women, Gender, and Sexuality (AAAWGS) with Bridgewater State University, USA and Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan.
The conference united diverse researches and case studies from all over the world, in parallel sessions while offering many networking and publishing opportunities. Moreover, the conference welcomed 100+ Academicians, Researchers, Scholars, Activists and Professionals from 30+ 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐜𝐨𝐮𝐧𝐭𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬 across the globe.
INAUGURATION CEREMONY AND KEYNOTE SPEECH
The opening remarks of WCWS 2022 were made by Mr. Isanka P. Gamage (Co-Founder & Managing Director – The International Institute of Knowledge Management (TIIKM), Sri Lanka) and the Conference Chair, Prof. Diana J. Fox (Professor and Chairperson, Department of Anthropology, Journal of International Women’s Studies, Bridgewater State University, United States). Representing the partner universities, Dr. Naoki Suzuki (Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan), Dr. Sharifah Nurul Huda Alkaff (Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei), Dr. Hind Elhinnawy (Nottingham Trent University, United Kingdom) addressed the gathering. The Keynote Speaker was Joan Mathieu, Immigration Lawyer from USA. She delivered her Keynote Speech on the title “Refugees, Women, and Global Migration: A Call for Greater Understanding.”
Participants from more than 25+ Countries
WCWS 2022 consisted of over 100+ participants from 25+countries around the world, including United States, United Kingdom, Japan, India, Nigeria, Sri Lanka, Armenia, Spain, Pakistan, Israel, Canada, South Africa, Indonesia, Portugal, Turkey, Philippines, Vietnam, Australia, Zambia, Thailand, Hungary, Jordan, Iraq, Romania, Cameroon, Malaysia, and Brunei. The Conference provided an opportunity for participants to share their valuable knowledge from various perspectives. This conference had representation from almost every continent and regions across the world, to share views and ideas on Women’s Studies and network with international colleagues.
Technical Sessions
WCWS 2022 comprised of Twenty (20) Technical Sessions and One Poster Session. The Technical Sessions were under the below themes:
- GENDER EQUITY, THE GLASS CEILING AND WORK-LIFE BALANCE
- WHOSE STORY? WOMEN IN HIS STORY OR HER STORY?
- GENDER IDENTITIES AND SEXUALITIES
- GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE, WOMEN IN ARMED CONFLICT AND CRISIS
- INTERSECTIONAL DISCRIMINATION AND INEQUITIES
- PRECARITIES AND VULNERABILITIES
- VISUAL CULTURE AND FEMINISM
- MASCULINITY IN ITS MULTIPLE FORMS
- WOMEN, HEALTH AND RISK
- WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT AND SOCIAL CHANGE
- WOMEN, REPRESENTATION AND LITERATURE
- WOMEN’S RIGHTS AND FEMINIST ACTIVISM
- TRAFFICKING, VIOLENCE’S AND THE BODY
- SELF, KNOWLEDGE, AND SUBJECTIVITIES
- WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT IN EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
- TRANSFORMATIONAL PRAXIS AND WISDOM
Resource Persons
Special Features
Session Chairs
- Roshan Ara, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, J&K, India
- Asma Khalid, Allama Iqbal Open University, Pakistan
- Tamali Neogi, Gushkara College(affiliated to the University of Burdwan), India
- Hind Elhinnawy, Nottingham Trent University, UK
- Bhushan Sharma, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, Katra, J&K-India
- Naoki Suzuki, Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan
- Ramesh Singisala , Department of Humanities & Social sciences GNITC,India
- Aparna N, Indian Institute of Technology Ropar, India
- Sharifah Alkaff, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
- Rafidah Abd Karim, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia
- Kamolrat Intaratat, STOU, Thailand
- Vulli Dhanaraju, Assam University (Central University), Diphu Campus, India
- Nupur Ray, University of Delhi, India
- Vijay P Singh, Indian Institute of Management Lucknow, India
Evaluation Panel Members
- Zehra Habib, Institute of Business Management, Pakistan
- Anita Singh, Banaras Hindu University, India
- S.P. Srimathi, Indian Institution of Psychology and Research (IIPR), India
- Geeta Kubsad, Pravin Gandhi College of Law, India
- Prof. Smita Gupta, Delhi Metropolitan Education, India
- Manjari Shukla, Vasanta College for Women, India
- Hema. P, Shrimathi Devkunvar Nanalal Bhatt Vaishnav College For Women, India
- Shyamkiran Kaur, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Institute of Technology, India
- Rahat Zubair Malik, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
- Aradhana G. Vaidya, SGB Amravati University, India
- Divya Saksena, IMS Unison University, India.
- Malieka Farah Deeba Malik, Bahria University Islamabad, Pakistan
- Preeti Puri, National Institute of Technology Jalandhar, Indiaa
REVIEWING COMMITTEE OF WCWS 2022
- Professor Dr. Arun Kumar Goswami, Jagannath University, Bangladesh
- Christine Gibson, Flinders University, Australia
- Prof. Zineb El Andaloussi, National School of Commerce and Management of Tangier, Morocco
- Rahat Zubair Malik, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan
- Dr Geeta Kubsad, Pravin Gandhi College of Law, India
- Dr Ramzan Shahid, University of Gujrat, India
- Aradhana Vaidya, SGB Amravati University, India
- Rosila Bee Mohd Hussain, University of Malaya, Malaysia
- Shyamkiran Kaur, Dr. B.R. Ambedkar National Instittute of Technology, India
- Shantharuby Buvanendra, University of Colombo, Sri Lanka
- Bhushan Sharma, Shri Mata Vaishno Devi University, India
- Bhavana Raj, Institute of Public Enterprise, India
- Kiconco Milliam, Kyambogo University, Uganda
- Prof. Katherine Fobear, California State University, Fresno
- Aparna Srivastava, Noida International University, India
- Naoki Suzuki (Associate Professor), Tokyo Gakugei University, Japan
- Sumi Daa-dhora, Assam University Diphu Campus, India
- Sandya Hewamanne, University of Essex, United Kindom
- L. David Lal, Indian Institute of Information Technology Guwahati, India
- Thuong Mac Thi Hoai, Hanoi Law University, Vietnam
PARTNERS OF WCWS 2022
