We are pleased to announce that the Gender Study Conference and Festival will take place at TGNP’s Gender Resource Centre, Mabibo Dar es Salaam Tanzania from 06^th to 09^th September 2005.

The 2005 Gender Festival is an open space for bringing together gender-focused groups, other civil society organizations, institutions, activists and other development actors working at various levels to meet, reflect and strategize on the progress made in struggles for gender equity, social transformation and participatory democracy. Discussions will take into account the present context of corporate-led globalization and ‘free market’ ideology, and their impact on development and democracy in Africa and the world over.

The main theme is: "Gender Democracy and Development: Popular Struggles for an Alternative and Better World". Paper presentations in workshops will fall under the following sub themes:

1.      Alternative Organizing / Leadership Styles in Struggles for an Alternative and better World

2.      Ideological  and Political Struggles

3.      Popular Struggles within and/ or outside the dominant system/ paradigm

4.      Rights /Entitlements Issues.

Submission Instructions:

Abstracts that have been at previous Tanzania Gender Festivals are not eligible for submission. Authors who submit papers agree to have their papers published in the proceedings and sign the copyright form. The submission should be in A4 and should be in word or PDF

Please visit www.tgnp.org  for guidelines on papers. Submissions not meeting these guidelines risk rejection without consideration of their merits

The submission receipt deadline for abstracts is 15^th July 2005 and for the final papers is 05^th August 2005

For more information contact us:

Tanzania Gender Networking Programme (TGNP)
P.O Box 8921
Mabibo, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

Tel:    +255 (0) 22 244 2443450/23205/243286
Mob: +255 (0) 22 744 783659 OR 0744 788706
Fax:    +255  (0) 322 2443244
E-mail info@tgnp.org
Website: www.tgnp.org