The 3rd World Conference on Women’s Studies 2017
” Building Resilience: Dialogue, Collaboration and Partnerships across Our Differences “
The 3rd World Conference on Women’s Studies (WCWS 2017) witnessed the participation of presenters from across different nationalities. The excellence of the success story of WCWS 2017 was marked recognizing the best presenters for titled sessions.The defining moments of jubilation are here on display.
OVERALL BEST PRESENTATION
Reinforcing Sexism and Misogyny: Social Media, Symbolic Violence and the Construction of Femininity-as-Fail
S. Barratt
University of the West Indies,
West Indies
STUDENT BEST PRESENTATION
Narratives of Suffering and Notions of Solidarity and Hope amongst
Young Women in Afghanistan
A.-N. Ahmad
International Psychoanalytic University Berlin,
Germany
SESSION BEST PRESENTATIONS
VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN
Narratives of Suffering and Notions of Solidarity and Hope amongst
Young Women in Afghanistan
A.-N. Ahmad
International Psychoanalytic University Berlin,
Germany
HEALTH AND WELL-BEING:
BODY AND MIND
Gendered Care of the
Elderly in
China
Yun Zhou
Peking University,
China
LEGAL CHALLENGES: GENDER AND SEXUALITY
An Effort for The Women, by The Women, to Empower Them and Create Awareness about Decreasing Child Sex Ratio in India
Smita Gyan
Neeva Foundation,
India
SOCIAL MEDIA, FEMINISMS AND ENTERTAINMENT
Seeker are You Protected: Facebook and Privacy Concern of Women in Sri Lanka
B.A.H.C Mendis
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University,
Sri Lanka
WOMEN, GENDER, EMPOWERMENT AND THE LAW
Justice and Muslim Women: The Status of Triple Talaq in India Today
Syed Tanveer Nasreen
The University of Burdwan,
India
REPRESENTATION AND
GENDER IDENTITY
Western Representation of The “Muslim Woman”: From Obedient to Exotic
Nima MESBAHI
Doha Institute for Graduate Studies,
Qatar
WOMEN’S LIVES IN HISTORICAL
PERSPECTIVE
Women Empowerment in The Bahawalpur State During Nineteenth Century
Samia Khalid
Islamia University of the Bahawalpur,
Pakistan
GENDER AND
EDUCATION
Care Work by Adolescent Girls, A Major Determinant of School Drop Out in Odisha
Meher Beenita
Landesa,
India
UNLOCKING THE POTENTIAL OF FEMINISMS AND WOMEN’S MOVEMENTS
The Individual and the Collective: Understanding the Empowerment Process of Mahila Samakhya in India
Niveditha Menon, Priyanka Dutta, Neha Ghatak
Centre for Budget and Policy Studies,
India
WOMEN’S STORIES: WRITING, LITERATURE AND RITUAL
Edna’s ‘Moments of Being’ and ‘Wild Zone’ of Female Sexuality : A Gynocritical Study of Kate Chopin’s The Awakening
Jannatul Ferdoush
ASA University Bangladesh
Bangladesh
WOMEN’S LABOR
AND MIGRATION
Involvement of Women in Municipal
Solid Waste Composting
in Sri Lanka
Vijayapala Sinnathamby
University of Moratuwa,
Sri Lanka
POLITICAL ECONOMY AND WOMEN’S AGENCY
Narratives of Agency:
Women’s Negotiations within a Gendered Third Space in Afghanistan
R. Farhana
University of Cambridge,
UK
WOMEN IN GOVERNMENT, POLITICS, AND THE PROFESSIONS
Struggles, Truces and Persistence: Everyday Experiences of Women Engineers in
Sri Lanka
Deborah Menezes
University of Edinburgh,
United Kingdom
WAR, VIOLENCE, AND STRUGGLES FOR PEACE
Maping of The Disarmament, Demobilization and Reintegration (DDR) Activities for Female Ex-Combatants in Nepal
Bishnu Raj
Nepal Centre for Contemporary Research,
Nepal