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Liberal Arts & Sciences External Programming

GIRLS’ STUDIES AND ACTIVISM INSTITUTE

PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITIES FOR K-12 TEACHERS

CPDUS AVAILABLE TO ILLINOIS TEACHERS!!

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National Women’s Studies Association
28th Annual Conference
Pheasant Run, St. Charles, Illinois

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PAST DEBATES, PRESENT POSSIBILITIES, FUTURE FEMINISMS

JUNE 28 - JULY 1 2007

The Girls’ Studies and Activism Institute–an embedded event at the NWSA 2007 Annual Conference–will focus on the exciting and emerging field of girls’ studies and girl-centered activism.

Girls, their parents, and their teachers are especially encouraged to attend and participate in the Girls’ Studies and Activism Institute, and in the larger NWSA conference. Continuing Professional Development Units will be available through Northern Illinois University for K-12 Teachers.

  • Conference sessions will explore issues pertinent to K-12 and higher education curriculum development focusing on girls’ issues and girls’ empowerment
  • Tours and other events will focus on girl-centered projects in the Chicago area, such as the Viola Project and BeyondMedia, which develop empowerment through performance and storytelling

Girls’ studies is an emergent field that focuses on girls’ lives, interests, and culture-areas which constitute a critical and exciting contribution to the future of Women’s and Gender Studies. Some of the many topics to be explored include:

  • Girls at various ages
  • Performing / enacting girlhood
  • Ethnic and racial differences among girls
  • Girls as immigrants
  • Girls and movement(s)
  • Girls' body identities
  • Girls’ activism
  • Girls’ sexualities
  • Popular culture by and about girls
  • Girls, access, and technology
  • Girls’ ways of knowing
  • Sex trafficking in/and girls
  • Girls and accessibility
  • The human rights of “the girl child”
  • Girls’ roles in the world’s economies
  • What girlhood means around the world

Conference Highlights and Schedule

 

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For more information, see the NWSA CONFERENCE site