The Permutations Of ‘Caring’: On the individual, the family, and societies
Organised by the Gender and Sexualities Department, University of Malta, Gender Mainstreaming Unit, Human Rights Directorate.
We are pleased to invite graduate students and graduates to the Symposium on Women’s and Gender Studies which will be taking place on the 19 September 2024 at the University of Malta, Valletta Campus.
The Symposium on Women’s and Gender Studies presents a great opportunity for students and graduates to come together and exchange ideas. Papers presented during the symposium will be published.
Scope
Care work involves both paid and unpaid work. It also consists of two overlapping activities: direct, personal and relational care activities, and indirect care activities, which can involve meal planning, cooking and cleaning.
Unpaid care work is care work provided without a monetary reward for carers. Unpaid care is often not considered as work. This type of work is rarely taken into consideration when GDP or GNP is being calculated by governments. Unfortunately, this type of work has some bearing on the economic realities of those who undertake this kind of work. When the necessary culture and policies are not in place, women tend to bear the brunt of this work.
Unpaid care work is a key factor in determining whether women enter into and stay in employment as well as the quality of jobs they perform. While care work can be rewarding, it also hampers the economic opportunities and well-being of unpaid carers, and diminishes their overall enjoyment when it comes to their human rights. Their financial wellbeing, in turn, depends on their link and relationship with other working adults or the state, leading to a derived rather than accrued rights to social benefits.
Paid ‘care’ work on the other hand is performed for pay or profit. Care work comprises of a wide range of personal service workers, and is often used to refer to feminised occupations, such as nursing, teaching, doctors, social work and care workers. Domestic workers, who provide both direct and indirect care in households, are also part of the care workforce. Most paid care workers are women, frequently migrants working in the formal and informal economy under poor conditions and for low pay.
Potential topics:
Co-authoring
Participants can co-author more than one abstract but should not feature in more than
three (3) abstracts.
Abstract submission
Send your abstract by 30th April 2024. Each abstract will be reviewed by different members of the Conference Scientific Committee. The submission of ‘hybrid/joint abstracts (featuring both researchers and students) is encouraged. Fill in the and submit it via the online registration form. In the Abstract, please state whether you will be presenting in person/physically or online/virtually.
Publications
All accepted abstracts will be included within the proceedings. These will be available in a digital format at the start of the event. Following the Symposium, all participants will be given the opportunity to submit a paper on the topic they have given a presentation on. All papers will receive a double blind peer review.
For more information kindly contact: genderstudies.fsw@um.edu.mt
The Permutations Of ‘Caring’ On the individual, the family, and societies
Organised by: Gender and Sexualities Department, University of Malta
We are pleased to invite you to the International Conference on Women’s and Gender Studies which will be taking place in a HYBRID FORMAT. This will be held on the 19-20 September 2024 at the University of Malta.
Participants
The Women’s and Gender Studies Conference presents a great opportunity for scholars, and policy makers who are involved in the study, research, implementation and development of social policy to come together and exchange ideas. The plan is to publish the best papers presented at the conference in peer reviewed journals.
Scope
Care work involves both paid and unpaid work. It also consists of two overlapping activities: direct, personal and relational care activities, and indirect care activities, which can involve meal planning, cooking and cleaning.
Unpaid care work is care work provided without a monetary reward for carers. Unpaid care is often not considered as work. This type of work is rarely taken into consideration when GDP or GNP is being calculated by governments. Unfortunately, this type of work has some bearing on the economic realities of those who undertake this kind of work. When the necessary culture and policies are not in place, women tend to bear the brunt of this work.
Unpaid care work is a key factor in determining whether women enter into and stay in employment as well as the quality of jobs they perform. While care work can be rewarding, it also hampers the economic opportunities and well-being of unpaid carers, and diminishes their overall enjoyment when it comes to their human rights. Their financial wellbeing, in turn, depends on their link and relationship with other working adults or the state, leading to a derived rather than accrued rights to social benefits.
Paid ‘care’ work on the other hand is performed for pay or profit. Care work comprises of a wide range of personal service workers, and is often used to refer to feminised occupations, such as nursing, teaching, doctors, social work and care workers. Domestic workers, who provide both direct and indirect care in households, are also part of the care workforce. Most paid care workers are women, frequently migrants working in the formal and informal economy under poor conditions and for low pay.
Potential topics:
Co-authoring
Participants can co-author more than one abstract but should not feature in more than
three (3) abstracts.
Abstract submission
Send your abstract by 31st May 2024. Each abstract will be reviewed by different members of the Conference Scientific Committee. Fill in the and submit it via the online registration form. In the Abstract, please state whether you will be presenting in person/physically or online/virtually.
Publications
All accepted abstracts will be included within the Conference proceedings. These will be available in a digital format at the start of the Conference. Participants submit a paper on the topic they have given a presentation on prior to the conference. All papers will receive a double blind peer review. Those chosen will appear in special editions of peer-reviewed journals, upon satisfying journal review guidelines and any requested Article Publication Fees. The rest will feature in a local publication.
For more information kindly contact: genderstudies.fsw@um.edu.mt
Important Dates:
鈼� 31 May 2024 - Deadline for abstracts submission.
鈼� 28 June 2024 - Deadline for notice of abstracts’ acceptance/rejection.
鈼� 31 August 2024 - Registration deadline for participants with accepted abstracts
(Participants not registered will be withdrawn from the Programme)
鈼� 15 October 2024 – Dispatch of invitation to all abstract presenters to send us a full
paper (For the Symposium).