Call for Papers: Mission to Women Amid Global Crisis
Call for papers
Special track of the 2019 Evangelical Missological Society Meetings on Mission Amid Global Crisis
Mission to Women Amid Global Crisis
Global crisis created by wars, human trafficking, natural disasters, poverty, slavery, and abuse affect all people and lead to human suffering. However they have a greater impact on the lives of those who live on the margins of society. This track is designed to explore how cultural and political constructions of gender and gender inequality affect the economic and social well-being of women and children, and make them particularly vulnerable in global crisis.
Papers and case studies to explore in this track include but are not limited to:
- Specific issues that affect women and children such as migration, transnational families, care work, slavery, war and rape, and forced prostitution in different cultural contexts.
- Inequalities and issues that women face in their communities such as illiteracy, lack of schooling, and limited access to resources, including health care, food, clean water, prenatal care etc.
- Women’s global movements and women’s empowerment. How have global women’s movements and missions to women, particularly as they address human rights and development, empowered women and impacted their status and well-being, and in doing so impacted their families and communities.
- Case studies on how churches and missions have addressed the needs of women and children in global crisis.
- Case studies on women’s empowerment and economic development.
To propose a paper for this track, send a topic title and 200-300 word abstract to Sue Russell, sue.russell@asburyseminary.edu,by May 30, 2019. Notification will be by June 30, 2019. Accepted papers should be 4500-7000 words in length and use Chicago Turbian author-date citation format. Selected papers will be invited to be presented at the annual EMS meetings in Dallas, Sept 13-15 2019.