CFP: Gender and forced migration: displaced women in contemporary China

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The online journal of studies on women’s memory DEP.“Deportees, Exiles, Refugees” (Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, http://www.unive.it/dep where you can find a brief presentation in English) announces a call for papers for a special issue on the theme “Gender and forced migration: displaced women in contemporary China”. We are especially interested in articles dealing with gender and development-induced displacement in the Chinese context including both direct and indirect forms of displacement. Analyses of the relationship between women’s forced migration and the Chinese development model as well as ethnographic research on displaced women’s experiences are both welcome.
The editors encourage the submission of abstracts addressing the following research topics:

* Women’s migration and local politics
* Migration and women’s networks and associations
* Ethnic identity in gendered migration
* Migration, women’s health and family planning
* Migration and sex-slavery
* Family displacement and children’s experience
* Women’s resistance to displacement

Interested scholars should submit an abstract (max. 500 words including three keywords) and a one page C.V. to dep7@unive.it and degiorgi@unive.it by March 31st, 2010.
After evaluations by the scientific committee of the journal selected candidates will be notified by email by April 30th, 2010 and asked to send full length articles by December 2010.