Annual Workshop on Southeast Asian Women 2003
Monash University has a number of academic staff and graduate students conducting research relating to women in Southeast Asia. The first Women in Southeast Asia Workshop was organised by the Centre of Southeast Asian Studies in 1994, and since then such workshops have been held annually to promote research in the area and to facilitate exchange of ideas among scholars.
The aim of the Workshop is to bring together researchers and others interested in the study of matters relating to Southeast Asian women, in any field, such as politics, geography, literature, the arts, history or health.
The 10th Workshop: Thursday 10 July 2003, 9.30 am - 5.30 pm
Guy Manton Rooms (SG01 and SG02), ground floor Menzies Building (11), Monash University Clayton campus. All sessions will be held in SG01 except for the small discussion group session just before lunch: groups will meet in both rooms.
Centre of Southeast Asian Studies with support from Monash Asia Institute a
Programme
| 9.00 - 9.30 am | Registration (Foyer
outside Manton Rooms) N.B. THE WORKSHOP IS FREE OF CHARGE but a donation of $5.00 is requested for refreshments. |
| 9.30- 11.00 a.m. | WOMEN
AND THE ECONOMY Indraswari (ANU): Women and trading in urban Java Catharina Williams (ANU): Negotiating economic opportunities: East Indonesian women migrants Rowena Flynn (Monash): Efforts to empower Vietnamese women in a context of economic liberalisation |
| 11.00- 11.20 a.m. | Morning tea (foyer) |
| 11.20- 12.20 p.m. | WOMEN
WORKERS Endang Soesilowati (Monash): The effect of family situation on women's careers: a case study of Indonesian women employees in the food industry Annemarie Reerink (ANU): Women workers organizing: creating identities to generate solidarity (Thailand) |
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12.20- 1.10 p.m. | Small
discussion groups Groups will be formed of no more than 8 people, according to country or discipline: networking on research on Southeast Asian women. |
| 1.10- 2.10 p.m. | Lunch (can be bought in Union Building) |
| 2.10 - 3.40 p.m. | MARRIAGE AND CHILDREN?
Wening Udasmoro (University of Geneva): Abortion policy in Indonesia and the politics of compromise Chris Hudson (RMIT): Nation and fertility: taming the body in Singapore Firdaus (Flinders): Single - and loving it, in Indonesia |
| 3.40 - 4.00 p.m. | Afternoon tea (in foyer) |
| 4.00 - 5.30 p.m | ORGANISATION AND REPRESENTATION
Lenore Lyons (Wollongong): A politics of accommodation: Women and the People's Action Party (PAP) in Singapore Rasita Purba (UWA): The contemporary Indonesian women's movement: what the media said Barbara Hatley (U Tas): Gender issues and images in contemporary Indonesian performing arts |
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After drinks at the University Club, a dinner will be held in a nearby Asian restaurant. Please inform the registration desk in the morning if you wish to come. |
Contact for more information:
Dr Susan Blackburn, School of Political
and Social Inquiry
Monash University, Victoria, 3800.
Email address: sue.blackburn@arts.monash.edu.au
Telephone (03) 9905 2384