Gender Equity Symposium: An Event for Graduate and Early Career Researchers at the University of Melbourne

On Friday 3 December 2022 the Melbourne Social Equity Institute will host a one-day symposium focused on gender equity research across a range of disciplinary and methodological approaches.

Evidence shows improved gender equity reduces violence, fosters economic prosperity and institutional integrity, and advances social and economic innovation.  The unequal status of women and girls has long been understood as both a central cause and consequence of social inequity, with more recent movements highlighting the negative effect of rigid gender norms on members of the LGBTIAQ+ community. Similarly, gender inequality and the social norms and structural practices underpinning it are increasingly recognised as factors impacting men’s and boys’ wellbeing.

This symposium aims to bring together graduate and early career researchers from across the University of Melbourne whose work is focused on issues of gender equity to share their research, build new networks and discuss issues of shared interest and concern.

Submissions from all disciplinary backgrounds are invited. As well as presenting research findings, the focus of presentations may include:

• Work in progress updates
• Literature review connected to the gaps where your research sits
• Conceptual ideas
• Research design (e.g. methods of data collection that support women and girls’ voices in research)
• Ethical challenges.

The Call for Papers is open until Monday 3 October 2022. To submit a paper, or to learn more about the conference, visit https://socialequity.unimelb.edu.au/news/latest/gender-equity-symposium-2022