Suggested Topics

Below are topics of particular interest; however, papers/talks may include any issue relating to women, gender and/or leadership.

• Gender Equity
• Gender Issues in an Ageing Society
• Gender and History
• Women and Athletics
• Women’s Leadership Development
• Women in Science
• Women in the University: Benefits and Barriers
• Market Limitations on Women's Careers
• Glass Ceilings in the Workplace
• Economics of Gender
• Women at Work: Women Executives and Company Boards
• Women and Social Justice: A Dilemma
• Women in the Military: Motherhood, War and Veterans
• Politics of Gender in Transnational Contexts
• Gender and the Environment
• Feminist Geography
• Women's Health
• Feminist Biology
• The Future of Feminism
• Culture and Women’s Progress
• Politics of Abortion
• Artificial reproductive technologies
• Women’s Education and Population Growth
• Women’s Health, Politics and the Child
• Women’s Rights and the Law
• Women and Media Studies
• Child Marriage
• All topics in Women's and Gender Studies
• Abuse of Power and #MeToo
• Inspirational Figures

Papers and presentations regarding the above areas are of particular interest to the conference. However, these suggested areas of research and writing are not meant to be limitations, and the conference programme is open to all substantive areas of formal and informal inquiry into the rewards and challenges of leadership for women. Investigators may present papers documenting relevant activities, pilot studies, feasibility studies or developmental work. “Structured presentations,” by definition, must convey viewpoints supported by a framework of literature essential to the matter under discussion.