Central Asian Network for Gender Studies

Established in July 2002 in Almaty

Network of researchers working together for developing an academic discourse of gender equality and promoting institutionalization of Gender Studies in the higher education institutions of the Central Asia.

Goals:

" To create a forum for discussing issues of gender studies, education, promotion of gender equality in Central Asian societies.
" To promote development of curricula on gender studies for universities and other institutions of higher and secondary education.
" To supply members with educational materials and academic literature on gender studies, feminist theories and women's movement in Western and post-socialist countries.
" To inform about resources on gender studies in different regions of the world (educational programs, new publications, conferences, current projects, grants, etc.).

Resources:
Regular information and discussion list Casiagender@zamir.net

started in December 2002.

Languages of communication - Russian and English.

Number of subscribers as for November 2004 - 150.

Geography - Central Asia (Kazakstan, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyszstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan) and CIS countries.

Members:
Researchers, teachers, graduate and postgraduate students. Membership is individual.

Network moderator:
" Marina Sereda (Tashkent, Uzbekistan) m_sereda@ishonch.uz

Contributors to information list:
" Serguei Oushakine (Columbia University, USA) <sao15@columbia.edu>
" Svetlana Shakirova (Center for Gender Studies, Almaty, Kazakhstan) <gender@academset.kz>