Dear Friends,
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF INNOVATION AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT (IJISD)
(www.inderscience.com)
SPECIAL ISSUE: GENDER AND SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Summer 2009.
Guest Editor: Candice Stevens, OECD, Paris.
I would like to draw your attention to the following Call for Papers for the
above special issue of the IJISD:
The International Journal of Innovation and Sustainable Development (IJISD)
invites submissions for a special edition on Gender and Sustainable
Development to be published in Summer 2009. Articles should be based on new
quantitative research concerning the economic, social and environmental role
of women and the implications for government policies and business
practices. Original research is welcome on the following topics (not
exhaustive):
· Women in the workforce and economic growth
· Economic impacts of family-friendly policies
· Gender balance and innovative performance
· Female focus in poverty reduction
· Performance of male and female-led firms
· Innovation and women entrepreneurs
· Valuation of female-dominated professions
· Valuation of household work
· Effectiveness of gender quotas in public and private sectors
· Costs and benefits of engendered health policies
· Contributions of women migrants
· Gender aspects of education trends
· Women in global supply chains
· Engendered approaches to disaster risk reduction
· Sustainable consumption patterns by gender
· Gender governance approaches and climate change
Initially, an abstract of not more than 150 words in the form of an MS Word
file attached to an e-mail should be submitted electronically by 1 September
2008 to the Guest Editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) or to the General
Editor, Dr Delyse Springett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
The Guest Editor of this issue, Candice Stevens, OECD Sustainable
Development Advisor, will accept finished manuscripts by 1 November 2008.
Authors should observe the pro forma of the Journal and follow the Author
Guidelines, both on the Journal¹s website (www.inderscience.com
<http://www.inderscience.com> ).
Please contact Candice Stevens or myself if you wish to submit an abstract.
Kind regards,
Dr Delyse Springett
Editor
IJISD.
