The ILS Law College, Pune, India is pleased to host the inaugural International Conference on Feminism and the Law: Revisiting the Past, Rethinking the Present and Thinking the Way Forward from February 10-12, 2012.

The Conference is being held in honour of Professor S.P Sathe, former Principal of the ILS Law College, Pune whose contribution to public law is recognized nationally and internationally.

The Conference is proudly supported by the Faculty of Law, University of New South Wales and the Faculty of Law, University of Technology, Sydney Australia  and aims to bring together academics, lawyers, researchers, students and activists from around the world to explore how women’s experiences have been structured, impacted, controlled, or ignored by law; the challenges posed by globalization, growing militarization and fundamentalism to the law and legal structures, and the possibilities and limits of realizing women’s rights through the law.

The conference will be held over three days at ILS Law College and will explore the following themes:

Feminist Litigation	Women & Sexuality
Feminization of Poverty	Women & Trafficking
Teaching Gender	Women & Work
Gender & Violence	Women & Militarization
Women & the Environment	Women & Discrimination
Women & Globalization	Women & Public Policy
Women & Reproductive Rights/Health

The response to the call for abstracts has been overwhelmingly positive with over 500 abstracts received from Asia, Europe, the Middle East, Oceania, North America, Africa and  Latin America. The provisional program will be posted online on 30 October 2011 for what promises to be a diverse, stimulating and engaging event.