3rd Congress of the Asian Association of Women’s Studies (AAWS 2013) and 9th National Conference of the Women’s Studies Association of the Philippines (WSAP) WOMEN’S STUDIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE: OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES 09 - 12 December, 2013 GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, Asian Center University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

3^rd Congress of the Asian Association of Women’s Studies (AAWS 2013) and

9^th National Conference of the Women’s Studies Association of the Philippines (WSAP)

WOMEN’S STUDIES IN THE INFORMATION AGE:
OPPORTUNITIES AND CHALLENGES

09 - 12 December, 2013

GT-Toyota Asian Cultural Center, Asian Center

University of the Philippines Diliman, Quezon City

DAY :1 DECEMBER 9, 2013 (Monday)
TIME
7:30 am	Registration
9:00	Opening Ceremonies Welcome Remarks Gisela P. Concepcion, PhD Vice President for Academic Affairs, UP Opening Remarks and Official Opening of  the 3rd AAWS Congress and 9th WSAP Conference Chang Pilwha , PhD President, Asian Association of Women ‘s Studies (AAWS) Rhodora M. Bucoy, PhD Vice President,  Women ‘s Studies Association of the Philippines (WSAP)
9:30	Keynote Address “Opportunities and Challenges  for Women in the Information Age” Grace J. Alfonso, PhD Chancellor, UP Open University Open Forum Carolyn I. Sobritchea, PhD Moderator Ms. Ma. Himaya Tamayo-Gutierrez Rapporteur
10:15	Coffee/Tea Break
10:30	Parallel Session 1A: Gender, Technology, Ethics “Uncoerced Cybersex Work by Low-Income Women: A Case of Information and Communication Technology for Development (ICT4D)” Prof. Nathalie A. Verceles, College of Social Work and Community Development, UP Diliman “Of their Own Doing: The Online Organizing of Child Prostitution” Caroline Norma, PhD RMIT University, Australia “Of Love Markets and Postcolonial Gazes: The Construction and Perpetuation of Filipina Identity as Sexualized Commodity in Online Dating Sites” Ms. Sharon V. Bancoro Asian Center, UP Diliman “Kawomenan Innovation and Inclusive Development: The Case of a Women-Led Community Program” Prof. Randy T. Nobleza Marinduque State College Prof. Eric Julian D. Manalastas UP-CSSP Department of Psychology/UPCWS Moderator Remedios Mondiguing Rapporteur		Parallel Session 1B: Gender, Technology, and Education “Students’ Interpersonal Skills and Resiliency as Influenced by Social Media Use” Prof. Emily Angeles-dela Cruz Western Visayas College of Science           and Technology, Iloilo City “Jogjakarta Cyber Village: The Breaking Myth” Prof. Gracia Rachmi Adiarsi The London School of Public Relations Jakarta, Indonesia “E-visibility (or Invisibility?) of Women and GAD in Government Websites” Ms. Gina Rose L. Chan, UP Center for Women’s Studies, UP System “ICT and Life Skills Program: An Affirmative Action for Survivors of Violence” Prof. Portia D. Dacalos, UP Cebu Fe Andico, PhD Pangasinan State University Moderator Adrienne Rose Maguddayao Rapporteur
12:00 noon	Lunch
1:00 pm	Parallel Session 2A: Global Capital and Women’s Participation in the New Economy “Information and Communication Technologies in Women’s Business Ventures: Perspectives from Women Entrepreneurs in Nepal and Japan” Prof. Brenda Bushell, University of Sacred Heart, Tokyo, Japan “Women’s Identity Communication in the Masculine Workplace: A Case Study of Three Indonesian Women of Lower Status of Occupation” Prof. Titi Nur Vidyarini Petra Christian University, East Java, Indonesia “Baseline Survey on Public Private Partnership and Corporate Social Responsibility on Violence Against Women” Ms. Zakia K. Hassan Women for Women, Bangladesh Prof. Bernice Vania N. Landoy Moderator Prescilla Tulipatg Rapporteur	Parallel Session 2B: Gendered Mobility   in the Information Age “Migration Pattern and Kinship Networking of Filipina Wives in Korea” Prof. Eulalia Monteza Tome, Sogang University, Korea “Transnational Movement, Vulnerability and Human Trafficking: State Responsibility under International Human Rights Law towards Victim” Prof. Sarfaraz Ahmed Khan, National University of Juridical Sciences, Kolkata and City University of Hong Kong “The Power of Social Media to Empower Indonesian Female Migrant Workers in Taiwan and Hong Kong” Prof. Yuherina Gusman, Mercubuana University, Indonesia “A Critical Ethnography of Filipino English-Speaking Teachers (FESTs) in Korea: Contesting the Deliberate and Default and Advocating for Human Capitalization and Glocalization” Aileen Park EGEP, Korea Ma. Teresa Payongayong, PhD Moderator Ms.  Hender T. Gercio Rapporteur
2:30	Coffee/Tea Break
2:45	Parallel Session 3A: Women in Politics “Wise Women of Sitio Kahusayan: An Examination of their Roles, Status, and Power as Leaders” Prof. Anne Shangrila Y. Fuentes and Marlouzel B. Mabunga, UP Mindanao “Women’s Political Participation In Local Assembly In Japan: Women And Political Parties” Naoko Oki, PhD Ochanomizu University, Tokyo, Japan “How to Understand North Korean Gender Regime – Focusing on Family Planning Policy” Young-Sun Kim, PhD Institute of Korean Studies, Yonsei University, Korea Michiyo Yoyeno-Reyes, PhD Moderator Adrienne Rose Maguddayao Rapporteur	Parallel Session 3B: Women’s Political Empowerment and Participation “Stereotyping of Muslim Women’s Participation in Indian Political System (A study of Assertion, Participation and Representation)” Sabiha Hussain, PhD Centre for Dalit and Minorities Studies, Jamia Millia Islamia, India “Local Women’s Economic Empowerment and their Collective Actions” Ida Ruwaida, PhD University of Indonesia “Maximizing Women’s Participation in a Fisheries Livelihood Project: The Philippine Experience” Regina E. Macalandang and Ma. Solita J. Virtudazo, Independent Consultants, Manila Prof. Minda I. Cabilao Valencia Moderator Ira Pahila Rapporteur
5:00	Welcome Dinner and Program in Celebration of the 25th Founding Anniversary of the UP Center for Women’s Studies Hosts :  President Alfredo E. Pascual University of the Philippines Sylvia Estrada Claudio, PhD Director, UPCWS Former UP Regent Nelia T. Gonzalez President, UPCWS Foundation Venue:  UP Executive House
DAY 2 DECEMBER 10, 2013 (Tuesday)
8:00 am	Plenary Panel Presentation: “Women’s Studies in the Age of Information” Panel Speakers: Chang Pilwha, PhD Ewha Womans University, Korea “Women’s and Gender Studies in Malaysia: Looking Back and Forward, the Experience of KANITA” Datin Rashida Shuib , PhD University Sains Malaysia “Rewriting Rights: Nexus Between Women’s Studies and Human Rights Prof. Aurora Javate de Dios Miriam College, Philippines Open Forum Kim Eun Shil, PhD Moderator Ms Glennis S. Uyanguren Rapporteur
9:30	Coffee/Tea Break
9:45	Parallel Session 4A: Gender, Mobility  and Human Rights 1.”Valuing the Social Cost of Migration: Towards a Migrant’s Well-Being” Prof. Aurora Javate de Dios Miriam College 2. “Gendered Impacts of Migration” Caridad Tharan, PhD Miriam College “Migrant Women and Statelessness” Atty. Tom Temprosa Miriam College Anna Dinglasan Moderator Jan Gabriel Castañeda Rapporteur	Parallel Session 4B: Gender, Popular Culture, and Multimedia “Logging In, Coming Out: formation of a Filipino Lesbian Identity Online” Ms. Ma. Katrina M. Fernando, UP Asian Center, UP Diliman “Japanese Masculinities in Shonen Anime” Prof. Joanna Luisa B. Obispo, San Beda College, Manila “Gender Politics of Menstruation: Menstrual Product Advertisements in Korea” Jieun Roh, PhD ACWS, Ewha University, Korea Prof. Cherish Aileen A. Brillon Moderator Ms. Ivy Marie L.Ganadillo Rapporteur
11:45	Lunch
1:00 pm	Parallel Session 5A: Open Session GAD Mainstreaming in UP: Discourses, Outcomes and Challenges Rhodora T. Masilang-Bucoy, PhD UP Cebu Ma Helen Dayo, PhD UP Los Banos Odine de Guzman, PhD UP Diliman Czarina Saloma-Akpedonu, Moderator Ms Ging Geronimo Rapporteur	Parallel Session 5B: Open Session “Rethinking ‘the Indigenous’ as a Topic of Asian Feminist Studies” Yoon Hae Lin, Korean Women’s Institute Ewha University, Korea “Islamic Inheritance Law Practice in Indonesian Muslim Community: Sense of Justice and Women Access in Inheritance Rights” Prof. Iklilah Muzayyanah Fajriyah, Gender Studies of Indonesia University Dr. Anthony Cordero Moderator Ms. Charmaine Guevara Rapporteur
2:30	Coffee/Tea Break
2:45	Parallel Session 6A: Young Scholars of Women’s Studies His Side of the Story: Storylines, Speech-acts/Actions, and Positions of Husbands who Have Experienced Spousal Abuse” Arisa Junio, Ingrid Enriquez Saplagio, Aiko Racho Shimizu Miriam College “Negotiating Self Interests: A Study on Transpinays in the Pornographic Industry” Joanna Dane Fernandez Lavares, Danikka Joan Villa-Ignacio Rivera, Daphne Hazel Pobre Valdez Miriam College “Heteronormative Discourse Analysis of the Philippine Department of Education’s Textbooks for Grade School Students in Public Schools” Rina Angelica G. Fulo Sherazade E. Karim Mary Jonah G. Vidal Miriam college Prof. Ryan Silverio Katrina Navalo	Parallel Session 6B: Gender, Art, and Literature “China’s contemporary youth literature and popular feminism in the age of information” Prof. Sun Guirong Shan Dong Normal University, China “Transnational Media and the Transnational Feminist Web for Social Change in Ruth L Ozeki’s My Year of Meats” Kyung-Ran Lee, PhD Ewha Institute for the Humanities, Ewha Womans University, Seoul “Separada: Postdomesticity in Philippine Literature and Film” Hope Sabanpan-Yu, PhD Cebuano Studies Center, San Carlos University, Cebu City “Images and Subject Positioning of Women in Popular Hiligaynon Song Lyrics” Claudette A Baluran, PhD Nancy S. Surmieda, PhD West Visayas State University, Iloilo City Prof. Maria Elena P. Benzon Ms. Viola G. Torres Rapporteur
5:00	WSAP General Assembly
DAY 3 DECEMBER 11, 2013
8:00	Plenary Panel Presentation: “Engaged Academics and Engaging Academia” Panelists “The Struggle for an RH Law” Sylvia Estrada-Claudio, PhD UP Center for Women’s Studies, UP “Engaging Academia: The Challenges of Women’s Studies in Weaving Theory and Practice” Kristi Poerwandari, PhD University of Indonesia “Vietnam to China Trafficking in Women: Problems and Solutions” Le Thi Quy, PhD Vietnam Open Forum Prof. Wei-hung Lin National Taiwan University Moderator Ms Gina Rose L. Chan Rapporteur
10:00	Coffee/Tea Break
TIME	Parallel Session	Parallel Session
10:15	Parallel Session 7A: “Voices from Asian Feminist Activism” “Coming Out of the Traditional Trap” Pashupati Kunwar (Nepal) “The Endless Misery of Nimble Fingers – The Rana Plaza Disaster” Prof. Shamima Akhter (Bangladesh) “Balancing Acts and Everyday Activism: Experiences of a Third Wave Feminist” Ma. Solita J. Virtudazo (Philippines) Mala Khullar Kim Eunshil, PhD BeeJ Eco	Parallel Session 7B: “Violence against Women in the Information Age” “Violence Against Women and New Communication Technology: A Critical Analysis” Rajadarshini Patra, PhD School of Women’s Studies, Utkal University, Odisha “A Study Concerning Domestic Violence Victim’s Support and a Role of Private Women’s Shelter in Japan” Mariko Ogawa, PhD Center for Leadership Education and Research, Ochanomizu University, Tokyo “Descriptive Analysis of the Sangguniang Kabataan of Quezon City in Response to Gender and Development” Crizzel Blando Hilali Jelyn Grace Fernando Torres Christine Joy Espinosa Salcedo Miriam College “Violence Against Women and ICT” Ms. Sairah Mae R. Saipudin, Prof. Amelia L. Bello, Ms. Maria Alyana A. Diez Gender for Rural Development Office UP Los Baños, Laguna Michiyo Yoneno-Reyes, PhD Moderator Jan Gabriel Castaneda Rapporteur
12:00 noon	LUNCH
1:00 pm	Parallel Session 8-A: Feminist Pedagogy and Women’s Empowerment “The Importance of Common Action for Women Activities” Marziyeh Bakhshizadeh, PhD Ruhr University Bochum Germaney “A Woman Who Knows Everything” Ms. Hayu Dyah Patria MANTASA, Indonesia “Feminism, Feminist Pedagogy and Women’s Empowerment” Prof. Lee Myoung Sun, PhD Ewha Womans University “Engaging Educational Policies and Programs  to Promote an Enabling Learning Environment for Women” Carolyn I. Sobritchea, PhD Asian Center, UP Diliman Chang Pilwha, PhD Moderator Jieun Roh, PhD	Parallel Session 8-B: Open Session “Combating Climate Change Negotiation: What’s the Role of Women” Norayda Endut, PhD Ms. Nur Afifah Johari Women’s Development Research Center (KANITA), Universiti Sains Malaysia “Community Perspective on Maternal Healthcare: An Anthropological Response to Policy” Madilene Landicho Social Sciences and Philosophy Research Foundation, UP Diliman “Gender Mainstreaming in Climate Change Interventions:  An Analysis of Philippine Institutional Responses” Mary Barbie P. Badayos-Jover, PhD UPV-Iloilo GAD Program “Behind Bars: Guilty or Not Guilty? (The Case of Muslim Female Inmates in Camp Karingal, Quezon City)” Prof. Macrina Morados, Institute of Islamic Studies, UP  Diliman Ms. Ma. Himaya Tamayo-Gutierrez Moderator Mae Lin Lactaoin Rapporteur
2:30	Coffee/Tea Break
TIME	Parallel Session	Parallel Session
2:45	Parallel Session 9A: Open Session “Women as an object of exploitation through online media” Theresia Yuliwati Indonesia “The Female Face of Church is Virtual: Ecclesia of Women in Asia” Jeane Peracullo,PhD De La Salle University, Manila “The Effect of Childcare Policy on Women’s Labor Market Participation: A Comparative Research between South Korea and Sweden” HyoJeong Kim, PhD Ewha Womans University, Korea “Women Leaders in Developing a Workplace Spirituality” Prof. Dulce Jesus Lesigues-Baricuatro, St. Theresa’s College, Cebu City Hender T. Gercio Moderator Celinne Charmaigne A. Guevara Rapporteur	Parallel Session 9-B: Gendered Mobility in the Information Age “Local Women’s Economic Empowerment and their Collective Actions” Ida Ruwaida University of Indonesia “Gender and Social Capital in the Information Age” Prof. Kisuk Cho Ewha Womans University, Korea “The Power of Social Media to Empower Indonesian Female Migrant Workers in Taiwan and Hong Kong” Yuherina Gusman, Mercubuana University, Indonesia “Meeting the Women Migrants from Eastern Visayas at the Information Superhighway: Knowing the Education-Job Match” Marieta Bañez-Sumagaysay, PhD UP Visayas Tacloban College Gina Rose L. Chan Moderator Mae Lin Lactaoin Rapporteur
5:00	AAWS General Assembly
DAY 4 DECEMBER 12, 2013
8:00 am	Synthesis Maria Theresa U. Batangan, PhD University of the Philippines, Diliman Introduction of the  New Officers of AAWS and WSAP and Presentation of Plans Open Forum
10:00-	Coffee/Tea Break
10:15-10:45	Closing Ceremonies Message: Hon. Ma. Josefina Belmonte-Alimurung Vice Mayor, Quezon City Closing Remarks – Rhodora V. Azanza, PhD Assistant to the Vice President for Institutional Linkages Maria Theresa U. Batangan, PhD Moderator Ms. Ma. Himaya Tamayo-Gutierrez Rapporteur
11:00	Lunch Hosted by Vice Mayor Ma. Josefina Belmonte-Alimurung Quezon City Government