International Conference 'Mulheres, Mundos do Trabalho e Cidadania – Diferentes Olhares, Outras Perspetivas'

The II International Conference Mulheres, Mundos do Trabalho e Cidadania – Diferentes Olhares, Outras Perspetivas, with the objective of deepening knowledge on issues inherent to women’s work, employment, and activism, will take place from 22 to 25 October 2025, at the Alcântara Library – José Dias Coelho, in Lisbon.

The conference will be held in person. However, so that everyone who wishes to may join, the Organizing Committee foresees, on an absolutely exceptional basis, the possibility of holding a maximum of three remote sessions via the Zoom platform. These will take place on 21 October and are intended for those unable to attend in person.

As Michelle Perrot (1987) and Sylvie Schweitzer (2002) have demonstrated, women have always worked. They have also always written their history, as Geneviève Fraisse (1979) and Françoise Thébaud (1998) state. And they have equally participated actively in society. Karen Offen (2000, 2010) and Florence Rochefort (2018), from a European and global perspective, demonstrate how feminisms agitate societies in time and space, aiming for the emancipation of women and the struggle for equality between men and women, whether within the framework of capitalism or from the perspective of human emancipation, because, as José Carlos Mariátegui (1924) stated, feminism has “various colours, diverse tendencies”.

A history began in Seneca Falls, with the 1848 Women’s Rights Convention, framed by the struggle against abolitionism and the defence of political, social, and economic rights for women, demands later continued by many authors, such as Mary Beard (2018) or Françoise Vergès (2023), who conceptualize feminisms on a global level.

In Portugal, many women from the most diverse social classes have participated at a political and social level since the 19th century and, with the New Portuguese Letters, Maria Isabel Barreno, Maria Teresa Horta, and Maria Velho da Costa, who opposed and resisted the Salazarist dictatorship, demonstrated the false neutral in the writing of history and in the vision of humanity, contributing to a new citizenship where gender discriminations were called into question and began to be eliminated.

We are currently navigating an extremely tight curve in History, and with the approaching times set to be of great challenges, particularly for women, while fear settles into societies.

It is in this context that the II International Conference “Women, Worlds of Work and Citizenship – Different Views, Other Perspectives” will be held, with the objective of deepening knowledge on issues inherent to women’s work and employment, as well as their activism.

📅 21 October - online format

📅 22, 23, 24, and 25 October - in-person format

📍 Alcântara Library – José Dias Coelho, Lisbon

More Info: https://confmulheres2025.great-site.net/