Women's Worlds 2005

The Women’s Worlds Congress is an international interdisciplinary congress on women (IICW) held every three years. The Congress focuses on gender research and interdisciplinary scholarship. The first Women’s Worlds Congress was held in 1981 in Israel. The other Congresses since then have been held in the Netherlands (1984), Ireland (1987), USA (1990), Costa Rica (1993), Australia (1996), Norway (1999) and Uganda (2002).

Year	Country	Venue	Theme
1st Congress 1981	Haifa Israel	University of Haifa	The New Scholarship
2nd Congress 1984	Groningen Netherlands	University of Groningen	Strategies & Empowerment
3rd Congress 1987	Dublin Ireland	Trinity College	Visions & Revisions
4th Congress 1990	New York City U.S.A.	Hunter College	Realities & Choice
5th Congress 1993	San Jose Costa Rica	University of Costa Rica	Search, Participation, Change
6th Congress 1996	Adelaide Australia	University of Adelaide	Thinking Global, Act Local
7th Congress 1999	TromsØ Norway	University of TromsØ	Genderations
8th Congress 2002	Kampala Uganda	Makerere University	Gendered Worlds: Gains and Challenges