Special focus areas will be topics arising from the history of Asia as a multicultural, multiethnic, and multilingual region. Long represented as 'the East,' and therefore 'the Other,' by the West, it has been imposed upon by various methods of colonial domination. Furthermore, we are looking for program contributions relating to 'Asian women's identities' as they deal with the complexities of changes in their own status in the wake of globalization and various feminist approaches. Considering the deterioration of women's living conditions in Asia and other regions as a result of industrialization, modernization and globalization, we invite program contributions on such issues as sex trafficking, child prostitution, the feminization of poverty, women's human rights as they are affected by war, other forms of violence, political unrest and social instability. We also aim to address gender and development/globalization issues from an Asian perspective, and one of its primary initiatives, is to encourage gender mainstreaming and peace-building in Korea.