Call For Paper

Media plays an important role in how people think about gender and power, as well as how they talk about politics and culture. Representations of gender affect how people think about identity, authority, resistance, and agency in all kinds of media, from movies and TV shows to digital platforms and social media. Historically, mainstream media industries globally have perpetuated patriarchal structures, reinforcing stereotypes regarding women, marginalized genders, and queer communities. But media has also become a powerful place for people to fight back against dominant narratives and make their own voices heard.

In the last few decades, big changes in the world's media ecosystems have changed how representation works. The growth of digital media, streaming services, and participatory culture has made it easier for stories about different genders to cross borders. The #MeToo movement, feminist media activism, and campaigns for queer visibility have all shown how media can both reflect and change how gender politics works. At the same time, media industries still have problems with inequality, such as unequal representation, gendered labour hierarchies, and the fact that voices from the Global South are often pushed to the side.

The purpose of the international conference "Gender, Power and the Media: Global Perspectives on Representation and Resistance" is to bring together scholars, researchers, media professionals, filmmakers, activists, and students to critically look at how media shapes, negotiates, and questions gendered power relationships. The conference's goal is to investigate the complicated link between gender representation and power structures in today's media cultures by encouraging conversation between people from different fields, such as media studies, gender studies, cultural studies, communication studies, sociology, and film studies. 

Submit your abstract within 250 - 400 words and upload to this form before 10th April 2026. The abstract is required in the following order:

• Title of the Paper- Bold –faced and centered in upper/Lower case

• Name (s) of the author(s)-

• Affiliation(s) of the author(s)

• Address(es) of the author(s)