Papers are invited for the first issue of the online, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal of annual frequency: Loreto College Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences published by Loreto College, Kolkata (established in 1912 and affiliated to the University of Calcutta). The scope of the journal includes interdisciplinary studies spanning Cultural Studies, Economics, Education, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, History, Human Rights. Language, Literature and Literary Criticism (English and Bangla), Media Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.

About the Journal

Loreto College Journal of Humanities and Social Sciences is an  online, peer-reviewed, multi-disciplinary journal of annual frequency published by Loreto College, Kolkata (established in 1912 and affiliated to the University of Calcutta). The scope of the journal includes interdisciplinary studies spanning Cultural Studies, Economics, Education, Film Studies, Gender Studies, Geography, History, Human Rights. Language, Literature and Literary Criticism (English and Bangla), Media Studies, Political Science, Psychology and Sociology.

• Every issue is theme- based and articles are invited on the theme from scholars across the world. There is a wide-range of sub-themes in keeping with the multidisciplinary nature of the journal.
• Each article is submitted for anonymous review by distinguished scholars from relevant fields.

The journal publishes articles purely on their academic merit as recommended by the referees. It accepts no submission or publication charges as it is fully funded by Loreto College.

Theme for the first issue

DEMOCRACY, EQUITY AND GENDER AS PATHWAYS TO SUSTAINABILITY

Sustainability as an ethical principle, envisages the eternal continuity and coexistence of human and ecological communities and signifies long-term viability of communities, institutions, and social practices. Its socio-cultural, economic, and ecological dimensions have unequivocally put it on a focal point towards which all disciplines converge.

For some time now, Climate Change or Climate Crisis are terms that have entered our daily vocabulary underscoring the all-pervasive impact of environmental degradation. The unprecedented damage to the environment is driving natural systems to the brink of collapse. Although the correlation between climate change and gender might not be too obvious, research over the years has widely established that climate change exacerbates the vulnerabilities of women in numerous ways. The same may be said for other marginalised groups. The paradigm of sustainability, humanity’s only means of ensuring its survival in an uncertain future, thus co-opts the issues of gender, equity and democracy. The interface between gender, poverty, marginalisation, climate change and sustainability can no longer be overlooked.

This volume attempts to bring together perspectives and interventions on environment, gender, democracy and sustainability from the various branches of social sciences and

humanities to contribute to the ongoing discourses and affirm the multidimensionality of the concept and practice of sustainability.

The first volume of Loreto College Journal of Humanities and Social Science invites essays on the following subthemes:

• Role of Institutions in fostering Gender Equality for Sustainable
• Realpolitik: Women Empowerment for Sustainable Development
• Gender Issues in Corporate Management and Functioning as a deterrent for Sustainable Development and Probable Ways Out
• Democracy and Education
• Perspectives of Equity in School Education
• Gender Mainstreaming in the Field of Education
• Sustainability: The Educational Dimension
• Narratives of Climate Change
• Apocalyptic Literature and Science Fiction
• Ecofeminism
• Posthumanism
• Women and the Environment
• Climate Change and Rural Livelihoods
• Smart Sustainable Cities
• Environmental Democracy
• Gender: Historical Perspective
• Race, Caste, Class: Dimensions of the Struggle for Equity
• Evolution, Facets and Interpretations of Democracy as a Primordial Concept
• Role of Gender in Environmental Sustainability
• Sustainable Democracy in the 21st Century
• Role of Democracy in Sustainable Development
• International Policies on Climate Change and Sustainability

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