The Department of Women and Gender Studies, Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda is organizing the Womens Worlds 2002, 8th International Interdisciplinary Congress on Women, making Uganda the first African country to host the congress. The congress will be held between the 21st - 26th July, 2002 at Makerere University Campus in Kampala, Uganda. The Women's Worlds 2002 Congress is inviting abstracts on the theme: Gendering Pleasure Possible topics include: The Pleasures and significance of reading poetry, novels etc; The pleasure and significance of closeness/touch/the body/sex; The pleasure of motherhood/parenting; Other pleasures from a historical/sociological/anthropological, religious or literary persepective.