Friday, June 5, 2009
Welcome addresses
- Barbara Unmüßig (Heinrich Böll Foundation): Welcome address (in German)
- Shahra Razavi (UNRISD)
Keynote speeches and discussion
Speakers:
- José Casanova (Georgetown University, Washington, DC):
"The Politicization of Religion: Public Religions Revisited" [ » pdf file]
- Anne Phillips (London School of Economics and Political Science, London):
"Religion: Ally, threat, or just religion?"- Powerpoint presentation of her keynote speech [ » pdf file]
- Transcript of her keynote speech [ » pdf file]
Discussants:
- Farida Shaheed (Shirkat Gah Women’s Resource Centre, Pakistan): Comment on keynote speeches [ » pdf file]
- Agnieszka Graff (Warsaw University, Poland): Discussion [ » pdf file]
Saturday, June 6, 2009
Lecture
- Deniz Kandiyoti (University of London, UK):
"Secularisms, Citizenship and Gender Equality: Contested Approaches" [ » pdf file]
Working groups
- Religious Feminists – Allies in the struggle for women’s rights? [ » pdf file]
Chair: Homa Hoodfar (Concordia University, Montreal, Canada)
- Welfare provision by faith-based organizations – danger to women’s rights or necessary addition to the state? [ » pdf file]
Chairs: Asef Bayat (Leiden University, the Netherlands) and Azza Karam (UNFPA)
- Multiculturalism and Muslim immigrant women’s rights and choices in Western Europe [ » pdf file]
Chair: Gökce Yurdakul (Humboldt-University Berlin)
- Religious fundamentalisms – feminist understandings and counter strategies [ » pdf file]
Chair: Cassandra Balchin (Consultant for the Association for Women’s Rights in Development, UK)
- Religion, politics and family laws [ » pdf file]
Chairs: Mariz Tadros (Institute of Development Studies, UK) and Ruth Halperin-Kaddari (CEDAW Experts Committee and Bar-Ilan University, Israel)
