Source : Women Learning Partnership
Women’s Rights in Transitions to Democracy:
Achieving RIghts, Resisting Backlash
**Join us via Livestream**
Tuesday, April 17 - Wednesday, April 18
Experts & activists from across the Middle East/North Africa convene in Istanbul to discuss region’s democratic transitions
Tuesday, April 17 Livestreaming: 3:00 PM - 6:00 PM EEST
Wednesday, April 18 Livestreaming: 9:15 AM - 6:15 PM EEST
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April 17th
3:00 – 3:30 Welcome and Introductions
3:30 – 6:00 Opening Plenary Session
Introductory remarks/chair: Thoraya Obaid
An Overview of the Geopolitical Landscape and Women’s Rights in the MENA Region
Deniz Kandiyoti, Jean Said Makdisi
Challenges and Opportunities for the Women’s Movement: Feminism, Fundamentalism & Patriarchy
Rabéa Naciri
Women’s Rights and Transitions in a Global Context
Jacqueline Pitanguy – Brazil
April 18th
9:15 – 11:00 Lessons Learned from Recent Engagement with Political Transformations in the MENA Region
Introductory Remarks/Chair: Zeina Zaatari
Amina Lemrini, Wajeeha Al Baharna, Amal Grami, Asma Khader, Sawsan Zakzak
11:00 – 11:15 Break
11:15 – 1:00 Lessons Learned in Other Regions: International Mechanisms, Transitional Justice, Legal Reform, Citizen Transformation
Introductory Remarks/Chair: Lydia Alpizar-Durán
Sapna Pradhan Mallah, Sanja Sarnavka, Claudia Samayoa, Daptne Cuevas, Shamim Meer
1:00 – 2:30 Break for lunch
2:30 – 4:15 Challenges Women and Feminist Movements Face: Fundamentalism & Patriarchy
Introductory Remarks/Chair: Mahnaz Afkhami
Haideh Moghissi, Maria Consuelo Mejia, Yakin Ertürk, Ho Yock Lin
4:15 – 4:30 Break
4:30 – 6:00 Where Do We Go from Here? Rethinking the Relationship between the State and Women as Individual Citizens
Introductory Remarks/Chair: Musimbi Kanyoro
Rahmah Bourkyah, Amal Abdel Hadi, Gina Vargas
6:00 – 6:30 Closing Remarks
