Women's Rights in the Aftermath of the Arab Uprisings - Fez

[Fatima Sadiqi]

Mediterranean Womens’s Rights in the  Aftermath of the ‘Arab Uprisings’
 
Date : June 21-23, 2013
 
Venue : Palais des Congrès, Fez, Morocco
 
Contact: Prof. Dr. Fatima Sadiqi, Academic Director sadiqi_fatima at yahoo.fr
                                  
Conference languages: Arabic, French, English (simultaneous translation provided)
 
Friday, June 21
 
-Keynote Speech: “Revolutions, Democratic Transitions, and Women’s Rights: The Arab Spring in Comparative Perspective”. Valentine MOGHADAM, Director, Program of International Affairs, Northeastern University, Boston, USA
 
-“The New Egyptian Constitution After the Revolution: Gender Equality and Non-Discrimination” (in Arabic). Moushira KHATTAB, former Egyptian Ambassador to South Africa, former Minister for Family and Population, Egypt
 
-“Gender Equality in the Tunisian Constitution” (in French). Lilia LABIDI, former Minister for Women’s Affairs, Tunisia
 
-“The “Arab Spring”: Between Reality and Imagination (in Arabic). Ramziyah ELARYANI, Secretary General, Arab Union of Women, President, Yemeni Women Union
 
-“Women’s Rights after the Arab Revolutions” (in Arabic). Islah JAD, University of Birzeit, Palestine
 
-“What About Maghrebian Women’s Rights after the “Arab Spring”? Moha ENNAJI, Author and Researcher, President, International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC), Fez
 
-“Revolutionary Narratives: Nawal El Saadawi and Samar Yazbek“. miriam cooke, Duke University, North Carolina, USA
 
-“Women in Limbo: on Liminal Citizenship and the Quest for Equality”. Soumia BOUTKHIL, Director, Master Program “Gender, Society, & Human Development”, Mohamed I University, Oujda, Morocco.
 
-“The Moral Permissibility of Unveiling”. Soroush DABBAGH, University of Toronto, Canada
 
-“Women's Rights, Islam, and the Stakes of Moroccan Secularity”. Jonathan WYRTZEN, Al-Akhawayne University, Ifrane / Yale University, USA
 
Presentation of the anthology "Des Femmes Ecrivent L’Afrique. Afrique du Nord" (Women Writing Africa – The Northern Region" (published by Karthala (Paris) and directed by Fatima Sadiqi, Amira Nouaira, Azza El Khouly, Moha Ennaji)
 
Christiane OWUSU-SARPONG, Associate Professor, KNUST, Kumasi, Ghana, Ethno-linguiste, Translator, Strasbourg, France. Fatima SADIQI, Editor, Moha ENNAJI, Editor, Khadija ZIZI, Associate Editor, cover designer, Ali OUAHIDI, Associate Editor, Zakia IRAQUI-SINACEUR, Associate Editor, Fatima-Zahra ALAOUI, Journalist, Poet, Fez (Readings)
 
Saturday June 22
 
-“Women and Power in Political Life ». Mino VIANELLO, Professor Emeritus of Economic Sociology, University of Rome / Columbia University “Seminars”, New York, USA
 
-“All that Glitters is not Gold : Two Decades of Gender Politics in Turkey ». Ayşe GÜNEŞ-AYATA, Chairperson, Centre for Black Sea and Central Asia, Technical University (METU), Ankara, Turkey
 
-“Women and Political Representation in the Maghrib ». Rachid TLEMCANI, University og Algiers, Algeria
 
-“Women and Islamic Reference : A Reformist Vision (in French). Asma LAMRABET, Biologist Doctor, Coordinator, Research group on Muslim women and Intercultural Dialogue, Rabat, Morocco
                                  
-“What Frame(s) of Reference for Gender Equality in Countries of Muslim Majority? The Moroccan Experience (in French). Nouzha GUESSOUS, Professor of Medicine, Hassan II University, Casablanca – Activist and Researcher in Human Rights and bioethics. Ex  member of the Consultative Commission of the Moudawana Reform
 
-“Moroccan Feminist Discourses after the “Arab” Uprisings – The Berber (Amazigh) Dimension. Fatima SADIQI, Author and Researcher, President, ISIS Center for Women and Development
 
-“Women and Economic Empowerment (in Arabic). Randa MASRI, Director, Connect Middle East, Washington D.C., USA
 
-“Factors Influencing Working Women, Non-Working Women, and the Employer in Jordan (in Arabic). Amal EL KHAROUF, Director, Division of Research and Training, Amman, Jordan
 
-“For a Sustainable Economic Empowerment: The Case of the local enterprise ANAROUZ”. Manal ELATTIR (Founder & CEO, ANAROUZ) and  Yamina EL KIRAT EL ALLAM, (Mohamed V University, Rabat-Agdal, Morocco)
 
-“Moroccan Women’s Cultural Rights: a Psychosocial Perspective“. Rachida KERKECH, Ecole Normale Supérieure, Rabat, Morocco
 
-“Gender and Cultural Rights in Mauritania (in French). Madina TOURÉ, University of Nouakchott, Mauritania
 
-“Civil Marriage in Lebanon ». Myriam SFEIR, Institute of Women Studies in the Arab World, Managing Editor, "Al-Raida" Journal, Beirut, Lebanon
 
-“An example from The Netherlands - The Struggle Still Exists on the Local Level”. Hester TJALMA, Director, Association for Local and Regional Councillors of the CDA (Christian Democratic Appeal), Amsterdam, The Netherlands
 
Sunday, June 23
 
-“Moroccan Women and Individual Freedoms”. Abdellatif ZAKI, Agronomic and Veterinary Institute, Rabat, Morocco
 
-“Women After the Egyptian Revolution:  Struggle, Violations and Political Participation (in Arabic). Yahia MUHAMMAD ZAED, Human Rights Activist, Egypt
 
-“Individual Freedoms as an Entry to the Reform of Justice (in French). Asma EL MEHDI, 
 President, Initiatives for the Protection of Women’s Rights-IPDF, Fez
 
-“Libyan Women: From Revolution to Politics  (in Arabic). Sayf-Al-Islam AL-HANGARY, activist, Libya
 
-“Women and Public Service Television Contents: A Quantitative Analysis”. Bouziane ZAID, Al-Akhawayne University, Ifrane, Morocco
 
-“Women and International Networking” (in French). Simone SUSSKIND, Free University, Brussels, Belgium
 
-“Mediterranean Women as Partners of Political and Social Change”. Sarah FEINGOLD, University of New York, USA
 


Fatima Sadiqi 
Senior Professor of Linguistics and Gender Studies (MA, PhD)
 
Co-Founder of the International Institute for Languages and Cultures (INLAC), Fez, Morocco  www.inlac.net
Director of the Isis Center for Women and Development
UN Gender Expert
President of the National Union of Women's Organizations www.nuwo.org
www.fatimasadiqi.on.ma  
 
 
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