Shirin Ebadi, the Nobel laureate for Peace in 2003, received a law degree from the University of Tehran. In the years 1975-79 she served as president of the city court of Tehran,one of the first female judges in Iran. Ebadi is an activist for refugee rights, as well as those of women and children. She is the founder and leader of the Association for Support of Children's Rights in Iran. Ebadi has written a number of academic books and articles focused on human rights. Among her books translated into English are The Rights of the Child, A Study of Legal Aspects of Children's Rights in Iran (Tehran, 1994), published with support from UNICE, and History and Documentation of Human Rights in Iran (New York, 2000).
Gertrude Mongella has led a remarkable life as an international leader and advocate for women's human rights and peace. She has held several ministerial positions in her native Tanzania including Minister of State for Women's Affairs, Minister of Lands, Natural Resources and Tourism and Minister Without Portfolio in the President's Office. A member of the Central and National Executive Committee of the ruling political party, she was Head of the Social Services Department for nine years. Her career in the United Nations began when she was elected vice-chairperson for the World Conference to Review and Appraise the Achievement of the United Nations Decade for Women in Nairobi. Then, in 1995, she was appointed Secretary-General of the UN Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing. As a member of the Pan-African parliament, Mongella made history when she was elected its first woman President in 2004.
 




June 21, Tuesday "Violence, Intolerance and the Culture of Peace"

  • Moderator - Bishop Sharon Rader, Former bishop of the United Methodist Church (USA)

  • Rapporteur - Sorosh Roshan, President and founder of International health Awareness Network (Iran)

  • "Demilitarizing Cultures after 9/11 : a feminist perspective"
    Cynthia Enloe, Research Professor, Clark University (USA)

  • "Changing the culture of violence against women"
    Monica Munoz, Former chief of Latin American and Caribbean section for the United Nations Fund for Women (Chile)

  • "Migrant women and the price of Eurocentrism"
    Louisa Passerini, Oral historian and former professor of history at European University Institute (Italy)

  • "Indigenous Women and social change through art"
    Joanna Bigfeather, Native artist,curator and arts administrator (Western Cherokee and Mescalero Apache Nations)

  • "Science,multiple modernities and culture"
    Sandra Harding, Professor of Social Sciences and Comparative Education at the University of California (USA)


June 22, Wednesday "Globalization, Economic Values and Poverty"

  • Moderator - Jacqueline Pitanguy, Sociologist and Executive Director of the Civil Society Forum in the Americas for the Citizenship Studies Information Action (Brazil)

  • Rapporteur - Frances Raday, Professor of Law at Hebrew University (Israel )

  • "Challenges and opportunities of rural women in China "
    Wu Qing, Former professor of English and International Studies at Beijing Foreign Studies University (China)

  • "Gender and economic globalization:theoretical issues"
    Alison Jaggar, Professor of Philosophy and Women's Studies at the University of Colorado (England/USA)

  • "Feminist economics :beyond the market"
    Nancy Folbre, Professor of Economics at the University of Massachusetts (USA)

  • "Women and globalization -is there a way out?"
    Joanna Kerr, Executive Director of the Association for Women's Rights in Development (Canada)


June 23, Thursday "Changing Paradigms for the State, Health and Environment"

  • Moderator - Filomina Steady, Professor and Chair of Africana Studies at Wellesley College (Sierra Leone)

  • Rapporteur - Bishop Ann Sherer, Bishop of the United Methodist (USA)

  • "Are sustainable livelihoods for women possible in an un-sustainable world?"
    Vivienne Wee, Associate Director of the Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University of Hong Kong (HongKong)

  • "The State, health policies and Asian Women"
    Ito Peng, Professor at the Department of Sociology at the University of Toronto (Japan/Canada)

  • "Women :agents of change for a healthy planet."
    Irene Dankelman, Head of the sustainable development programme at the Radboud University Nijmegen (Netherlands)

  • "The role of African men in AIDS prevention"
    Njoki Wainana, Educator and former coordinator for the African Women's Development Communication Network (Kenya)

  • "The impact of science and technology policies on social development"
    Gloria Bonder, Director of the "Gender, Society and Policies" Area in the Latin American Postgraduate Institute in Social Sciences (Argentina)


June 24, Friday "Celebrating Women's Leadership - the Way Forward"

  • Moderator - Catharine Stimpson, Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Science at New York University (USA)

  • Rapporteur - Pramila Patten, Expert in the Committee for the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (Mauritius)

  • "NGO leaders influence global change-lessons learned"
    Charlotte Bunch, Founder and Executive Director of the Center for Women's Global Leadership at Rutgers University (USA)

  • "Challenges of women, against women, and for women in Japan "
    Hiroko Hara, Professor, Graduate School of humanities, Josai International University. Chiba Prefecture (Japan)

  • "Women in government lead at Beijing Plus Ten"
    Kang KyungWha, Former Chair, United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (Republic of Korea)

  • "Why CEDAW shows the way forward for the women's movement"
    Ayse Feride Acar, Professor of Political Sociology and Gender and Women's Studies at the Middle East Technical University (Turkey)

  • "Women in power-a theoretical framework"
    Mary Hartman, Dean of Douglas College at Rutgers University (USA)
   
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