ReligionandtheGlobalFramingofGenderViolence

ColumbiaGlobalCenters|AmmanSeptember11and12,2017

Organizers:LilaAbu-Lughod,RemaHammami,andNaderaShalhoub-Kevorkian

SCHEDULESundaySeptember10,2017–ArrivalandCheck-inofInternationalGuestsDay1:FramingReligion,Gender,andViolence

9:15-9:30 Introductions9:30-11:00 Session1-FramingIslamProtectingtheNationfrom“HonorKillings”:TheConstructionofaProblem,LetiVolpp,UniversityofCaliforniaBerkeleyDiscussant:AmalGhandourFramingIslam:ChildMarriageandtheFeministImagination,DinaSiddiqi,BRACUniversityDiscussant:NisreenHaram11:00CoffeeBreak11:15-12:45 Session2-ThePoliticsofExperienceIDoNotNeedBooks,IKnowWhatCrimeIs:MilitarizingandPolicingEducationasViolenceagainstGirls,NaderaShalhoub-Kevorkian,Madaal-CarmelDiscussant:SaraAbabnehPower,Subjectivity,andSexualityinIranianPoliticalPrisons,ShahlaTalebi,ArizonaStateUniversityDiscussant:RemaHammami

12:45Lunch1:30-2:45 Session3-Panel:ChallengingMediaFramesFeministResistancetoMobSexualAssaultsDuringtheEgyptianRevolution,YasminEl-RifaeChallengesofReportingonGender-BasedViolence,SamiraShackleAtWar:CenteringYemeniWomen’sVoicesandthe‘GlobalAgenda’,NafeesaSyeed3:00-4:30 Session4-PlacingandMisplacingBlameShouldFeministsCounterViolentExtremism(CVE)?NotesontheRiseofSecurofeminism,LilaAbu-Lughod,ColumbiaUniversityDiscussant:QudsiaContractorCaughtBetweenthe“WaronTerror”andtheStruggleforSurvival:Feminists’MobilizationsinIraq,ZahraAli,RutgersUniversityDiscussant:WafaAl-Khadra7:00DinneratAlQasrMetropoleHotelDay2:Session1-GlobalTensionsandWomen’sActivism

9:30-11:45-PressuresonFeministGovernance,StrategiesofWomen’sActivismGenderingPiety,ReclaimingSexuality–MuslimWomen’sActivisminContemporaryMumbai,QudsiyaContractor,TataInstituteDiscussant:DinaSiddiqiRethinkingViolenceAgainstWomen:RootCauses,WafaAl-Khadra,AmericanUniversityofMadabaDiscussant:LetiVolppCatastrophicAid:GBVHumanitarianisminGaza,RemaHammami,BirzeitUniversityDiscussant:LilaAbu-Lughod

11:45CoffeeBreak12-12:45Session2-Panel:ReflectionsonActivismontheGroundEvaAbu-Halaweh,ExecutiveDirectoroftheMizanLawGroupforHumanRights.HadeelAziz,ExecutiveDirectoroftheJusticeCenterforLegalAidinJordan.1:00Lunch1:45-2:30Session3-Panel:ReflectionsonActivismontheGround,Part2SoraidaHussein,GeneralDirectorfortheWomen’sAffairsTechnicalCommittee(WATC).HalaGhosheh,GenderandDevelopmentConsultant2:30—3:30Session3-WrapupandGeneralDiscussion,ledbyNaderaShalhoub-Kevorkian7:00DinneratNissreenHaram’sThisworkshop,partofalongertermprojectattheCenterfortheStudyofSocialDifferenceatColumbiaUniversity,wasgenerouslysupportedbytheHenryLuceFoundationandtheColumbiaGlobalCenter|MiddleEast,Amman.