The Politics of Participation: Women and Transformative Leadership

In cooperation with the Dialogue Project of the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Event Details

  • Time

    05:00pm

  • Date

    03 Apr, 2008

  • Location

    • Kenney Auditorium, Johns Hopkins University
    • 1740 Massachusetts Ave Washington, DC
  • Contact

    WLP

Mahnaz Afkhami

Founder and President of Women’s Learning Partnership and former Minister of Women’s Affairs in Iran

Zainah Anwar

Executive Director of Sisters in Islam and a leading women’s rights activist and writer

Azar Nafisi

Author of Reading Lolita in Tehran and Director of the Dialogue Project at Johns Hopkins University’s School of Advanced International Studies

Masuma Hasan

Board Member of Aurat Foundation of Lahore and former Cabinet
Secretary and Ambassador to Austria (Pakistan)

Tolekan Ismailova

Director of Human Rights Center: Citizens Against Corruption and recent political prisoner (Kyrgyzstan)

Malena de Montis

Founder and Board Member of El Fondo para el Desarrollo de la Mujer (Nicaragua)

Chibogu Obinwa

Senior program officer of BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights (Nigeria)

In the midst of the presidential election process in the United States, Women’s Learning Partnership will bring together grassroots women leaders from Africa, Asia, Latin America, and the Middle East to discuss the expanding participation of women in political processes around the world.

The speakers will share experiences and discuss practical strategies and grassroots, culture-friendly initiatives that they have used to mobilize women, especially young women, to participate in making decisions that affect their lives and communities.

Join us for a conversation on these topics with women activists from Iran, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia, Mauritania, Nicaragua, Nigeria, Palestine, Pakistan.

 

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