Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a Time of Crisis

A film screening and panel discussion in cooperation with the Dialogue Project of the School of Advanced International Studies, Johns Hopkins University

Event Details

  • Time

    06:00pm

  • Date

    08 Mar, 2007

  • Location

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

  • Contact

    WLP

Mahnaz Afkhami

President and CEO of the Women's Learning Partnership and former
Minister for Women’s Affairs in Iran

Sindi Medar-Gould

Executive Director of BAOBAB for Women’s Human Rights and Chairperson of the Nigeria Coalition on the International Criminal Court

Azar Nafisi

Author of the best seller Reading Lolita in Tehran, Azar is a visiting scholar at the SAIS Foreign Policy Institute and Director of the SAIS Dialogue Project at Johns Hopkins University

Women’s rights and activism across the world are being threatened by rising religious fundamentalism, war and conflict, and government restrictions, including legislation that limits activities of civic organizations. While women are disproportionately affected, they are also key agents of change, upholding communities and families, and engaging in peaceful forms of resistance.

Join us for a conversation on these topics with women activists from Iran, Jordan, and Nigeria. They will discuss the ways and means of strengthening women’s movements by building alliances, sharing inter-generational experience and expertise, and developing culture-specific, grassroots-based approaches to empowering women and girls.

This event will include the premier of a new 25-minute documentary Against All Odds: Women Partnering for Change in a Time of Crisis, which showcases the experiences of activists from around the world including Afghanistan, Brazil, Egypt, Morocco, and Lebanon.

2007 Against All Odds
Against All Odds cover

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