In 1996 Sisterhood is Global Institute (SIGI) hosted a forum called Beijing and Beyond, drawing Muslim women scholars and activists from all over the world to discuss the 1995 Beijing Platform for Action. Following the forum, a small group of women leaders gathered for an in-depth discussion about the cultural and historical roles of women in Muslim majority societies.
This resource is the full event program of: The World We Seek: Reigniting the Dialogue on Human Security. WLP and the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies present a day-long event examining and re-imagining the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as the foundation for global security and sustainable development.
This video presents Panel 1 from WLP's The World We Seek conference. Four panelists share their vision of universal human rights and how they may be achieved.
On September 6th, Women’s Learning Partnership will convene a panel discussion in collaboration with the Dialogue Project at Johns Hopkins University's School of Advanced International Studies, and launch an international campaign in support of a seven-country regional campaign for Arab women’s right to nationality in Algeria, Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Morocco, and Syria.
