International Women’s Conference, Saturday 28th and Sunday 29th November 2015, London South Bank University, 103 Borough Road, SE1 0AA
Saturday 28 November 2015
09:30 – 10:00 Registration/Coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Welcome Note:
- Liz Davies (UK) Honorary Vice-Chair of the Haldane Society and Housing Rights Lawyer.
10:30 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: Migrant and Refugee Women
- Frances Webber (UK), Vice-chair of the Institute of Race Relations’ council of management and a former barrister who specialised in immigration, refugee and human rights law.
- Dr Dorys Quintana Cruz (Cuba), Professor of International Law, University of Havana
- Dr. Marina Prentoulis (UK/Greece), University of East Anglia and member of Syriza
- Dr. Rayah Feldman (UK), Chair Hackney Migrant Centre
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 13:15 Workshop
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 14:30 Keynote Session
- Prof. Rashida Manjoo (South Africa), Former UN Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women (2009-2015)
14:30 – 16:00 Panel Discussion: Violence against Women
- Lilian Hofmeister (Austria)(TBC), UN Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW)
- Rosa Logar (Austria), Founder of Women Against Violence Europe and vice-president of the Council of Europe’s Group of Experts on Action against Violence against Women and Domestic Violence (GREVIO)
- Nicolah Marshall (UK), Solicitor, International and Group Claims Department, Leigh Day
- Elizabeth Gordon (UK)
16:00 – 16:15 Campaign for the ratification of the Istanbul Convention Action on violence against women and domestic violence (ELDH)
16:15-16:30 Break
16:30 – 18:00 Panel Discussion: Women in conflict and peace
- Wafa Kafarna (Palestine) Norwegian Refugee Council
- Alejandra Muñoz Valdez Legal Advisor, International Crimes and Accountability Department, the European Centre for Constitutional and Human Rights
- Barbara Spinelli (Italy) Member of the Italian Association of Democratic Lawyers and Expert on Femicide /Feminicide
- Dr. Ahlam Beydoun (Lebanon) Lecturer in Law at the Lebanese University
Evening Cabaret at Ye Olde Cheshire Cheese, 145 Fleet Street with Scary Little Girls
Sunday 29 November 2015
09:30 – 10:00 Coffee
10:00 – 10:30 Angela Davis (USA), Distinguished Professor Emerita in the History of Consciousness and Feminist Studies Departments at the University of California. Founding member of Critical Resistance.
10:30 – 12:00 Panel Discussion: The State and Women’s Bodies
- Police Spies Out of Lives (speaker TBC)
- Sarah Ricca (UK)
- Solicitor, Deighton Pierce Glynn
- Mara Clarke (Ireland), Abortion Support Network
12:00 – 12:15 Break
12:15 – 13:15 Workshop
13:15 – 14:00 Lunch
14:00 – 15:00 Workshop
14:30 – 14:45 Break
14:45 – 16:15 Panel Discussion: Women in work
- Jeanne Mirer (USA), President of IADL, founding board member of the International Commission for Labour Rights
- Nadja Charaby, Rosa Luxemburg Foundation
- Yasmine Bennamani and Fessekh Amina (Algeria), lawyers
- Bronwyn Handyside (UK), Vice Chair of UNITE London and Eastern Region
16:15 – 17:00 Closing Note
Jeanne Mirer (USA), President of IADL, founding board member of the International Commission for Labour Rights
N.B. This is a draft programme and may be changed
Participate:
A few tickets may be available on the door but are on sale now at a discount price online. Book now to avoid disappointment.
There are different pricing levels for students, those on a low income, and those on high incomes. Requests for complete exemption from paying for those on benefits can be made to feminism@haldane.org.
The tickets on sale are at a special early bird rate, until 1 November 2015.
Please register on the website of the Haldane Society of Socialist Lawyers
http://www.haldane.org/news/women-fighting-back-international-and-legal-perspectives.html
Please let secretary@haldane.org know if you require childcare by 07.11.2015
Please let secretary@haldane.org know if you do not speak English, French or Spanish.
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