The Essential Needs of the Iranian Woman Today
Date: July 4-6, 2008
Place: Wheeler Auditorium, University of
California, Berkeley
Despite a myriad of social and legal setbacks in the last thirty years wherein
Iranian women lost many of the rights they had attained in the past 100 years,
they have continuously strived to improve their social and political status.
Consequently they have established their presence in different spheres of life,
particularly that of civil society. This conference will examine the
socio-political needs of the Iranian woman in regards to ethnicity, gender,
religion, class background, sexuality, and sexual orientation.
PROGRAM
Friday July 4
9:00
Registration
11:00
Welcoming Address: Local Organizing
Committee
11:30 Hammed Shahidian Award:
Nahid Shahidian (Canada)
12:00 Lunch Break
1:30 Keynote Speaker :
Cherrie L. Moraga (USA)
2:15 Partow Nooriala (USA):
The Necessity of Shattering the
Traditional Images of Women in Cinema
3:15 Afternoon Break
3:30 Woman of the Year Program
5:00 Music
:
Looly women's group (Germany
)
6:00 Art Exhibit Reception
8:00 Play:
In Memory of Kazem Ashtari , a Play by
Sepideh Khosrowjah, Performed by Darvag
Theater Group (USA)
Saturday July 5
9:00 Registration
9:30 IWSF Address
:
Golnaz Amin (USA)
10:00 Middle East panel: Donya
Ziaee representing Iran (Canada), Nadje Al Ali; Iraq (UK), Amal Amireh;
Palestine (USA):
The Impact of the
Global Economic and Political forces on the Issues of Gender and Women's Rights
in the Middle East.
12:00 Lunch Break
1:45 Sharareh Shahrokhi (USA):
The Right to Choose "What-to-Wear": An
Essential Need for an Iranian Woman or a Superfluous One?
2:45 Pardis Mahdavi (USA):
Changing Conceptions of Risk Taking Amongst
Urban Iranian Women .
3:45 Afternoon Break
4:00 Women's Movement Panel
Discussion: Farzaneh Raji (Iran), Farnaz Saify (Iran), Soheila Vahdati Bana
(USA)
Various Tendencies Within the
Iranian Women's Movement.
6:00 Dinner Break
8:00 Performing Arts: Concert:
Raeeka Shehabi- Yaghmai(USA)
Concert: Mahsa & Marjan Vahdat (Iran)
Sunday July 6
9:00 Registration
9:30 Roja Bandari (USA) and Mahnaz
Shirali (France):
Critical Needs of
the Younger Generation of Iranian Women .
10:50 Break
11:00 Sanam Dolatshahi:
(USA):
A Space of Ones Own: A Look at the Role of
Information Communication Technologies and Women's Movement Feminist Web Sites
in Iran.
12:00 Lunch Break
2:00 Panel Discussion: Afsaneh
Kalantary (USA), Soraya Fallah (USA), Sakineh (Sorur) Sahebi (Germany):
How do Women, living Inside and Outside of
Iran, Mutually Influence Each Other in Their Efforts to Address and Realize
Their Needs?
4:00
Afternoon Break
4:30
Conference Evaluation
8:00
Celebration Party
Notes:
1) Each speaker has 20 minutes.
2) Open discussion and question and answer session for 20 minutes.
3) Ten minutes after open discussion for speaker to finalize.
4) Simultaneous translation from English to Persian and Persian to English is
available at the conference upon request.
Contact Information
www.iwsf.org
Email: iwsf2008@yahoo.com
Telephone: 1-408-317-2240
Fax: 1-650-386-5170
Mailing Address:
IWSF
P.O.Box 16102
Oakland, CA 94610
USA
About IWSF:
The Iranian Women's Studies
Foundation (IWSF) is a non-profit organization. It has no affiliation to any
political or religious group or organization, and aims to provide a forum for
the exchange of ideas on issues related to Iranian women, to disseminate
information on Iranian women's achievements, and to establish a network of
communication among communities of Iranian women the world over. The main
activity of IWSF consists of annual international conferences wherein a theme
related to Iranian women is approached through scholarly presentations, art
exhibitions, and artistic or dramatic performances.
The history of Iran has consisted, for the most
part, of male-dominated narratives and accounts of men's exploits and
achievements. IWSF attempts to offer a different perspective on Iran's history
by protecting, preserving and propagating the works of Iranian Women. Since
1990, IWSF has conducted annual conferences in various cities around the world.
At these gatherings, academics and professionals interested
in issues related to Iranian women congregate to share the result of their
research, to celebrate the artistic accomplishments of Iranian women, and to
exchange ideas and plans for the future. IWSF publishes the proceedings of its
annual conferences in the Conference Proceedings of IWSF in which works by and
about Iranian women are collected annually.
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