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International Conference on Kurdish Women
for Peace and Equality
3.1.2007 |
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January 3, 2007
This conference will be dedicated to the memory of
the late Mrs. Soraya Serajeddini Previous Executive
Vice President of the Kurdish National Congress
Date: March 8th & 11th, 2007 (International
Women’s Day)
Place: Southern Kurdistan (Kurdistan-Iraq),
Hawler and Sulaimany
The Kurdish National Congress of North America will
hold a conference on Kurdish Women in Greater
Kurdistan (Iran, Iraq, Turkey and Syria) and in the
Diaspora.
The conference will be held in Southern Kurdistan
and will be focusing on the role of Kurdish women in
politics, science, art, and history inside Kurdistan
and in Diaspora as well as marginal participation of
women in politics. Kurdish Women compose half of the
citizens in Kurdish society. Opportunities for women
to be represented in political bodies and to have
influence in political matters are important
yardsticks of democracy and thus an integral
indication of social development and democratization
processes in the region. Increasing the active
participation of women in politics and the
representation of women in positions of power
remains a crucial and critical step towards
obtaining gender balance in Kurdish society.
At the same time it is important to examine the
"gender" of politics, science, art, and the
implications of gender in the political, scientific
and artistic aspects of life in Kurdistan. KNC holds
the position that true peace, referred to in the
peace studies literature as “positive peace” is only
possible under conditions of just and fair gender
relations, respect for democratic rights and
freedoms, and equal opportunities for economic,
social and intellectual development across age,
class, ethnicity and gender.
The conference will address both quantitative and
qualitative aspects of Kurdish women’s role in
politics, science and art. Studies on women and
politics have suggested a variety of possible
explanations for the paucity of women leaders and
the marginalization of women in politics. These
include electoral systems, party systems,
gender-role socialization, women's movement,
political culture, religion, and women's
representation among professions from which
potential leaders are drawn.
The conference looks at both obstacles/constraints
to progress and the emerging practices/strategies
leading to progress, and encourages both
structurally oriented and actor-oriented
explanations for either the lack or the increase of
women in political bodies, sciences and art in
different cultural, political and developmental
contexts across Kurdistan.
As for the qualitative aspect of Kurdish women and
politics, science, art, and history the conference
will address issues concerning gender and power
relations. The conference will look into
alternatives or informal channels of participation,
Kurdish women's exercise of power through these
channels, and Kurdish women's role in influencing
political, science and art agendas. Moreover, the
conference will address the impact of diverse
political discourses and religious systems on
shaping the status quo. It will examine what
political options these discourses provide for women
and how women maneuver within or across different
political discourses.
The conference will look into establishing channels
of cooperation between women organizations in
Northern America, Europe and Kurdistan for the
purpose of advancing and enhancing women role in
building the new civil society in Kurdistan and
democracy.
The conference is inviting proposals for
presentations on these topics. Please submit
inquires and proposals to conference Chairwoman
Soraya Fallah, her contact information is listed
below.
We are looking forward to hearing from you and
seeing you at the conference.
Conference Coordinators
Chair of Kurdish Women’s Conference
Soraya Fallah
e-mail:sorayaf40@yahoo.com, soraya@vokradio.com &
knc@kurdishnationalcongress.org
Cell#: (818)434 9609 & (818)7000933
www.kncna.org
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