Events
The Women's Movement in the Maghreb and Iran
January 13, 2005 // 11:00am — 12:15pm
Lilia Labidi, Professor of Psychology and Anthropology, University of Tunis, Tunisia; Nayereh Tohidi, Professor of Women's Studies and Sociology, Women's Studies Department, California State University-Northridge
Islam, Gender, and Reproductive Health: Part 4 of 6
January 11, 2005 // 11:00pm
The fourth meeting in the Islam, Gender, and Reproductive Health series features anthropologist Dr. Lilia Labidi of the University of Tunis and Dr. Karen Hardee, director of research at the Futures Group International in Washington.
The Iraq Elections: Women to the Ballot Box
December 22, 2004 // 8:00am — 9:30am
Abdulwahab Alkebsi, Program Officer for the Middle East and North Africa, National Endowment for Democracy (NED); Denise Dauphinais, Deputy Director and General Manager, Center for Transitional Justice Program and Post-Conflict Governance, IFES; Stuart Krusell, Deputy Director of Iraq Programs, International Republican Institute (IRI); Makram Ouaiss, Senior Program Officer, Middle East and North Africa Region, National Democratic Institute for International Affairs (NDI); Maha Muna, Programme Manager and Officer in Charge, Governance, Peace and Security Unit, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM); Charlie Ponticelli, Senior Coordinator,International Women's Issues, U.S. Department of State.This event was co-sponsored by the Conflict Prevention Project and the Middle East Program.
Book Launch--Beyond Free and Fair: Monitoring Elections and Building Democracy
December 09, 2004 // 2:30pm — 4:30pm
Eric Bjornlund, Democracy International; Commentator: Thomas Carothers, Carnegie Endowment for International Peace. Video of this event is available here.
Women's Perspectives from Pakistan and Iran: Searching for Modernity in an Age of Militarization
December 09, 2004 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Shahla Haeri, Director, Women's Studies Program and Associate Professor of Anthropology, Boston University; Ayesha Siddiqa, Fellow, Asia Program, Woodrow Wilson International Center for Scholars, and Independent Security Analyst and Author
Live Webcast: Iraq Before the January 2005 Elections
December 06, 2004 // 12:30pm — 2:00pm
A presentation with three Iraqi Ministers:Mamu Farhan Othman, Minister of State for Civil Society; Louei Hatim Sultan al-Aris, Minister of Transportation; Nesreen Mustafa Berwari, Minister of Public Works. Co-sponsored with the Joseph and Alma Gildenhorn Middle East Forum & the Conflict Prevention Project
Iran After 25 Years of Revolution: A Retrospective and a Look Ahead
November 16, 2004 // 8:00am — 3:45pm
This event was cosponsored with National Defense University's Institute for National Strategic Studies.
Women and Politics in Yemen
November 15, 2004 // 11:00am — 12:00pm
Heba El-Shazli, Regional Program Director/The Middle East,The Solidarity Center, AFL-CIO; Robin Madrid, Resident Director, National Democratic Institute - Yemen
Guns and Governance: Warlords in Afghanistan's Future
November 10, 2004 // 11:00am — 1:00pm
Olivier Roy, Research Director, French National Center for Scientific Research; Barnett Rubin, Director of Studies/Senior Fellow, Center on International Cooperation, New York University; Radek Sikorski, Resident Fellow and Executive Director of the New Atlantic Initiative, American Enterprise Institute. Moderator: Ambassador Peter Tomsen, former United States Special Envoy on Afghanistan
Book Launch: Taken Hostage: The Iran Hostage Crisis and America's First Encounter with Radical Islam by David Farber
November 09, 2004 // 3:00pm — 4:00pm
