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DEFYING EXTREMISM CONFERENCE



Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice








November 19-21, 2014





Karima Bennoune
conference keynote Speaker



DeFYING EXTREMISM CONFERENCE AGENDA



november 19 - 21, 2014


Speakers

Wednesday, November 19





10 a.m. WELCOME

  • Dee Aker, Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

  • Jennifer Freeman, Senior Program Officer for Women, Peace and Security, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

1030 a.m. TESTIMONIALS

  • Rubina Feroze Bhatti, General Secretary, Taangh Wasaib Organization, Pakistan; 2009 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

  • Loreto Cabaya, Former Mayor of Aleosan, Mindanao, Philippines

  • Vicky Ibrahim, SAVE Network and Women Without Borders, Mother of Andrew Ibrahim, accused of plotting to bomb the Bristol shopping center, U.K.

  • Margaret Arach Orech, Commissioner, Interfaith Action for Peace in Africa, Uganda, 2014 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

  • Shreen Abdul Saroor, Founder, Mannar Women's Development Federation, Sri Lanka, 2004 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

1 p.m. PANEL - ANALYSIS: REALITIES BEHIND THE HEADLINES

  • Yakin Ertürk, Former U.N. Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women

  • Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Co-Founder, International Civil Society Action Network

  • Mohamed Elsanousi, Director of External Relations, Network of Religious and Traditional Peacemakers

  • Shareen Gokal, Manager, Resisting and Challenging Religious Fundamentalisms, Association for Women's Rights in Development

  • Jacob Zenn, Legal Adviser, International Center for Not-for-Profit Law

3 p.m. WORKING SESSIONS


Comparisons in Violence, Strategies for Hope: Sri Lanka and Burma

  • Facilitators: Zin Mar Aung -- RAINFALL -- Gender Study Group, Burma

  • Shreen Abdul Saroor -- 2004 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker, Sri Lanka

  • Visakha Tillekeratne -- Citizens for a Secure Sri Lanka

Extremism in Mainstream Society: An Open Discussion on Holistic Solutions in the MENA/Asia Region

  • Facilitators: Madeline Koch and Sussan Tahmasebi -- International Civil Society Action Network

Links Between Militarization and Extremism

  • Facilitator: Sameena Nazir -- Women's International League for Peace and Freedom, Pakistan

Unpacking the Paths of Young Islamists

  • Facilitator: Avi Spiegel -- University of San Diego

Connecting the Dots: The Global Landscape of Religious Fundamentalisms

  • Facilitator: Shareen Gokal -- Association for Women's Rights in Development

5 p.m. PANEL -- DIALOGUES: TALKING WITH EXTREMISTS

  • Moderator: Dee Aker -- Director, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

  • Speakers: Khadijah Hawaja Gambo -- Muslim Women Peace Forum, Plateau State, Nigeria

  • Merlie "Milet" B. Mendoza -- Independent Humanitarian and Development Practitioner, Philippines, 2010 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

  • Mubin Shaikh -- Co-author, Undercover Jihadi

  • Anne Speckhard -- Author, Talking to Terrorists

630 p.m. DINNER







Thursday, November 20






930 a.m. TESTIMONIALS

  • Fawziah Albakr, Professor of Sociology of Education, King Saud University, Saudi Arabia

  • Rehana Hashmi, Co-founder, SIsters Trust Pakistan, 2013 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

  • Ashima Kaul, Founder, Yakjah Reconciliation and Development Network, India (Kashmir), 2014 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

10 a.m. PANEL - GENDER INITIATIVES: DEFENDING RIGHTS, DEFYING EXTREMISM

  • Moderator: Jennifer Freeman, Senior Program Officer for Women, Peace and Security, Joan B. Kroc Institute for Peace and Justice

  • Speakers: Robi Damelin, Spokesperson, Parents Circle Families Forum, Israel, 2014 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

  • Ulrich Kropiunigg, Director of Research, Women Without Borders, Professor of Medical Psychology, Medical University of Vienna, Austria

  • Susan Tahmasebi, Co-Founder, International Civil Society Action Network

1 p.m. PANEL - BUILDING EFFECTIVE POLICIES: FRAMEWORKS, COLLABORATION AND ACTION

  • Lina Abou-Habib, Executive Director, Collective for Research and Training on Development-Action, Program Advisor, Women's Learning Partnership

  • Alison Davidian, Justice Specialist, UN Women

  • Joyce Dubensky,CEO, Tanenbaum

  • Sabiha Husic, Director, Medica Zenica, 2013 IPJ Woman PeaceMaker

  • Palwasha Kakar, Senior Program Officer, Religion and Peacebuilding, U.S. Institute of Peace

430 p.m. WORKING SESSIONS


Fostering Synergies for Advancing Women's Rights in Post-Conflict Islamic States: Three-Pillars Approach

  • Facilitators: Susan Hayward, Palwasha Kakar, U.S. Institute of Peace

Reducing Opposition to Women's Rights through Legislative Problem-Solving Dialogues

  • Facilitator: Lorna Seitz -- Legis Institute

Unpacking the Truth: Religious Liberty, Women's Rights and Radicalization

  • Facilitator: Christy Vines: Institute for Global Engagement

Gender and CVE: Moving from Policy to Practice

  • Facilitator: Naureen Choudhury Fink -- Global Center on Cooperative Security

Started from My Living Room: Community-based Models for Anti-Radicalization and Reformation

  • Facilitators: Paula Kweskin -- International Human Rights Attorney

  • Raheel Raza -- Council for Muslims Facing Tomorrow

  • Jasvinder Sanghera -- Karma Nirvana

7 p.m. DISTINGUISHED LECTURE SERIES

  • Karima Bennoune -- Professor of Law, University of California at Davis






Friday, November 21





10 a.m. TESTIMONIALS

  • Arno Michaelis, Author -- My Life After Hate

  • Maxensia Nakibuuka, Council of the Laity, Kampala Archdiocese, Uganda

  • Mubin Shaikh, Co-Author, Undercover Jihadi

10:30 a.m. CLOSING KEYNOTE ADDRESS

  • James McElroy, Member, Board of Directors, Southern Poverty Law Center, Civil Rights Attorney

11:30 a.m. QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SESSION


12 p.m. CONFERENCE CLOSING


2 p.m. REGIONAL DIALOGUES

  • Middle East/North Africa

  • South and Southeast Asia

  • Africa

  • Europe


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