Cultural Boundaries & Cyber Spaces: Program

Innovative Tools and Strategies for Strengthening Women's Leadership in Muslim Societies

PROGRAM

9:15 AM REGISTRATION

9:45 AM WELCOME

    MAHNAZ AFKHAMI . . Bio | Paper
    President, Women's Learning Partnership

10:00 AM PANEL 1:  WOMEN'S LEADERSHIP IN THE AGE OF GLOBALIZATION

    SHAZIA RAFI - FACILITATOR . . Bio
    Secretary General, Parliamentarians for Global Action

    NOELEEN HEYZER . . Bio | Paper
    Director, United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM)

    ARUNA RAO . . Bio | Paper
    Independent scholar and President, Association for Women In Development

    JANICE BRODMAN . . Bio | Powerpoint
    Director, Center for Innovative Technologies Education Development Center

    Question & Answer Session 
   
11:30 AM BREAK
   
11:40 AM PANEL 2: NEW WAYS OF LEARNING & LEADING:
USING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES (ICTS)
 
    CHARLOTTE BUNCH - FACILITATOR . . Bio
    Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership and Professor, Rutgers University

    BUSHRA JABRE . . Bio | Powerpoint
    Coordinator, Arab Women Speak Out

    GILLIAN CALDWELL . . Bio
    Director, Witness

    NAJAT ROCHDI . . Bio | Powerpoint
    President, Morocco Internet Society

    JACKI LYDEN . . Bio
    Senior Correspondent, "Weekend All Things Considered" on National Public Radio

    DAVAR ARDALAN . . Bio
    Radio Producer,"Weekend All Things Considered" on National Public Radio

    Question & Answer Session
 
   
1:10 PM LUNCH: Conversations with Presenters
   
2:30 PM PANEL 3: WOMEN ARCHITECTS OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN THE 21ST CENTURY: PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON LEADING PRIORITIES
 
    THORAYA OBAID - FACILITATOR . . Bio
    Director, Division for Arab States and Europe, United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA)

    ZAHIRA KAMAL . . Bio
    General Director, Directorate for Gender Planning and Development, Palestinian Ministry of Planning

    ASMA KHADER . . Bio
    Coordinator, Sisterhood Is Global Institute/Jordan and former President, Jordanian Women's Union

    AMINA LEMRINI . . Bio
    President, Association Démocratique des Femmes du Maroc

    AYO OBE . . Bio
    President, Civil Liberties Organization, Nigeria

    Question & Answer Session 
   
4:45 PM CONCLUDING REMARKS
   
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