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Cosponsored Events

Muslim Women Speak: The Quest for Human Rights and Gender Justice in Islam


Thursday, October 13, 2022
12:10 - 1:15pm ET
In-person venue location: Wasserstein Hall, WCC 1010 (accessible to Harvard ID holders only)
Online: livestream at facebook.com/MusawahMovement
Link to event description
Banner for October 13 Event Muslim Women Speak: The Quest for Human Rights and Gender Justice in Islam
Join the Program on Law & Society in the Muslim World for an interactive panel discussion with leading Muslim women’s rights advocates, who will speak about their experiences in navigating the relationship between Islamic law and human rights advocacy. Their journeys as scholars and activists working towards gender equality and justice in Muslim societies will be discussed. Hear about the opportunities and challenges of reforming both secular and religious-based laws, especially family laws, in Islamic majority and minority contexts and their groundbreaking work to further a rights-based understanding of Islamic law. Paths forward towards collective solidarity and mindful action for gender equality and justice will be explored.

The event is co-sponsored by the Human Rights Program, the International Human Rights Clinic, HLS Advocates for Human Rights, Musawah, and Equality Now.

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- Reminder: Next Thursday at 11am -  
Condemned to Serve for Life?
A Snapshot of Political Trends in Africa


Thursday, October 20, 2022
11:00am - 12:30pm ET
Registration under this Zoom link.

Banner for October 20 event Condemned to Serve for Life? A Snapshot of Political Trends in Africa
Despite the democratic gains of the last three decades, and despite the Arab Spring and subsequent Sub-Saharan protest movements, authoritarian tendencies have persisted in Africa. With recent events such as the outbreak of conflict and attempted or successful coups d'etat in Eastern and Western Africa, many fear that a large authoritarian counter wave may be on the horizon. This event will address some of these trends and take a deep dive into some of the structural factors and local dynamics behind political developments in Ethiopia, West Africa, and Tunisia.

Speakers:
  • Semir Yusuf specializes in comparative politics and is currently a Senior Researcher and the head of the Ethiopia Project at the Institute for Security Studies (ISS).
  • Lana Salman is a non-resident fellow at the Middle East Initiative at the Belfer Center for Science and the International Affairs Marie Skłodowska Curie postdoctoral fellow at Ghent University, Belgium.
  • Ibrahima Kane heads the Africa Union Advocacy Program of the Open Society Africa Regional Office and is qualified as a lawyer in Senegal and France.

Gerald L. Neuman, Director of the Human Rights Program (HRP), and the J. Sinclair Armstrong Professor of International, Foreign, and Comparative Law at Harvard Law, will introduce the event. HRP Associate Director Abadir M. Ibrahim will moderate the discussion.

Co-sponsored by the Program on Law & Society in the Muslim World, Harvard University Center for African Studies and the Harvard African Law Association.

- Reminder: This Friday at 12:40pm -
Pre-Launch of Report on Armed Conflict and Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity by UN Expert


Friday, October 14, 2022
12:40 - 1:30pm ET
In-person venue location: WCC 1023 (for Harvard community members)
Online: register under this Zoom link.

On October 14 at 12:40pm ET, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, Senior Visiting Researcher at Harvard Law School's Human Rights Program and the United Nations Independent Expert on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity, will speak at Harvard Law School previewing his report on peace, security, sexual orientation and gender identity to the 77th General Assembly of the United Nations.

The event will take place via Zoom (registration link) and in-person at WCC 1023 at Harvard Law School. In-person attendance is open to the Harvard community only. Pizza will be served to in-person attendees.

In his report, Victor Madrigal-Borloz calls for greater awareness of how gender and sexual orientation and gender identity dynamics operate in the context of armed conflict, and within peacebuilding and peacekeeping. He aims to provide insight on the application of a comprehensive set of legal resources to foster prevention, participation, protection, relief and sustainable peace for persons, communities and peoples suffering from violence and discrimination in war-torn contexts. The report seeks to establish a basis for expanding existing policies within the United Nations system.


You can find the full report by the Independent Expert under this link: https://documents-dds-ny.un.org/doc/UNDOC/GEN/N22/440/41/PDF/N2244041.pdf?OpenElement

Co-sponsored by the HLS International Human Rights Clinic, the Harvard FAS Studies of Women, Gender and Sexuality, and the UN Human Rights Special Procedures.

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