(NAME-MCE) III International Congress on Islamic Feminism

[Cathryn Teasley]

This is just for everyone's info: The III Congress on Islamic Feminism 
already took place in Barcelona October 24-27. I just found out about it 
from a Spanish news source, but the website from the conference is interesting:

http://www.feminismeislamic.org/eng/

I quote from the site's homepage:

"he Third International Congress on Islamic Feminism will focus on the 
problems of Muslim women in the globalization era, who are facing a double 
oppression: economic (neo-liberalism) and political (religious 
fundamentalism). We will analyze the response given by Islamic feminists 
regarding this situation, and their contribution towards the construction 
of a new worldwide civil society, based on a culture of human rights and 
universal values such as democracy, social justice, freedom of conscience 
and gender equality.

     * The relationship between global feminism and Islamic feminism.
     * Various strategies for improving Muslim women's rights promoted by 
human rights associations on a national and international level.
     * A panel that will be focused on masculinity and the involvement of 
men in Islamic feminism.
     * Related issues: Third world feminism; Millennium Goals of UN; 
Alliance of Civilizations; access to education; feminism, culture of war 
and communal violence; feminism and Islamism; secularism, cultural 
diversity and human rights; interreligious dialogue; Quranic hermeneutics; 
spirituality and feminism."



>Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2008 16:03:45 +0100
>From: Cathryn Teasley Severino <cathryn at udc.es>
>To: anasan at udc.es
>Subject: Por se che interesa
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>III Congreso de Feminismo Islámico
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>As mulleres do Islam procuran cambios nas súas leis para terminar coa
>discriminación
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>Buscan solucións, nesta época de globalización, para terminar coa
>represión nos países islamitas.
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>Vieiros - Redacción - 16:30 24/10/2008
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>http://www.vieiros.com/nova/69840/as-mulleres-do-islam-procuran-cambios-nas-suas-leis-para-terminar-coa-discriminacion

No vemos las cosas como son; las vemos como nosotros somos.
-Anaïs Nin
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Cathryn Teasley
Profesora Asociada
Depto. de Pedagoxía e Didáctica
Facultade de CC. da Educación
Universidade da Coruña
Campus de Elviña, s/n
15071   A Coruña   España
Tel. 981 16 70 00, ext. 4659
http://www.udc.es/dep/pdce/Cata/CV_Cata.htm
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