Tuesday, September 29, 2015

ANNOUNCING WOMEN CONVENTION OCT 2-3, 2015, NEW DELHI


Announcing
Women Convention
Challenges before Indian Women in Contemporary India
Conference Room, 2nd Floor
ND Tiwari Bhawan, Near Gandhi Peace Foundation

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Near ITO
October 2-3, 2015
New Delhi


October 2, 2015
9.00-10.00
Registration & Tea

10.00- 11.00am
Challenges before Indian Women in Contemporary India
Speaker: Usha Ramanathan

11.00-12.00noon
Patriarchy and Struggle for Gender Equality
Speakers: Jagmati Sangwan, Rukmini Sen
Chair:  Mary E John

12.00-1.00pm
The Struggle of Women Human Rights Defenders
Speakers: Binalakshmi Nepram, Zulaikha Jabi
Chair: Githa Hariharan

1.00-2.00
Lunch

2.00-3.00
Violence, Security, Surveillance 
Speakers: Vani Subramaniam, Ayesha Kidwai
Chair: Anupama Roy

3.00-4.00pm
Communal Violence and its impact on Women
Speakers: Mary Scaria, Ghazala Jamil
Chair: Mridula Mukherjee

4.-4.30
Tea Break

4.30-5.30
Right to Choose, Honour Killing
Speakers: Manisha Bhalla, Nonica Datta
Chair: Bulbul Dhar

5.30-7.00
Recent Campaigns: A Sharing 
Pinjara Todo: Devangana Kalita
Take back the Night: Mridu Kamal
Love of Kiss: Pankhuri Zaheer

Day Two
October 3, 2015
8.30-9.30- Breakfast

9.30-10.30am
Women and Education
Speakers: Purwa Bharadwaj, Manasi Thapliyal
Chair: Sadhna Saxena

10.30-11.30
Gender Just Laws
Speakers: Vrinda Grover, second speaker- tbc
Chair: Aparna Chandra

11.30-12.00
Tea Break

12.00-1.00
Caste Violence and its Impact on Women
Speakers: Rajni Tilak, Subhalakshmi Nandi
Chair: Uma Chakravarty

1.00-2.00
Lunch

2.00-3.00
Women and Media 
Speakers: Bhasha Singh, Pamela Philipose
Chair : Seema Mustafa

3.00-4.00
Issues Faced by Tribal Women
Speakers: Gomati Bodra, Alma Grace
Chair: Sonajharia Minz

4.00-4.30
Tea Break

4.30-5.30
Politics of Desire: Bodies and boundaries
Speakers: Jaya Sharma, Rituparna Borah
Chair: Pramada Menon

5.30-6.30
Contemporary India; Need for A United Women's Movement
Rana Ayyub, Sahba Farooqui


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