On Tuesday, June 11, 2013 ICAN and IREX co-sponsored a panel and discussion on the role of women in Syria. This panel and discussion was meant to highlight the various roles that women on the ground in Syria play and what the international community can do to help them. Check out the minutes and a picture of ICAN’s Co-Founder, Sanam Naraghi Anderlini at the event.
Watch the full video here.
More Than Victims: Women’s Roles in the Syrian Conflict
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
9:30AM – 11:00AM
IREX, 1275 K ST NW, Suite 600, Washington, DC 20005
Panelists:
• Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Co-Founder of the International Civil Society Action Network (ICAN) and Senior Fellow, MIT Center for International Studies
• Caroline Ayoub, Board Member of RO’YA Association for a Better Syria
• Rafif Jouejati, Director of the FREE-Syria Foundation
• Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace, and Security
Moderator: Kathy Evans, Director of the Media, Technology & Civil Society Division at IREX
MINUTES
0:00 – 0:50 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator- Introduction
0:50 – 3:50 mins- Ambassador Bob Pearson, President of IREX- Opening Remarks
3:50 – 9:00 mins- Panelists Individual Introductions
9:00 – 10:20 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator- Balancing Sexual Gender Based Violence with Women’s Political Participation
10:20 – 12:30 mins- Rafif Jouejati, Director of FREE-Syria Foundation- On the Ground in Syria
12:30 – 14:45 mins- Caroline Ayoub, Board Member of RO’YA Association for a Better Syria- The international media’s portrayal of Syria
14:45- 16:00 mins- Rafif Jouejati, Director of FREE-Syria Foundation- The international media’s portrayal of Syria
16:00 – 16:15 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator- Barriers to women’s political participation in Syria
16:15 – 17:30 mins- Rafif Jouejati, Director of FREE-Syria Foundation- Social barriers to women’s political participation in Syria
17:30 – 17:50 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator- How to achieve balance between acknowledging sexual gender based violence and women’s political participation
17:50 – 23:00 mins- Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Co-Founder of ICAN and Senior Fellow at MIT – Women’s agency; Western engagement; Twentieth century models of peacemaking; Involving local non-violent activists in peace process
23:00 – 23:30 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator- Women in Prison
23:30 – 27:25mins- Caroline Ayoub, Board Member of RO’YA Association for a Better Syria- Easter eggs initiative; Personal experience in prison
27:25 – 29:00 mins- Rafif Jouejati, Director of FREE-Syria Foundation- Rape and sexualized torture of men
29:00-29:30mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator-Women’s Issues and the peace process
29:30 – 33:55 mins- Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of NGOWG- Inclusion of women in peace talks; Recognizing gender in all issues; Creative spaces for women
33:55 – 34:15 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator- Recommendations for NGOs
34:15 – 36:57 mins- Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of NGOWG- Recommendations for NGOs
36:57 – 42:00 mins- Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Co-Founder of ICAN and Senior Fellow at MIT- Recommendations for NGOs
42:00 – 42:45 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator-Possibility of Reconciliation
42:45 – 43:55 mins- Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of NGOWG- Reconciliation
43:55 – 46:30 mins- Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Co-Founder ICAN and Senior Fellow at MIT-Complexity of reconciliation in Syria
46:30 – 49:10 mins- Rafif Jouejati, Director of FREE-Syria Foundation- Complexity of reconciliation in Syria
49:10 – 49:20 mins- Opening up to any last minute remarks from panelists
49:20 – 51:50mins- Sarah Taylor, Executive Director of NGOWG- International Non-violent intervention in Syria
51:50 – 53:10 mins- Rafif Jouejati, Director of FREE-Syria Foundation- Supporting the Jasmine Tent
53:10 – 54:45 mins- Sanam Naraghi Anderlini, Co-Founder of ICAN and Senior Fellow at MIT-Addressing the needs of men and women
54:45 – 55:05 mins- Caroline Ayoub, Board Member of RO’YA Association for a Better Syria- Violence as nondiscriminatory
55:05 – 55:33 mins- Kathy Evans, Moderator- Opening up to questions
55:33 – 1:22:51mins- Questions and Answers; End of event
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