WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, STATE, AND SOCIETY
Al-Quds University
Abu-Dis Campus East Jerusalem
Sunday, May 3, 2009
Schedule
8:00-9:00
Registration (continues throughout the day)
9:00-9:15
Opening Session: Framing the Questions
Sari Nusseibeh, President, Al-Quds University
Susan S. Lanser, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, and
Conference Co-Director, Brandeis University
Fadwa Allabadi, Director, Insan Center for Gender and Women’s
Studies, and Conference Co-Director, Al-Quds University
9:15-10:30
Plenary Session I: Changing the Face of Government
Chair: Samira Barghouthi, Dean of Research, Al-Quds University
Gender Quotas as a Fast Track to Change Women’s Representation
Drude Dahlerup, Professor of Political Science, Stockholm University
The Experience of Women’s Leadership in the Palestinian Authority
Zahira Kamal, Director, Palestinian Women’s Research and
Documentation Center, UNESCO, and former Minister of Women’s
Affairs, Palestine
10:30-10:45 Coffee Break
10:45-11:45 Concurrent Sessions:
1. Women, Law, and Legislation in Arab States
Chair: Luna Ireqat, Law Clinic, Faculty of Law, Al-Quds University
Women’s Rights under Palestinian Law: Reality and Aspiration
Khaled Talahmeh, Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Birzeit
University
The Gendered Role of the Female in the Arab World; a Contemporary Reading of
Arab Islamic Feminists
Vera Baboun, Faculty of Arts, Bethlehem University
WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, STATE, AND SOCIETY
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2. Women’s Leadership in the University
Chair: Daniel Terris, Director, International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public
Life, Brandies University
Faculty Attitudes Toward the Appointment of Women as University Leaders
Hassan Tayyem, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, An-Najah National
University
The Role of the University in Engendering Women Leaders
Najah Al-Khateeb, Faculty of Public Health, Al-Quds University
Women Leading Universities: The U.S. Experience
Claire Moses, Professor of Women’s Studies, University of Maryland,
and Editor-in-Chief of Feminist Studies
3. Women’s Leadership in Theory and Practice
Chair: Njah Duqmaq, Faculty of Law, Al-Quds University
Women’s Leadership: Reality and Ambition
Amneh Kelani, Advisor, Ministry of Education, Jineen
Leadership: Between Concept and Practice
Nisreen Awwad, Women’s Center for Research and Documentation,
UNESCO, Ramallah
11:45-12:00 Coffee Break
12:00-13:15 Plenary Session II. Public and Private: Law, Family, and Rights
Chair: Amneh Badran, Director, Department of Political Science, AlQuds University
Using Modernity to Reconstruct Gender Divisions in the Arab Family
Khawla Abu-Baker, Academic College of Emek Yezreel
Examining the Boundaries Between Law and Private Behavior: Public Discourse
and Sexual Harassment
Anita F. Hill, Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and
Management, Brandeis University
13:15-14:15 Lunch
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14:15-15:45 Plenary Session III: The Politics of the Possible
Chair: Anwar Abu Eisheh, Faculty of Law, Al-Quds, University
The Role of Universities in Advancing Women’s Leadership: The Case of the
Birzeit Institute for Women’s Studies
Islah Jad, Director, Institute of Women’s Studies, Birzeit University
Women and Parallel Politics in Divided Societies
Mari Fitzduff, Director, Program in Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis
University
Women’s Agency and Social Change
Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, Chair,
Child Institute for Health and Learning, and Vice President, Board of
Trustees, Al-Quds University
15:45-16:00 Coffee break
16:00-17:00 Concurrent Sessions:
1. The Role of Culture and Religion in Women’s Leadership
Chair: Taiseer Abdallah, Faculty of Education, Al-Quds University
The Impact of Culture and Education in Advancing Women’s Leadership
Khawla Qamheyeh, Faculty of Science and Technology, Al-Quds
University
Positioning Women’s Leadership Between the Concepts of Culture and Religion
Ali Saleh, Institute of Sustainable Development, Al-Quds University
2. Political Factors in Women’s Leadership
Chair: Reema Awartani, Faculty of Political Sciences
The Crisis of Women’s Political Participation: Between Marginalization and
Authority
Maha Masri, Faculty of Political Science, An-Najah National University
Political Participation Behind the Curtains: Obstacles to Women’s
Empowerment
Iman Hammad, Faculty of English, An-Najah National University
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3. How Classrooms Can Foster Women’s Leadership
Chair: James Mandrell, Chair, Women’s and Gender Studies Program, Brandeis
University
Leadership and the Gender Studies Classroom
Sabah Ikhmayyes and Rania Arafat, Insan Center for Gender and
Women’s Studies, Al-Quds University
Classroom Strategies for Empowering Women Students
Susan S. Lanser, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis
University
17:00-18:00 New Women, New Strategies: Closing Discussion and Reading
Moderators:
Fadwa Allabadi, Director, Insan Center for Gender and Women’s
Studies, Al-Quds University
James Mandrell, Chair, Women’s and Gender Studies Program,
Brandeis University
Poetry by:
18:00
Iman Hammad, Faculty of English, An-Najah National
University
Reception
The conference is free and open to the public. For online registration, go to
http://www.alquds.edu/conferences/wlss/
For more information, please contact the Insan Center, Al-Quds University:
insancenter@art.alquds.edu or 972 2 2791344
This conference has been created through a partnership between Al-Quds University and
Brandeis University that is funded by the Ford Foundation. For more information about
the partnership, see www.brandeis.edu/aqu.
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