Activities
02. June 2009
Panel Discussion and Film Presentation in New York City
Arab Women and the West: The Emerging New Global Sisterhood
On June 8th at 6.30 pm in the Austrian Cultural Forum New York City
With
Edit Schlaffer, founder and chair of Women without Borders and SAVE – Sisters Against Violent Extremism
Manal Omar, program officer and Middle East Expert at the United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
Phyllis Rodriguez, member of September 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, promotes dialogue and reconciliation through the “Forgiveness Project”
Phyllis and Manal are both part of the SAVE – Sisters Against Violent Extremism Movement
A growing number of highly educated committed women across the Arab world are struggling for a more active role. The exclusion of women is a globally shared experience resulting in a pronounced imbalance in the public sphere. Women themselves are already building alliances as a new wave of alternative female diplomacy to develop strategies for stabilizing in an insecure world.
Film: “Journeys through Darkness”, a SAVE documentary by Zia Trench featuring three women: an ex-member of an Islamist organisation in the UK, a pioneer against violent extremism in Northern Ireland and a young woman affected by terrorism in Madrid.
More information at www.women-without-borders.org
Click here to register at the Austrian Cultural Forum New York
