*Conference: “Upholding Gendered Peace at a Time of War: Academics and
Activists Speak Out on the Shifting Places of Women in the Arab World” /
June 2-4, 2015 *organized in Beirut he Institute for Women’s Studies in the
Arab World (IWSAW) at the Lebanese American University Beirut t in partner
ship with “Women in War” (Carol Mann), and “Beit Al-Hanan” (Evelyne Accad).



From December 2010 to December 2013, an unprecedented wave of protests known
as the Arab Spring spread through the Arab world, forcing rulers out of powe
r in some countries (Tunisia, Egypt, Yemen, Libya), upheavals elsewhere in B
ahrain, Algeria, Iraq, Jordan, Kuwait, Morocco, Sudan, and demonstrations in
Mauritania, Western Sahara, Oman, Saudi Arabia, Djibouti, Palestine (West Ba
nk). The Syrian uprising led to a most tragic ongoing civil war with grave c
onsequences affecting its citizens, neighboring Arab countries, as well as
minorities in the region such as the Kurds, Yazidis, and Christians.



The wars and unrest in the Arab region, the ongoing wars raging presently in
Syria, Iraq, Kurdistan, Libya, and on the borders of Lebanon, have proven le
thal to women’s rights. Not to mention that the Arab region is witnessing
the largest refugee crisis that has affected Lebanon and Jordan to a great e
xtent. Every aspect of this conflict has a fierce gender component built
into it. The gender dimension is at the core of both the struggle during arm
ed conflict and the social reconstruction that follows.





Scholars and activists are invited to submit papers or testimonies that addr
ess the following themes:



•       The state of women’s rights in the Arab countries since the upheavals
in the region

•       Transformations in gender and inter-generational relations during ar
med conflict

•       When gender intersects with religion in armed conflict

•       Gender and radicalization: The place of women in the new forms of
jihad (nikah al-Jihad, and ISIS

female recruitment in the Arab world and Europe).

•       Women as active participants in armed conflict: Rojava Kurdish comba
tants, ISIS female brigades, female suicide bombers, etc.

•       Sexual violence in conflict: Rape as a weapon of war (rape, mass rap
e, prostitution and trafficking, child marriages among refugees, temporary m
arriages, etc.).

•       Forgotten victims: War widows, pregnant women, the girl child, and e
lderly women.

•       Women, war and the media (female journalists as witnesses and re
volutionaries, internet activism, You-Tube and the performance of revolution
).

•       The refugee crisis and gendered consequences (hosting refugees in a
major crisis, GBV in the refugee settlements: the case of Lebanon and Jorda
n, maintaining refugee social, cultural, and national identity).

•       Audio-visual: video-clips, filmed documents about women and/or made
by women in the region on these themes

•       Testimonies related to gender activism in times of war.





Proposals should consist of a 250-word abstract in English, Arabic, or Frenc
h that includes the paper’s title and a short bio data with the author’s aff
iliation and contact information. These should be sent to: [log in to unmask]
<[log in to unmask]>





Participants will be notified if their abstract is accepted three weeks afte
r the deadline. Full papers should be sent no later than May 15, 2015. Any
queries about the conference or the program should be directed to [log in to unmask]
edu.lb





The languages of the conference will be: English, Arabic, and French
*Deadline: Abstracts are due by February 20th, 2015*


Carol Mann Ph.D.
Associate Researcher at L.E.G.S. Paris VIII.
Women in War
www.womeninwar.org
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