Pieces of the Coexistence Puzzle: 

Democracy, Human Rights, Gender and Development

4:30 - 6:30 ---
Keynote Address & Reception
Senator Mobina Jaffer, Parliament of Canada

Born in Uganda, Senator Jaffer was the first East Indian, first Muslim, and first African appointed to the Canadian Senate. From 2002-2006, she held the position of Canada's Special Envoy for Peace in Sudan and was a member of the Prime Minister's Special Advisory Team focused on the implementation of the peace process. From 2002-2005, Senator Jaffer was also Chair of the Canadian Committee on Women, Peace, and Security. Senator Jaffer is a remarkable leader, committed to equality and justice for women of color and the promotion and enforcement of human rights. 

• Senator Mobina Jaffer
  Parliament of Canada
• Ted Johnson
  Assistant Professor - Master's Program in Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University
  
• Madhawa Palihapitiya
  MA Student - Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis University
  

1.) Dilemmas of Peace and Democratic Governance
(Gellar Classroom, Hassenfeld Conference Center)

• Maja Catic
  Member - Board of Directors, Community of Bosnia
• Allen Kassof
  President Emeritus and Senior Advisor, Project on Ethnic Relations
• Gay Rosenblum-Kumar
  Senior Public Administration Officer, UN Department of Economic and Social Affairs

Moderated by Steven Burg, Adlai Stevenson Professor of International Politics and Chair - Politics Department, Brandeis University
Rapporteur: Tzvetomira Kaltcheva, Ph.D. Student - Politics Department, Brandeis University

2.) Finding Justice and Reconciliation (roundtable)
(Levine-Ross, Hassenfeld Conference Center)

• Louis Aucoin
  Institute for Human Security Associate Research Professor, Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy - Tufts University
• Abdul Wahab Musah
  Program Officer, Ghana Center for Democratic Development
• Tim Phillips
  Co-Founder, Project on Justice in Times of Transition - Tufts University
• Romain Rurangirwa
  MA Student, Coexistence and Conflict - Brandeis University
• Ashad Sentongo
  MA Student, Coexistence and Conflict - Brandeis University
• Roberto Varea
  Assistant Professor, Performing Arts & Social Justice - University of San Francisco

Moderated by Eileen Babbitt, Professor of International Conflict Management Practice - Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University
Rapporteur: Clementine Clark, Independent Consultant

3.) Examining Gender and Conflict
(Feldberg Lounge, Hassenfeld Conference Center)

• Sanam Anderlini
  Gender, Peace, and Security Specialist; MIT Research Affiliate
• Hon. Amongi Betty Ongom
  Member of Parliament, Uganda
• Martha Thompson
  Program Manager - Rights in Humanitarian Crises, Unitarian Universalist Service Committee

Moderated by Kelley Ready, Associate Director of Academics - Sustainable International Development Program, Brandeis University
Rapporteur:  Mariama Khan, MA Student - Sustainable International Development Program, Brandeis University

• Steven Burg
  Professor of International Politics & Chair, Politics Department - Brandeis University
• Diana Chigas
  Project Co-Director, Reflecting on Peace Practice - Collaborative for Development Action, Inc.
• Mari Fitzduff
  Director, Master's Program in Coexistence and Conflict - Brandeis University
• Barbara Nelson
  Dean, School of Public Affairs - UCLA
• Robert Ricigliano
  Director, Institute of World Affairs & Peace Studies Program - University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee

Moderated by Attila Klein, Adjunct Professor and Professor Emeritus of Biology - Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis University