2008 - Untying the Knots: Theorizing Conflicts between Gender Equality and Religious Laws
An international conference brought together theorists, policymakers and activists to discuss ways of conceptualizing and engaging with gender and culture/religion conflicts. Speakers discussed struggles in Canada, Israel, Senegal, South Africa, and the U.S.A.
Keynote Lecture : Is Pluralism an Ideal or a Compromise? Professor Martha Minow, Jeremiah Smith Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Keynote Speaker: Martha Minow, Jeremiah Smith, Jr. Professor of Law, Harvard Law School
Martha Minow writes about human rights and advocacy for members of racial and religious minorities and for women, children, and persons with disabilities.
Professor Minow is the author of many books including Between Vengeance and Forgiveness: Facing History After Genocide and Mass Violence (1998), which was awarded the American Society of International Law Certificate of Merit, 2000. She served on the Independent International Commission Kosovo and helped to launch Imagine Co-existence, a program of the U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees, to promote peaceful development in post-conflict societies. She recently completed a 5-year partnership with the federal Department of Education and the Center for Applied Special Technology to expand access to the general curriculum for students with disabilities. She directs the Seevak Fund for Facing History at Harvard law School. Professor Minow's research interests include: Equality and inequality; human rights and transitional societies; law and social change; religion and pluralism; civil rights, privatization of governmental activities and the rule of law.
Click here to read Professor Minow's keynote address.
This conference was generously funded by gifts from the Harry and Jeanette Weinberg Hadassah Endowment and the Dan Fischel and Sylvia Neil Philanthropic Fund.
This conference was co-sponsored by the following:
Fanya Gottesfeld Heller Center for the Study of Women in Judaism at Bar Ilan University, The International Center for Ethics, Justice and Public Life and the Schusterman Center for Israel Studies.
