The role of women and women’s civil society organizations in peace processes

Programme

Tuesday, April 5 th 2022

Opening Session - 2:00-3:00 PM

• Francesco Frati, Rector of the University of Siena
• Ciro Corvese, Director of DISAG, University of Siena
  Institutional remarks
   
• Tania Groppi, Principal Investigator 2017 PRIN Project “Framing and Diagnosing Constitutional Degradation: a Comparative Perspective”, University of Siena
• Marilisa D’Amico, Vice-Rector for Legality, Transparency, and Equality of Rights, University of Milan
• Federico Lenzerini, Delegate for the Network of Universities for Peace, University of Siena
  Presentation of the conference

Opening Speech

Marta Cartabia, Minister of Justice - Italy

First session: Women’s role in peacebuilding processes - 3:00-5:00 pm

Chair: Marilisa D’Amico, University of Milan

Keynote speakers:

Elda Guerra, Orlando Association - Bologna Women’s Documentation Center
Women, Peace and Non-violent Conflict Resolution: a Historical Perspective

Ayşe Feride Acar, Professor Emerita in the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara
Standard Setting and Implementation in Women’s Human Rights: Role of International Conventions

Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights - Brunel University, London
The Role of  Minority and Indigenous Women in Transitional Justice Regimes

Selected papers:

Yasemin Sancar-Koyuncuoğlu, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University
A Historical Reading: XII International Congress of  Women (1935) in İstanbul and Its Contribution to the World Peace

Valentina Surace, University of Messina
Judith Butler’s Militant Nonviolence

coffee break: 5:00-5:30 pm

Second session: Women’s role in armed-conflicts - 5:30-7:30 PM

Chair: Sevgi Doğan, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa

Betül Çelik, Sabanci University, Istanbul
Women Peacebuilders’ Understanding of  the Gendered Aspects of  Conflict and Peace Processes

Islah Jad, Birzeit University
Palestinian Women’s Movement Between National Liberation and State Building

Yeşim Arat, Bogazici University, Istanbul
Struggle Against Gender-Based Violence and Peace Building: the KAMER Experience

Ervjola Selenica, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
International Agendas and Local Women Activism for Peace and Security in Post-War Kosovo

Wednesday April 6 th 2022

Third session: Women’s role in post-war conflicts - 9:00-10:30 AM

Chair: Patrizia Vigni, University of Siena

Selected papers:

Malgorzata Myl, University of Silesia, Katowice
“Mothers of  Srebrenica”: the Fight with Injustice and Uncertainty

Edin Skrebo, University of Milano Bicocca
The Role of  Women’s Associations in the Reconciliation Process in Post-War Bosnia and Herzegovina

Anna Parrilli, University of Verona
Drawing post-Apartheid Geography in South Africa: The Constitutional Court’s Approach to Housing, Land, and Gender

T. N. Anh Nguyen, University of Padova
Digital Inclusion to Strengthen Women’s Role in Peacebuilding in Southeast Asia: a Human Rights-Based Approach

Davide Grasso, International University College - Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin
Women’s Transformation of  Family Law in War Scenarios: the Case of  Juristic Action of  Women’s Movements in North-Eastern Syria

coffee break: 10:30-11:15 am

Fourth session: Women’s role during and after armed conflicts - 11:15-1:00 pm

Chair: Lorenza Violini, University of Milan

Salwa Hamrouni, Carthage University, Tunis
La mise en œuvre de la Résolution 1325 par la Tunisie

Cristiana Cella, journalist, member of the CISDA, Coordinamento italiano sostegno alle donne afgane (Italian Coordination support for the women of Afghanistan)
Afghanistan: Weapons of  Peace in the Hands of  Women

Alexandra Cosima Budabin, Free University of Bolzano & Natalie Florea Hudson, University of Dayton
Transnational Connections to Stop Rape Now: Engaging the Women in CRSV Advocacy

Costanza Nardocci, University of Milan
From Boosting Conflicts to Rebuilding a Country: Rwandan Women at the Crossroads between Genocide and Empowerment?

lunch break: 1:00-2:00 pm

book launch - 2:00-3:30 pm

Chair: Tania Groppi, University of Siena

Human dignity and the practice of human development by Paolo Carozza and Clemens Sedmak

Presentation: Clemens Sedmak, University of Notre Dame and Giada Ragone, University of Milan

Discussants: Sara De Vido, University of Venezia - Sabrina Ragone, University of Bologna

Fifth session: The latin-american experience - 3:30-5:00 pm

Chair: Irene Spigno, Academia Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Saltillo

Liliana Estupiñán Achury, Universidad Libre, Bogotà
Las mujeres en la construcción del proceso de paz en Colombia. Acuerdo gobierno - exFarc 2016

Karla Quintana Osuna, Comisionada búsqueda personas desaparecidas, México
Las mujeres buscadoras de personas desaparecidas

Aicha Messina, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile
The Language of  Elisa Loncón

Selected paper:

María Daniela Díaz Villamil, University Externado de Colombia
War at the Core of  Feminist Mobilization in Colombia: Three Windows of  Opportunity in the Quest for Emancipation (1990-2000)

Concluding remarks - 5:00-6:00 pm

Chair: Federico Lenzerini, University of Siena , Glenda Anna Sluga, European University Institute, Florence

The Conference is part of the 2017  PRIN Project “Framing and Diagnosing Constitutional Degradation: a Comparative Perspective”, Principal Investigator: Professor Tania Groppi.

Scientific Committee: Elena Bindi, Marilisa D’Amico, Sevgi Doğan, Tania Groppi, Federico Lenzerini, Costanza Nardocci

Organizing Commitee: Valentina Carlino (valentina.carlino@unisi.it), Stefano Bargiacchi, Chiara Cerbone, Giacomo Giorgini Pignatiello

With the collaboration of the International Relations Division, University of Siena.

Live Streaming on Youtube: 5 th April - 6 th April