ANNOUNCING WOMEN CONVENTION OCT 2-3, 2015, NEW DELHI

Announcing

Women Convention

Challenges before Indian Women in Contemporary India

Conference Room, 2nd Floor

ND Tiwari Bhawan, Near Gandhi Peace Foundation

Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, Near ITO

October 2-3, 2015

New Delhi

October 2, 2015

9.00-10.00

Registration & Tea

10.00- 11.00am

Challenges before Indian Women in Contemporary India

Speaker: Usha Ramanathan

11.00-12.00noon

Patriarchy and Struggle for Gender Equality

Speakers: Jagmati Sangwan, Rukmini Sen

Chair:  Mary E John

12.00-1.00pm

The Struggle of Women Human Rights Defenders

Speakers: Binalakshmi Nepram, Zulaikha Jabi

Chair: Githa Hariharan

1.00-2.00

Lunch

2.00-3.00

Violence, Security, Surveillance 

Speakers: Vani Subramaniam, Ayesha Kidwai

Chair: Anupama Roy

3.00-4.00pm

Communal Violence and its impact on Women

Speakers: Mary Scaria, Ghazala Jamil

Chair: Mridula Mukherjee

4.-4.30

Tea Break

4.30-5.30

Right to Choose, Honour Killing

Speakers: Manisha Bhalla, Nonica Datta

Chair: Bulbul Dhar

5.30-7.00

Recent Campaigns: A Sharing 

Pinjara Todo: Devangana Kalita

Take back the Night: Mridu Kamal

Love of Kiss: Pankhuri Zaheer

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Day Two

October 3, 2015

8.30-9.30- Breakfast

9.30-10.30am

Women and Education

Speakers: Purwa Bharadwaj, Manasi Thapliyal

Chair: Sadhna Saxena

10.30-11.30

Gender Just Laws

Speakers: Vrinda Grover, second speaker- tbc

Chair: Aparna Chandra

11.30-12.00

Tea Break

12.00-1.00

Caste Violence and its Impact on Women

Speakers: Rajni Tilak, Subhalakshmi Nandi

Chair: Uma Chakravarty

1.00-2.00

Lunch

2.00-3.00

Women and Media 

Speakers: Bhasha Singh, Pamela Philipose

Chair : Seema Mustafa

3.00-4.00

Issues Faced by Tribal Women

Speakers: Gomati Bodra, Alma Grace

Chair: Sonajharia Minz

4.00-4.30

Tea Break

4.30-5.30

Politics of Desire: Bodies and boundaries

Speakers: Jaya Sharma, Rituparna Borah

Chair: Pramada Menon

5.30-6.30

Contemporary India; Need for A United Women's Movement

Rana Ayyub, Sahba Farooqui

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