The Women's Rights Law Reporter Proudly Presents its 2009 Symposium:

THE GENDER DIMENSIONS OF TERRORISM: HOW TERRORISM IMPACTS THE LIVES OF WOMEN

Date: Friday, March 6, 2009
Location: Rutgers School of Law, 123 Washington St., Newark, NJ
Register: Email [email protected]
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Program:
Morning Session
9:30 AM: Breakfast

10:00 AM: Welcome, Stuart L. Deutsch - Dean, Rutgers Law, Newark

10:15 AM: Keynote Address, Susan N. Herman - President, ACLU

10:45 AM: Break

11:00 AM: Panel 1, What is Terrorism?

Tom Parker – Director, Terrorism, Counterterrorism, and H.R., Amnesty Int'l USA

Beverly Gage – Assistant Professor, U.S. History, Yale University

Vince Warren – Executive Director, Center for Constitutional Rights

Ahmed Bulbulia – Professor of Law, Seton Hall University

Moderated by Greg Mark, Assoc. Dean for Institutional Affairs, Rutgers Law - Newark

12:00 PM: Panel 2, How Terrorism Impacts Women's Human Rights

Rhonda Copelon – Professor of Law, CUNY School of Law

Jasmin Zine – Associate Professor, Department of Sociology, Wilfrid Laurier University

Amina Jamal – Professor of Sociology, Ryerson University

Dr. Maliha Chishti – Professor, Wilfrid Laurier University

Moderated by Francis Bouchoux - Assoc. Dean for Student Svcs, Rutgers Law-Newark

1:00 PM: Lunch

Afternoon Session
2:00 PM: Afternoon Keynote, Karima Bennoune - Professor, Rutgers Law

2:30 PM: Break

2:45 PM: Panel 3, Women's Roles in Terrorist Organizations

Dr. Mia Bloom – author, Dying to Kill: The Allure of Suicide Terror

Dr. Margaret Gonzalez-Perez - Professor, Political Science, Southeastern Louisiana U.

Paige Eager – Professor, Hood College

Farhana Ali – International Policy Analyst, RAND Corporation

Moderated by Adil Ahmad Haque - Professor, Rutgers Law-Newark

4:00 PM: End

For more information or questions about events and speakers, please email the Women's Rights Law Reporter's Symposium Coordinator, Emily Anderson, at [email protected].