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Date: Saturday 14 January, 2012
BDP MP Sebahat Tuncel will speak at the conference
Time: 11am – 5pm
Venue: Amnesty International UK, Human Rights Action Centre, 17-25 New Inn Yard, London EC2A 3EA. Nearest tube station: Old Street (on the Northern Line)
The aim of this conference is to raise awareness on this vital topic and to bring attention to laws and legislations in countries practising stoning and the death penalty. The conference includes presentations on topics related to Islamic Sharia law, politicization of religion and its effect on women, and it will end with a resolution. Along with raising awareness, this conference’s core objective is to empower and encourage women’s organisations and activists to fight against femicide, stoning and the death penalty.
Speakers include:
- Sebahat Tuncel: Peace and Democracy Party (BDP), Kurdish woman parliamentarian from Turkey
- Houzan Mahmoud: Political activist from Iraqi Kurdistan, Representative of Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq
- Speaker from Amnesty International: TBC
- Anna Cristin Kowarsch: International Free Women Foundation representative
- Meral Cicek: Journalist, Ozgur Politika Newspaper
- Nezaket Khalifeh: Kurdish activist from Iran
- Shokhan Faraj: Kurdish women’s rights activist from Iraq
This conference is organised by:
- International Free Women Foundation
- Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq
- Roj Women’s Organisation
For more information please contact:
Munevver – 07796378722 or Ilkay – 07792360628
Looking forward to this.