RC32 Presidential Session - Women, War and Security: MENA and Global Perspectives

Tuesday, 8 July 2025: 11:00-12:45
Location: FSE002 (Faculty of Education Sciences (FSE))
RC32 Women, Gender and Society (host committee)

Language: English

The RC32 Presidential Session's theme “Security, Violence and Gender Equality: Maghreb, Middle East and Global Perspectives” seeks to place women and gender in the Maghreb and Middle East regions in the center of the debates at the ISA Forum Rabat. As the ISA Forum is organized for the first time in a MENA country, as Co-Presidents of RC32 we would like to provide a special space - such as a Presidential Session - for leading feminists scholars from the region to speak and debate current and persistent issues and challenges for women and feminism in the region and in their intersections with the global.
Session Organizers:
Solange SIMOES, Eastern Michigan University, USA and Marlise MATOS ALMEIDA, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Brazil
Oral Presentations
Women, Peace, and Security in the Middle East: An Agenda of Empty Promises?
Valentine M. MOGHADAM, Northeastern University, USA
What Does Security Mean for Women and Gender Equality in the Maghreb?
Fatima SADIQI SADIQI, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Qatar
Women’s Rights in an Age of Global Disorders
Yakin ERTURK, Middle East Technical University, Turkey
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