WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, STATE, AND SOCIETY

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1 WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, STATE, AND SOCIETY AlQuds AbuDis Campus East Jerusalem Sunday, May 3, 2009 Schedule 8:009:00 Registration (continues throughout the day) 9:009:15 Opening Session: Framing the Questions Sari Nusseibeh, President, AlQuds Susan S. Lanser, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, and Conference CoDirector, Brandeis Fadwa Allabadi, Director, Insan Center for Gender and Women s Studies, and Conference CoDirector, AlQuds 9:1510:30 Plenary Session I: Changing the Face of Government Chair: Samira Barghouthi, Dean of Research, AlQuds 10:3010:45 Coffee Break Gender Quotas as a Fast Track to Change Women s Representation Drude Dahlerup, Professor of Political Science, Stockholm The Experience of Women s Leadership in the Palestinian Authority 10:4511:45 Concurrent Sessions: Zahira Kamal, Director, Palestinian Women s Research and Documentation Center, UNESCO, and former Minister of Women s Affairs, Palestine 1. Women, Law, and Legislation in Arab States Chair: Luna Ireqat, Law Clinic, Faculty of Law, AlQuds Women s Rights under Palestinian Law: Reality and Aspiration Khaled Talahmeh, Faculty of Law and Public Administration, Birzeit The Gendered Role of the Female in the Arab World; a Contemporary Reading of Arab Islamic Feminists Vera Baboun, Faculty of Arts, Bethlehem

2 WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, STATE, AND SOCIETY 3 May Women s Leadership in the Chair: Daniel Terris, Director, International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life, Brandies Faculty Attitudes Toward the Appointment of Women as Leaders Hassan Tayyem, Faculty of Postgraduate Studies, AnNajah National The Role of the in Engendering Women Leaders Najah AlKhateeb, Faculty of Public Health, AlQuds Women Leading Universities: The U.S. Experience Claire Moses, Professor of Women s Studies, of Maryland, and EditorinChief of Feminist Studies 3. Women s Leadership in Theory and Practice Chair: Njah Duqmaq, Faculty of Law, AlQuds Women s Leadership: Reality and Ambition Amneh Kelani, Advisor, Ministry of Education, Jineen Leadership: Between Concept and Practice 11:4512:00 Coffee Break Nisreen Awwad, Women s Center for Research and Documentation, UNESCO, Ramallah 12:0013:15 Plenary Session II. Public and Private: Law, Family, and Rights 13:1514:15 Lunch Chair: Amneh Badran, Director, Department of Political Science, Al Quds Using Modernity to Reconstruct Gender Divisions in the Arab Family Khawla AbuBaker, Academic College of Emek Yezreel Examining the Boundaries Between Law and Private Behavior: Public Discourse and Sexual Harassment Anita F. Hill, Professor, Heller School for Social Policy and Management, Brandeis

3 WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, STATE, AND SOCIETY 3 May :1515:45 Plenary Session III: The Politics of the Possible Chair: Anwar Abu Eisheh, Faculty of Law, AlQuds, The Role of Universities in Advancing Women s Leadership: The Case of the Birzeit Institute for Women s Studies 15:4516:00 Coffee break Islah Jad, Director, Institute of Women s Studies, Birzeit Women and Parallel Politics in Divided Societies Mari Fitzduff, Director, Program in Coexistence and Conflict, Brandeis Women s Agency and Social Change 16:0017:00 Concurrent Sessions: Khuloud Khayyat Dajani, Faculty of Medicine and Public Health, Chair, Child Institute for Health and Learning, and Vice President, Board of Trustees, AlQuds 1. The Role of Culture and Religion in Women s Leadership Chair: Taiseer Abdallah, Faculty of Education, AlQuds The Impact of Culture and Education in Advancing Women s Leadership Khawla Qamheyeh, Faculty of Science and Technology, AlQuds Positioning Women s Leadership Between the Concepts of Culture and Religion Ali Saleh, Institute of Sustainable Development, AlQuds 2. Political Factors in Women s Leadership Chair: Reema Awartani, Faculty of Political Sciences The Crisis of Women s Political Participation: Between Marginalization and Authority Maha Masri, Faculty of Political Science, AnNajah National Political Participation Behind the Curtains: Obstacles to Women s Empowerment Iman Hammad, Faculty of English, AnNajah National

4 WOMEN, LEADERSHIP, STATE, AND SOCIETY 3 May How Classrooms Can Foster Women s Leadership Chair: James Mandrell, Chair, Women s and Gender Studies Program, Brandeis Leadership and the Gender Studies Classroom Sabah Ikhmayyes and Rania Arafat, Insan Center for Gender and Women s Studies, AlQuds Classroom Strategies for Empowering Women Students Susan S. Lanser, Professor, College of Arts and Sciences, Brandeis 17:0018:00 New Women, New Strategies: Closing Discussion and Reading Moderators: Fadwa Allabadi, Director, Insan Center for Gender and Women s Studies, AlQuds James Mandrell, Chair, Women s and Gender Studies Program, Brandeis Poetry by: Iman Hammad, Faculty of English, AnNajah National 18:00 Reception The conference is free and open to the public. For online registration, go to For more information, please contact the Insan Center, AlQuds : insancenter@art.alquds.edu or This conference has been created through a partnership between AlQuds and Brandeis that is funded by the Ford Foundation. For more information about the partnership, see

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Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Barrak Binhamad. The Attorney General of the State of Palestine

Dr. Ahmad Mohammad Barrak Binhamad The Attorney General of the State of Palestine Nationality: Palestinian Sex: Male Date of Birth: 17 January 1970 Place of Birth: Egypt Academic Degrees & Qualifications