Cécile
Bühlmann, cfd-manager, gives an introduction
into the conference theme and explains the questions and hypotheses the
conference intends to tackle
14.00-16.00
Gender Roles in Wars and Conflicts
Do wars and conflicts really open up new roles for
women as emphasized by peace research?
Do men actually enjoy the offer of alternative roles
to those that violent circumstances engraved in their mind as being
masculine?
Is there a connection between the transformation of
gender roles and gender specific violence?
Speakers: Samar
Hawash, director of Centre for women and children of the
Palestinian Working Women Society for Development in Nablus; expert on
women’s rights and on the political, social and economic consequences of the
occupation on women and families.
Lumnije
Deqani, director of the Women’s Wellness Center in Peja,
Kosova. This centre offers protection to women afflicted by violence and
counsels families and authorities on domestic violence and violence in the
family.
Sherifa
Bouatta, Professor of Psychology at the University of
Algiers and director of the Algerian Association of Psychologists SARP,
managing a Centre for Counseling and Therapy for victims of violence in Sidi
Moussa, Algeria.
Facilitator: Franziska Müller, cfd
Discussion
with the audience
16.00-16.30
Coffee
Break
16.30-18.00
Psychosocial Work and Gender Roles
Does
psychosocial work contribute to the transformation of gender roles and
unequal violent gender relations?
Which is the approach and which are the goals of
psychosocial work of women’s organisations that is undertaken with women and
respectively with men?
Which is the meaning of legal and political dealings
with violent experiences for the people affected?
Speakers and Facilitator: Samar Hawash and Cherifa Bouatta discuss with
David
Becker, counsellor for psychosocial work, Berlin
Discussion with the audience
18.00-19.00
Break, drinks and snacks
19.00-20.30
Gender Dynamics in Peace Promotion
How
are gender dynamics in and after conflicts taken into consideration? For what
goals?
Where
are the chances and traps for peace promotion?
Speakers: Lumnije Deqani, cfd-partner
organisation Women’s Wellness Center, Kosova Barbara Haering, designated President Geneva International Center for Humanitarian Demining (GICHD) Ursula Keller, cfd Anja Sieber, Institute for Sozial Anthropology,
University of Berne
Facilitator: Annemarie
Sancar, SDC
Panel Discussion
