A conference in london to Remember Du'a Khalil

international | gender and sexuality | event notice Thursday April 03, 2008 18:37 by Houzan Mahmoud - Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq houzan2007 at yahoo dot com 07534264481

Conference to Remember Du’a Khalil and denounce Honour Killings globally!

Date: Saturday 12 April, 2008

Time: 5.00-9:00pm

Venue: Room 3D,
University of London Union (ULU)
Malet Street
London WC1E 7HY
Closest underground: Russell Square

A year after the world was stunned by images of a 17 year old girl being stoned to death in Iraqi Kurdistan; an international panel will debate the rise of honour killings, violence against women, gender apartheid and political Islam in Kurdistan/Iraq and the Middle East.

The high profile speakers are women’s rights activists, academics and experts from Kurdistan, Iraq, Iran, Sweden, New Zealand, and Britain and include:

-Dr Sandra Phelps: Head of Sociology Department, Kurdistan University
-Houzan Mahmoud: representative of Organisation Women’s Freedom in Iraq
-Heather Harvey: head of women’s campaign-Amnesty International in UK
-Maryam Namazie: Organisation against Women's Discrimination in Iran
-Maria Hagberg: Cofounder of Network against Honour Killings in Sweden
-Azar Majedi: Chair of Organisation for Women’s Liberation in Iran
Chair: Maria Exall, Communication Workers' Union National Executive in UK

For more information and to confirm your attendance please contact the organiser:
Houzan Mahmoud:
houzan2007@yahoo.com
Tel: 07534264481
Organisation of Women’s Freedom in Iraq- Abroad representative