Workshop: Assessing Gender Democracy in Europe

WP 4 - Justice, Democracy and Gender 

WP 4 events 

Belfast, 12-13 November 2009

Organised by the Centre for the Advancement of Women in Politics, Queen’s University Belfast

Programme

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Thursday 12 November
09:30 - 09:45	Introduction: Gender justice and democracy in the context of the RECON project Yvonne Galligan, Queen's University Belfast
09:45 - 10:15	A methodology for assessing gender democracy in the EU Findings from the supranational level Yvonne Galligan and Sara Clavero, Queen's University Belfast
10:15 - 11:00	Discussion Nicole Doerr, Free University of Berlin Marian Sawer, Australian National University Linda Trimble, University of Alberta
11:00 - 11:30	Coffee
11:30 - 13:00	Findings from the national studies: Austria and Hungary Nora Gresch, University of Vienna Roza Vadja, Eötvös Loránd University Discussant: Marian Sawer, Australian National University
13:00 - 14:30	Lunch
14:30 - 16:00	Findings from the national studies: Greece and Croatia Yota Papageorgiou, University of Crete Marjeta Šinko, University of Zagreb Discussant: Linda Trimble, University of Alberta
19:30	Dinner
Friday 13 November
09:00 - 10:30	Findings from the national studies: Spain and Poland Sara Clavero, Queen’s University Belfast Katarzyna Zielińska, Jagiellonian University of Krakow Discussant: Nicole Doerr, Free University of Berlin
10:30 - 11:15	Women’s rights in Turkey as a gauge of its European vocation The adultery and the headscarf debates Nora Fisher Onar, Bahçeşehir University Discussant: Victoria Montgomery, Queen’s University Belfast
11:15 - 11:45	Coffee
11:45 - 13:15	Three models for reconstituting democracy in Europe - from a gender perspective Yvonne Galligan and Sara Clavero, Queen's University Belfast Open discussion
13:15 - 13:30	Closing remarks

 For more information, please contact Sara Clavero.