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DESCRIPTION:The Centre for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism and the Women L
 iving Under Muslim Laws international solidarity network welcome Dr. Sima 
 Samar and Dr. Sally Armstrong for a conversation. Professor Payam Akhavan 
 (91ºÚÁÏÍø) will give the welcome\, Professor Homa Hoodfar (Concordia) will g
 ive remarks\, and Professor Vrinda Narain (91ºÚÁÏÍø) will moderate.\n\nThe e
 vent was recorded and can be viewed at youtube.com/watch?v=n6ksPB-Om_M\n\n
 About the speakers\n\nA Nobel Peace Prize nominee\, renowned human rights 
 advocate and an identified global influential female figure\, Dr. Sima Sam
 ar has dedicated her life to public service\, humanitarian work and women’
 s empowerment. Since 2002 she has been the Chairperson of the Afghanistan 
 Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) which holds human rights viola
 tors accountable and sets the human rights agenda in Afghanistan. Alongsid
 e this\, Dr. Samar is the Chairperson of the Commission for the Prevention
  of Torture and was the Chairperson of Asia Pacific Forum of National Huma
 n Rights Institutions (APF).\n\nDr. Sally Armstrong is a human rights acti
 vist\, journalist and award-winning author. She has covered stories about 
 women and girls in zones of conflict all over the world. From Bosnia and S
 omalia to the Middle East\, Rwanda\, Congo\, Afghanistan\, South Sudan and
  Iraq\, her eyewitness reports have earned her several awards\, including 
 the Gold Award from the National Magazine Awards Foundation and the Author
 's Award from the Foundation for the Advancement of Canadian Letters. She 
 received the Amnesty International Canada Media Award in 2000\, 2002\, 201
 1 and again in 2017. She was named the Massey Lecturer for 2019\, which we
 re titled Power Shift: The Longest Revolution.\n\nProgram Summary\n\nWelco
 me from Prof. Payam Akhavan (McGIll CHRLP) and Dr. Mona Tajali (University
  of Oxford\, WLUML Board)\n\nRemarks by Professor Homa Hoodfar (Concordia 
 University\, WLUML): Providing Context and Implications of the Peace Proce
 ss\n\nKeynote Speakers: A Conversation between Dr. Sima Samar and Dr. Sall
 y Armstrong\n\nZoom Chat Questions and Answers Moderated by Prof. Vrinda N
 arain (91ºÚÁÏÍø CHRLP\, WLUML)\n
DTSTART:20200623T140000Z
DTEND:20200623T153000Z
LOCATION:On Zoom
SUMMARY:No Peace without Women's Rights - Breaking the Cycle of Conflict in
  Afghanistan
URL:/law/channels/event/no-peace-without-womens-rights
 -afghanistan-322850
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