“JINEOLOGY - RADICAL THINKING AND BUILDING FROM THE WOMEN'S PERSPECTIVE”

Conference Program 28 February 2014 - Friday

15:00 – 15:15 Presentation of the Program

15:15 – 15:30 Opening Speech in the name of the organizer Münevver Azizoğlu Bazan - Chairwoman of CENI Kurdish Woman for Peace

15:30 – 16:00 Short Messages

16:00 – 16:15 Cinevision

16:15 – 16:45 Coffee Break

16:45 – 17:45 A short concert by Kurdish women musicians Dengê Xwezayê (en: Sound of Nature)

01.03-2014 Saturday

Session I: Distorted History – Distortion of Identities Moderator: Ellen Jaedicke

10:00 – 10:30 The Revolution Which Made Us Human or The Revolutionary Sex Dr. Camilla Power (University of East London)

10:30 – 10:45 From the Neolithic to the city-state of Sumer The Re-Construction of Women – Tracking the trail of the apple seed Gunnel Christine Hinrichsen- instructor for Research on Matriarchy and women's activist

10:45 – 11:00 Interpretation of HIStory to find OURstory Songül Ömürcan – Kurdish Women's Rights Activist

11:00 – 11:30 Discussions for Sessions I

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee and Cakes Session II: Epistemology of Science - The Construction of a Science that Leaves Women Out of Life Moderator Heike Geisweid

12:00 – 12:15 Commonalities of Mythology, Religion, Philosophy and Science Patriarchy the Common Denominator Assistant Professor Nazan Üstündağ - Sociologist and Lecturer at University of Boğaziçi

12:15 – 12:30 The Role of Positivism and Enlightenment in the Renewed Occupation and Colonization of women Maria Hagberg- professional social worker, womens activist, writer and debateur from Sweden

12:30 – 12:45 A continuous State of War : Capitalism is Anti-Society and anti-Women Grace Pampiri Bothman MP and Member of Central Committee of South African Communist Party

12:45 – 13:00 Communal Economy – Social Ecology – A Myth or the Way Ahead? Iraide Lejarreta - SORTU (party from basque country)

13:00 – 13:15 The Theoretical Vision of the Kurdish Women Movement against Patriarchy and Patriarchal Capitalism Songül Karabulut - Co-Chairwoman of the Congress of Democratic Kurdish Community in Europe KCD-E

13:00 – 14:00 Lunch

14:00 – 14:30 Discussions on Session II

Session III: Feminism – The Rebellion of the Earliest Colony

Moderator: Susanne Rößling

14:45 – 15:00 Radical and Critical Feminism: A Feminist Epistemology Dr. Muriel Gonzales Athenas - Lecturer at Köln University and activist of the feminist- antiracist movement

15:00 – 15:15 Where is Feminism Headed to: Critique and New Quests Ayşe Düzkan – Journalist, revolutionary Feminist and Anarcho- Communist, Turkey

15:15 – 15:30 Our heritage and Building Our Future Ann-Kristin Kowarsch Woman's Rights Activist and Journalist

15:30 – 16:00 Coffee and Cakes

16:00 – 16:30 Discussions for Session III 02.03.2014 Sunday

Session IV: A) Jineology: The Re-Construction of the Sciences and Towards a Communal and Free Life Moderator: Sandra Kreil

10:00 – 10:15 Why Jineology? Gönül Kaya – International Representation of the Kurdish Woman's Movement

10:15 – 10:30 The Specifics of a New Methodology Rojda Yildirim – Writer, Journalist, Democratic Alevi Federation Representative

10:30– 10:45 The Instruments and Means of Implementing Jineology Havin Guneser – International Initiative 'Freedom for Abdullah Öcalan – Peace in Kurdistan'

10:45 – 11:30 Discussion

11:30 – 12:00 Coffee and Cakes

B) Experiences of Women's Movements Moderator: Sozdar Sevîm

12:00 – 12:45 Practices by the Women's Movement in Kurdistan a) Introduction to Jineology – Cinevision b) Experiences from Rojava Kurdistan Ilham Ahmad- Kurdish High Council and Margaret Owen- lawyer and human rights acitivst c) Experiences from North- Kurdistan Zarife Karasungur - Democratic Free Women’s Movement DÖKH and BDP

12:45 – 13:00 Experiences of Gabriela – Philippines Women Movement Consie Lozano - Member in the Women's Committee from GABRIELA to support women and children

13:00 – 13:15 Experiences from Catalonian Women's Movement Marta Jorba and Maria Rodó de Zárate from GATAMAULA

13:15 – 14:15 Presentation by the Feminist Self-Defence Group

14:15 – 15:15 Lunch

15:15 – 15:45 Discussions on Session IV 15:45 – 15:55 Closing Remarks 15:55 – 16:30 Kurdish Women's Folk Dance Group