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Welcome Acknowledgements ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS WELCOME Musawah Planning Committee Global Meeting Teams Welcome to this ground-breaking Global Meeting to launch Musawah, a Global Amal Abdel Hadi (Egypt) Coordinator: Maria Chin Abdullah Movement for Equality and Justice in the Muslim Family. The fact that some 250 Amira El-Azhary Sonbol (Egypt / Qatar / United States) Programme and Documents: Zainah Anwar, Jana Asma’u Joda (Nigeria) Rumminger, Cassandra Balchin, Asma’u Joda, participants from 49 Muslim countries and minority communities are here in Kuala Azza Soliman (Egypt) Masjaliza Hamzah, Linda Grindle, Azza Basaruddin, Lumpur to be a part of Musawah is a cause for celebration. As they say, nothing is Cassandra Balchin (United Kingdom) Helene Lenfant, Syarifatul Adibah Joda, Sufiah more powerful than an idea whose time has come. Isatou Touray (Gambia) Mansurdin, Chuah Siew Eng, Haslinah Ya’cob, Musawah is designed to bring together scholars and activists who wish to Kamala Chandrakirana (Indonesia) Premalatha Govindasamy, Brooks Hickman, Sawsan Pinar Ilkkaracan (Turkey) Gharaibeh work within a holistic framework to ensure that Muslim women are treated as Rabéa Naciri (Morocco) Logistics: Rashidah Hashim, Hartini Abdullah, human beings of equal worth and dignity in the law, in the family and the Sohail Akbar Warraich (Pakistan) Aireen Suryana Arbai, Erza Shahabu Ramli, community. Since so much of the injustice against Muslim women and the Zainah Anwar (Malaysia) Razlinawati Razali, Shariza Kamaruddin, Chuah resistance to law reform are justified in the name of Islam, we feel that it is Ziba Mir-Hosseini (Iran / United Kingdom) Siew Eng, Sharifah Shazana Syed Salim Agha Media: Aishah Ali, Norhayati Kaprawi, Rose Ismail, important that Musawah’s key focus as a knowledge-building movement be on Project Director: Zainah Anwar Askiah Adam, Sharon Nelson, Shareem Amry, acquiring knowledge and understanding why equality and change are possible and Project Coordinator: Jana Rumminger Arfah Hani Abdullah, Juana Jaafar, Azlina Ahmad, necessary within Islam. National Outreach Coordinator: Rozana Isa Ruziah Kassim, Jason Woodard, Nafhatun Athirah It is for this reason that the international planning committee of Musawah Global Meeting Coordinator: Maria Chin Abdullah Mohamed Azri, Noorulhuda Mohd Noor, Ham spent almost two years building a foundation for the initiative by commissioning Abu Bakar, Darren Segal SIS Board of Directors Secretariat: Nazreen Nizam, Syarifatul Adibah Joda, theoretical papers to provide the basic grounding to understand why change is Puan Sri Dato’ Jamilah Ibrahim Sharifah Zuriah al-Jefri, Hadil El-Khouly, Norfadilah possible; developing a Framework for Action and principles to guide Musawah’s Professor Norani Othman Mat Ripin, Nurul Hidayu Zainun Abiden, Nurul work; consulting scholars, activists and practitioners from over thirty Muslim Rashidah Abdullah Afida Ahmad, Norhidayah Ismail, Noraina Haji countries in this process; building a website to promote the principles of Musawah Rozana Isa Mustapha, Noorizwa Jurish Zainah Anwar Marketplace: Azareena Aziz, Nur Azrine Abdul and substantive arguments for family law reform; and organising this Global Razak, Rosniza Hart, Siti Suliana Sanusi, Mariam Meeting to bring activists, scholars and decision-makers together in a common A Feast of Equals Opening Dinner Ramli, Kawti Nizan, Tahana, Intan demand for equality and justice. Creative Director: Ann Lee Rapporteurs: tan beng hui, Chin Oy Sim, Lisa Pusey, The objectives of the five-day Global Meeting are: Stage Manager: Ivy Josiah Lee Wei San, Yasmin Masidi, Audrey Lee, Lighting and Shadow Play: Carolyn Lau Maisarah Muhd Najib, Maimuna Merican, Performers: Isatou Touray, Asma’u Joda, Hadil Shazana Syed Salim Agha, Vizla Kumaresan, • To introduce the movement, its principles, process, objectives, resources, El-Khouly, Fatimah Abu Bakar, Ida Nerina, Christina Abigail de Vries, Hadil El-Khouly, Brooks Hickman tools and conceptual framework; Orow, Hari Azizan, Faridah Hameed, Charbati Programme Design and Layout: Mosaic Street, • To empower women’s groups, activists and practitioners through the Youssef, Iedil Putra; also Vernon Emuang, Farah cover by Gan4Hire Azizan, Ineza Mahathir Roussille, Faiqsyazwan sharing of knowledge and experiences; Kuhiri, Razlinawati Ramli, Bryan Chang, Andrei Musawah Funders • To build support and alliances; Xydas, and Kerina Marie Oxfam Novib • To agree on the way forward for Musawah. Music: Rhythm in Bronze Ford Foundation Musawah Video: Red Communications – Lina Tan, Global Fund for Women Rafidah Abdullah, Angie Choo; with footage and It is our hope that Musawah as a global movement will lead to that day when Sigrid Rausing Trust those in the Muslim world will realise that women’s demands for equality and images from Afghanistan, Algeria, Bahrain, Canadian High Commission, Kuala Lumpur Bangladesh, Canada, Egypt, Gambia, India, Hivos justice are neither alien nor a threat to Islam, but are rooted in the Islamic tradition. Indonesia, Iran, Malaysia, Morocco, Nigeria, British High Commission, Kuala Lumpur Equality and justice are non-negotiable—and these values must be at the core of Pakistan, Turkey, United Kingdom, Yemen and SENADA (Malaysian Secretariat for the what it means to be Muslim today. Women Living Under Muslim Laws Empowerment of Muslim Women) Graphic Design: Gan4Hire Friends of Sisters in Islam Rehearsal Space: Five Arts Centre/Dramalab Zainah Anwar MC: Yasmin Yusuff On behalf of the Musawah Planning Committee and The Musawah Planning Committee and Sisters in Islam would like express our deepest Sisters in Islam appreciation to all SIS members, staff, volunteers, rapporteurs, interpreters, translators and donors who have made this Global Meeting possible. 01 DAY ONE Friday, 13 February 2009 10.00 – 17.00 REGISTRATION 20.00 OPENING EVENT A celebration of women’s activism Musical performance: Rhythm in Bronze A Feast of Equals in the Muslim world. Welcome speeches • Zainah Anwar, Musawah Project Director • Dato’ Sri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil, Adviser to the Malaysian Prime Minister on Women and Social Development Dinner (Open to the media) Multi-media and live performance: From Darkness to Light DAY TWO Saturday, 14 February 2009 09.00 – 11.00 PLENARY SESSION 1 An introduction to Musawah and Du’a: Hadil El-Khouly (Egypt) Launch of Musawah its Framework for Action, situating Opening Speech: Zainah Anwar (Malaysia) Equality in the Family is Necessary the movement within the lived realities of Muslim women and Keynote Speech: Yakin Ertürk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women men. Context Setting: Kamala Chandrakirana (Indonesia) (Open to the media) Panel: Amal Abdel Hadi (Egypt), Isatou Touray (Gambia), Nani Zulminarni (Indonesia), Rangina Hamidi (Afghanistan), Maha Yamani (Saudi Arabia), Shaista Gohir (United Kingdom) 11.00 – 11.20 TEA BREAK 11.20 – 13.00 BREAK-OUT 1 A space for participants to discuss Participants will meet in small groups to: the movement and what it means • Introduce themselves to each other; and for them. • Discuss the relevance of Musawah to their work and lives. 13.00 – 14.15 LUNCH • YOUNG WOMEN’S CAUCUS 14.15 – 15.40 PLENARY SESSION 2 A historical and contextual overview Chair: Rabéa Naciri (Morocco) Equality in the Family is Possible of how Muslim family laws are Family Law in Contemporary Muslim Contexts • Cassandra Balchin (United Kingdom) diverse, constantly changing, and moving towards equality. The Genesis of Muslim Family Laws • Amira El-Azhary Sonbol (Egypt) 15.40 – 16.00 TEA BREAK 16.00 – 18.00 PLENARY SESSION 3 An explanation of why equality and Chair: Norani Othman (Malaysia) Equality in the Family is Possible: justice are possible from an Islamic Islam Beyond Patriarchy Through Gender Inclusive Qur’anic Analysis • Amina Wadud (United Text and Context perspective, and an understanding States) of how social, cultural and political conditions have shaped the F i q h as a Social Construction• Muhammad Khalid Masud (Pakistan) interpretation of texts and the Towards Gender Equality: Muslim family laws and the S h a r i ‘ a h • Ziba Mir-Hosseini (Iran) construction of laws. EVENING DINNER ON OWN • CAUCUSES • FILMS 02 03 DAY THREE Sunday, 15 February 2009 09.00 – 11.00 BREAK-OUT 2 In-depth discussions on specific 1. Beyond Text: From misogyny to equality • Amina Wadud (United States) English/French Parallel Workshops on Knowledge issues related to Qur’an, tafsir, fiqh 2. The Legal and the Social in S h a r i ‘ a h • Muhammad Khalid Masud (Pakistan) English/Arabic Sharing towards Equality and Justice and women’s rights. 3. Construction of Gender in Islamic Legal Thought • Ziba Mir-Hosseini (Iran) English 4. Women’s Rights: A balancing act between Islamic norms and state secularism • Sana Benachour (Tunisia) English/French 5. The Qur’an and Ideology of Revelation • Kyai Husein Muhammad (Indonesia) English/Bahasa Indonesia 6. Interpreting the Qur’an: Towards a contemporary approach • Abdullah Saeed (Australia) English 7. Between the Divine and the Human: S h a r i ‘ a h , f i q h and positive law • Farida Bennani (Morocco) English/Arabic 8. Text and Context: Possibilities for reading equality • Nur Rofiah (Indonesia) English 9. Deriving Law from Texts • Siti Musdah Mulia (Indonesia) English (NOTE: please see workshop descriptions on pages 10 and 11) 11.00 – 11.30 TEA BREAK 11.30 – 13.00 PLENARY SESSION 4 Women of other religions sharing Chair: Rashidah Abdullah (Malaysia) Religion and Feminism similar experiences of how to Revisiting the Intersections of Women’s
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