A feminist activist and a writer. She is currently the co-director and editorial director of Febrayer — A Network for Independent Arab Media, based in Berlin. She holds a Doctorate Degree from the Department of Philosophy, University of Montreal, with a focus on ethics and political philosophy. She has taught previously in different institutions, including Bir-Zeit university in Palestine, and Simone de Beauvoir Institute in Canada.
Hosted by Nazan Üstündağ , Yasmeen Daher
This session will include representatives of the Kurdish Women's Movement/Global Prison Abolitionist Coalition and the Febrayer Network of Independent Arab Media Organizations, moderated by a member of the Palestinian Feminist Collective.
Moderator: Leila N., Palestinian Feminist Collective
Presentations
The Political and Ethical Predicaments When Theory Meets Practice in Questions of Transitional Justice and Sexual Violence with Yasmeen Daher, Febrayer Network of Independent Arab Media Organizations
Transnational Transformative Justice in War with Nazan Üstündağ, Kurdish Women's Movement/Global Prison Abolitionist Coalition
The presentation will address how in the autonomous region of Northern and Eastern Syria transnational justice works, specifically as it concerns women. Mala Jin which refers to Houses of Women refers to communities of women that deal with disputes between men and women and all crimes committed against women. 80 percent of cases are resolved in these communities and if disputes can not be resolved they are delegated to district assemblies. The presentation will also address the difficulties of extending such structures for issues concerning other crimes such as those committed by ISIS members in the context of war. In Northern Eastern Syria practices of transitional justice and severe forms of incarceration therefore coexist.