The Role of Women and Women’s Civil Society Organizations in Peace Processes
April 5th-6th, 2022
Aula Franco Romani – Plesso San Francesco
Piazza San Francesco, 7/8 – Siena
Live Streaming on Youtube: 5th April – 6th April
Tuesday, April 5th 2022
OPENING SESSION – 2:00-3:00 PM
Institutional Remarks
Francesco Frati, Rector of the University of Siena
Ciro Corvese, Director of DISAG, University of Siena
Presentation of the Conference
Tania Groppi, University of Siena
Marilisa D’Amico, University of Milan
Federico Lenzerini, University of Siena
Opening Speech
Marta Cartabia, Minister of Justice – Italy
FIRST SESSION: WOMEN’S ROLE IN PEACEBUILDING PROCESSES – 3:00-5:00 PM
Chair: Marilisa D’Amico, University of Milan
Keynote speakers:
Elda Guerra, Orlando Association – Bologna Women’s Documentation Center
Ayşe Feride Acar, Professor Emerita in the Middle East Technical University (METU), Ankara
Alexandra Xanthaki, UN Special Rapporteur in the field of cultural rights – Brunel University, London
Selected papers:
Yasemin Sancar-Koyuncuoğlu, Nevşehir Hacı Bektaş Veli University
Valentina Surace, University of Messina
SECOND SESSION: WOMEN’S ROLE IN ARMED-CONFLICTS – 5:30-7:30 PM
Chair: Sevgi Doğan, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Betül Çelik, Sabanci University, Istanbul
Islah Jad, Birzeit University
Yeşim Arat, Bogazici University, Istanbul
Ervjola Selenica, Scuola Normale Superiore, Pisa
Wednesday April 6th 2022
THIRD SESSION: WOMEN’S ROLE IN POST-WAR CONFLICTS – 9:00-10:30 AM
Chair: Patrizia Vigni, University of Siena
Selected papers:
Malgorzata Myl, University of Silesia, Katowice
Edin Skrebo, University of Milano Bicocca
Anna Parrilli, University of Verona
T. N. Anh Nguyen, University of Padova
Davide Grasso, International University College – Collegio Carlo Alberto, Turin
FOURTH SESSION: WOMEN’S ROLE DURING AND AFTER ARMED CONFLICTS – 11:15-1:00 PM
Chair: Lorenza Violini, University of Milan
Salwa Hamrouni, Carthage University, Tunis
Cristiana Cella, journalist, member of the CISDA, Coordinamento italiano sostegno alle donne afgane (Italian Coordination support for the women of Afghanistan)
Alexandra Cosima Budabin, Free University of Bolzano & Natalie Florea Hudson, University of Dayton
Costanza Nardocci, University of Milan
BOOK LAUNCH – 2:00-3:30 PM
Chair: Tania Groppi, University of Siena
Human Dignity and the Practice of Human Development, by Paolo Carozza and Clemens Sedmak
Presentation: Clemens Sedmak, University of Notre Dame and Giada Ragone, University of Milan
Discussants: Sara De Vido, University of Venezia and Sabrina Ragone, University of Bologna
FIFTH SESSION: THE LATIN-AMERICAN EXPERIENCE – 3:30-5:00 PM
Chair: Irene Spigno, Academia Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, Saltillo
Liliana Estupiñán Achury, Universidad Libre, Bogotà
Karla Quintana Osuna, Comisionada búsqueda personas desaparecidas, México
Aicha Messina, Universidad Diego Portales, Santiago de Chile
Selected paper:
María Daniela Díaz Villamil, University Externado de Colombia
CONCLUDING REMARKS – 5:00-6:00 PM
Chair: Federico Lenzerini, University of Siena
Glenda Anna Sluga, European University Institute, Florence
The Conference is part of the 2017 PRIN Project “Framing and Diagnosing Constitutional Degradation: a Comparative Perspective”, Principal Investigator: Professor Tania Groppi
Scientific Committee: Elena Bindi, Marilisa D’Amico, Sevgi Doğan, Tania Groppi, Federico Lenzerini, Costanza Nardocci
Organizing Commitee: Valentina Carlino (valentina.carlino@unisi.it), Stefano Bargiacchi, Chiara Cerbone, Giacomo Giorgini Pignatiello