CSIDs 8th Annual Conference
The Rights of Women in Islam and Muslim Societies
April 27, 2007
George Washington University, Washington D.C.
Olivia Kraus attended the conference and delivered a paper entitled "Gender Equality and the Rule of Law: The Role of the Judiciary in Changing Discriminatory Norms - A Case Study with the Iraq High Tribunal" on a panel entitled " Islamic Feminisms: Rereading Texts and Tradition". Interestingly, the main topic of the day seemed to be the battle over the hijab. None of the other speakers discussed sexual violence, honor killings or Iraq. The response to our paper, which Andi and Malaak co-wrote was overwhelmingly positive and a number of people asked for copies of the Iraq report. One woman, from Pakistan, asked whether or not CEDAW can be useful in a country which has as broad a reservation to CEDAW as Pakistan does. Over all, the event was great success for GJC.