Panel Discussion: Debating Gender Quotas and Political Participation in Afghanistan and Pakistan
"It's not charity, it's a chair of power"
Debate with Women Parliamentarians from Afghanistan and Pakistan
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When?
Wednesday, 11 November 2015
6:00 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. (s.t.)
Where?
Seminar für Südasien Studien
Institut für Asien- und Afrikawissenschaften
Invalidenstrasse 118, 10115 Berlin
Room 217 (2nd floor)
The Graduate School Muslim Cultures and Societies, the Seminar für Südasien-Studien, and the Heinrich Böll Stiftung invite to a panel discussion on the impact of gender quotas in terms of women's substantive political representation in Afghanistan and Pakistan.
Panel Members:
Sabrina Saqeb,, Member National Assembly of Afghanistan (Wolesi Jirga) (2005-2010)
Dr. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu, DAAD Long Term Guest Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
The discussion will be preceded by a short introduction to the forthcoming report "Debating Gender Quotas and Political Participation with Women Parliamentarians from Afghanistan and Pakistan", authored by Dr. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu and Dr. Farzana Bari.
Shah Gul Rezai , Member National Assembly of Afghanistan (Wolesi Jirga) (2005 – 2015)
Shinkai Karokhail, Member National Assembly of Afghanistan (Wolesi Jirga) (2005 – 2015)
Shazia Marri, Member National Assembly of Pakistan (2013 - )
Shaista Pervaiz, Member National Assembly of Pakistan (2013 - )
Dr. Farzana Bari, Founding Director Center of Excellence for Gender Studies at Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad
Moderator:
Dr. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu, DAAD Long Term Guest Professor, Quaid-e-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
The discussion will be preceded by a short introduction to the forthcoming report "Debating Gender Quotas and Political Participation with Women Parliamentarians from Afghanistan and Pakistan", authored by Dr. Andrea Fleschenberg dos Ramos Pinéu and Dr. Farzana Bari.
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