Women's United Nations Report Program and Network (WUNRN) Workshop:
Religion and Women's Economic, Social and Cultural Rights: From Exclusion to Inclusion
5 - 6 October 2005, WUNRN, Andover Newton Theological School, Boston

The Women’s United Nations Report Program and Network, http://www.wunrn.com, is a non-governmental coalition to implement the conclusions and recommendations of a United Nations Study on Freedom of Religion or Belief and the Status of Women from the Viewpoint of Religion and Traditions (E/CN.4/2002/73/Add.2). This study is a major, universal, comprehensive U.N. approach to intolerance and discrimination against women based on religion and traditions.
 
To strengthen the nexus between women’s rights and freedom of religion or belief, it is important to build on the Juridical and Factual Aspects of this study by research, plans of action and practical projects. WUNRN, together with The Tandem Project, is committed to this objective through support for the dignity and fundamental rights of women everywhere, and by the promotion of tolerance and the end of discrimination against women based on religion and traditions.
 
WUNRN is a unique global portal and program addressing the only official UN Study/mechanism on the intersection of the Status of Women and Freedom of Religion or Belief. WUNRN is part of The Tandem Project, a U.S. 501.C3 non-profit organization (NGO). The Tandem Project was founded in 1985 to promote tolerance prevent discrimination based on religion or belief. The Tandem Project, as a highly respected international NGO, has served as an advisor to programs, organizations, and institutions throughout the world.


Workshop Schedule
 
October 5, 2005

Registration: beginning 5:00 pm
MH Foyer
Registration & Reception,  5:30-:730 pm    

Greetings    
Remarks: “Christianity, Patriarchy and Discrimination”    
Meetinghouse
WUNRN Planning Committee
Rev. Chung Hyun Kyung, Union Theological Seminary, NYC
 
 
Cultural Events            
Music: Original WUNRN Composition           
Song        
Sacred Circle Dance               
 
Beatrice Greene, Composer
Laura Lapointe, ANTS ‘05
Judy Medeiros, ANTS ‘05
 
 
Oct. 6, 2005

Conference in Upper Noyes Hall, ANTS
 
Registration Continues 8:00-8:30
Coffee
MH Foye
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Session One: Introducing WUNRN 8:30-9:30
Chair: Carole Fontaine, Taylor Prof. of Biblical Theology and History, ANTS;
Lois A. Herman, Coordinator, Women’s United Nations Report Network
Swami Agnivesh, Winner of Alternative Nobel Prize
 
Session Two: 9:30-10:30
Religion, Women and Human Rights
Chair: Salma Kazmi, Islamic Society of Boston
John Taylor, IARF & UN NGO Committee on Freedom of  Religion or Belief – Geneva
Response: Rev. Chung Hyun Kyung, Union Theological Seminary, NYC
 
Coffee Break  10:30-10:45
MH Porch
 
Session Three: 10:45-11:45
Women’s NGOs
Chair, Constance Andresen-Tanter, Director, CAT Foundation
Ambassador Swanee Hunt, Director, Women in Public Policy Program, JF Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University,  Inclusive Security: Women Waging Peace
Jila Kazerounian, Director, Women’s Forum Against Fundamentalism in Iran
Raheel Raza, WEBB-International; Toronto Star Columnist
 
Lunch  12:00-1:00 pm
Meetinghouse
 
Session Four: 1:00-2:00pm:
Feminist Visions and Human Rights in the Academy
Chair: Prof. Barbara Geller, Wellesley College
Prof. Farida Majid, City University of NY
Prof. Valerie Dixon, Associate Professor of Christian Ethics, ANTS
Rev. Irene Monroe, Pine Manor College ; Columnist for The Witness
 
 
Session Five: 2:00-3:00pm 
Women’s Ministries/Ministries with Women
Rev. Dorothy Emerson, UUA (Chair)
Rev. June Cooper, Boston Mission Society
Enid Shapiro, ICPL/Hadassah
Sisters of St. Margaret Order
 
Coffee Break: 3:00-3:15
MH Porch
 
Closing Session: 3:15-4:30:
Future Prospects for Regional Gender Mainstreaming
Carole Fontaine and Lois Herman, moderators
Session Chairs
Audience Response
 
Closing Reception: 4:45-6:00
The Meetinghouse
Poetry and Art by Girls on the Edge
Sacred Circle Dance

Please note that there is ample free parking behind the Meetinghouse at Andover Newton, with several overflow lots adjacent.  We are also just two blocks from the Newton Center T Station (Riverside Green Line)
 
 
Sponsors of the Boston WUNRN Workshop:
Andover Newton Theological School
Hebrew College
The Boston Theological Institute
The Interreligious Center for Public Life (Hebrew College/Andover Newton)
WEBB-International
Greenheart Studio
WUNRN
The Tandem Project
 
 
The Boston WUNRN Workshop Planning Committee:
Lois A. Herman
Coordinator, WUNRN
Michael Roan
Coordinator, Tandem Project
Carole Fontaine
Director, Boston WUNRN Workshop
Priscilla Deck
Grants and Programs, ANTS
Rodney Petersen
Director, Boston Theological Institute
Craig Fontaine
CFO, Boston WUNRN Workshop
Organizational Consultant
Dawn Sorensen
WUNRN Intern
David Ames
Administrative Assistant, ANTS
(Lisa da Silva)
Marketing consultant
(Constance Andresen-Tanter)
Govt./NGO Consultant
Sun Spriggs
Docent, Council on Human Rights at Andover Newton Theological School

For more information, please contact David Ames, at Andover Newton:
E-mail: dames@ants.edu
Phone: 617-964-1100, x214