8 March Centennial
Against Political Islam, for
Secularism
In Solidarity with Imprisoned
Iranian activists
In commemoration of 8 March centennial, OWL is
organising a conference against religious and traditional misogynist practices.
Violence against women justified by defenence of family’s honour, forced
marriages and imposition of veil on underage girls are only a few brutal
examples of such practices. In the light of Islamist movement’s offensive on
women’s rights and lives, not only in counties under the rule of Islam but also
in the west, and a global campaign to promote Shalria law, OWL feels the urgent
need to mobilize a global force to counter attack political Islam and promote
secularism in order to safeguard women’s rights and saftey. Secularism is an
important pillar of a society free of mysoginism. This conference is a step
towards this goal.
Veteran women’s rights activists, secularists,
experts in socio-therapeutical work, aiding victims of violence, and artists are
coming together to make a memorable evening in defence of women’s rights and
secularism, and against political islam, Islamist offensive and new wave of
religious surge.
OWL will also like to use this important occasion
to bring to the attention of the world the lot of many imprisoned opposition
activists in Iran, among them women’s right actvists, labour and student
activists. A well-known Iranian poet and playwright, who has launched an
important campaign to free student activists is invited to read some of his
poems.
Come and join us to celeberate 8 March centennial
together and join force to push back religious offensive and build an
international secularist movement for women rights and a better world.
The conference will be in English, Swedish and
Persian.
Speakers
and guests:
Homa Arjmand
Coordinator of Campaign against Sharia Law
Diba Ali khani women’s
right activist and organiser of 8 March events in Sanandaj, Iran
Rasool Awla
socialogist and psychologist, from organisation of men against
violence against women
Maria Hagberg
social worker and
the chair for a shelter for girls threatened by
“honour
violence”
Iraj Janati
Ataei poet, playwright and human rights activist
Azar
Majedi Chair of Organisation for Women’s Liberation- Iran
Houzan mahmoud spokes-woman
Organisation of Women’s Freedom-Iraq
Sara Mohammad
Chair of Never Forget Pela and Fadme
(two victims of honour killings.)
Mitra Iranian modern choreographer
and dancer, performing a dance entitled Freedom
Where:
Gothenburg, Sweden
Lundby centrum, Wieselgrensplatsen ovanpå Coop Forum
When:
Friday 7 March 2007 at 19-23
Contact: Shahla Noori,
phone: +46-
(0)737 262622
Azar Majedi,
azarmajedi”yahoo.com
Speech at Women Centre
Waterloo University
Entitled:
Women and Sin
When: March 4th at 3:00PM
Homa Arjomand
will take part on panel discussion on
"Your Voice" TVO
Entitled:
A Question of Faith: Should
we fund religious schools?
When:
Tuesday September 11,07 at 1:00 PM
Homa Arjomand
participates on panel discussion
Iran:
Prospects for a Secular Democracy?
When: Friday,
August 31st at 7:00 pm
Where:Centre
for Inquiry Ontario
216 Bevrly
Street, Toronto
Press Conference-One Secular
School System for All
July 30th2007
Location: Queen's Park, Toronto
Date: Monday, July 30th, 2007, 11:00 AM
Humanist
of the Year Awards
When:
June 15-18
Where:
Coast
Plaza Hotel on Comox at Beautiful English Bay Beach
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Panel discussion at 17th
Annual International Conference of
the Iranian Women's Studies Foundation
Entitled:
The obstacles of women movement for
freedom
When: June 2-4, 2006
Where: Concordia
University Montreal, Canada
Flyer English
Flyer Farsi
Speech at Grande Bibliotheque Nationale du Québec
Where: Grande Bibliotheque Nationale du Québec
When: on April 11 at 5:30 PM
Conceived and
managed by the Institute du Nouveau Monde (INM) and
the
Bibliothèque Nationale du Québec
www.inm.qc.ca
FLYER
Speech at the "Ontario Model Parliament (OMP)
When: April 8th 2006 at 11:00-12:30 PM
Where: Upper Canada College (UCC) , Toronto
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IN The
Event Of International Women’s Day
March 8th,
2006 Conference In Germany
“We
are
Hatun Aynur Surucu”
The International
Campaign against Sharia Court in Canada
in conjunction with the
Committee against Stoning and Women’s
Liberation are hosting a conference entitled
Globalization of
Political Islam and women’s rights and announcing
the campaign
“
Never Forget Hatun! ”
Date:
Wednesday March 8th, 2006
Where: Cologn,
Germany
Press Conference: 3:00-00PM
Film: "Submission”,10
minute short film about women in Islam Public
Speeches:
Ayaan
Hirsi Ali , Homa
Arjomand , Rosa Logar, Mina Ahadi
Maryam Namazi, Christa Stolle, Azar Majedi , Fatma
Blaser,
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Speech at
CFUW/ Vaughan
When: Tuesday February
21,2006 at 6:00PM
Where: Kleinburg Golf Club in Kleinburg
Globalization of
Political Islam and women’s rights
The Shari’a Law
in Canada; Honour Murders in Germany, England and Denmark;
Religious
schools in Sweden; Veil in France; … brought up the globalization of women’s and
girls
rights to the fore. These incidents show once again the woman hostility of
cultural
relativism, the
outcome of injustice and also how the political and religious forces’ attacks
on secular
values look like.
When:
January 21,2005
Where: Stockholm
Speakers:
London: Azar
Majedi,
Funder of Women’s Liberation
Canada: Homa
Arjomand,
Coordinator of International Campaign against Sharia Court in Canada
France:
Jocelyne Clarke,
Secretary-General UFAL France
Sweden: Mahin
Alipour,
Coordinator of women’s Liberation-Sweden
Afsaneh Vahdat,
Editorial of children First Now
weekly paper
Iran:
Shahnaz S, Seideh Rahaa, Amineh Kakabav, Arhe Hamednaca
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Conference On:
Don’t let the memory of Fadime
Shahindal and all victims of hounor Killing fade
Hosted by:
International campaign for the defense of Women's
Right in Iran
www.irandwr.org
Barnenforst
( Children First Now –Swedish Branch) ,
www.barnenforst.com
The International Federation of Iranian
Refugees-Sweden
When: Thursay January 19,
06 at 11:00AM-6:00PM
Where: 12 Norrahamngatan
Photo Exhibition: 11-12noon
Speech and discussion:13-17h (in Swedish and
English)
Play: UNO
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Parvin Kaboli,
Hounor killing in Europe |
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Homa Arjomand globalization of Political
Islam and women’s rights |
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Okeh San dr |
|
Lase Uhanson Report
on activities in regard to youth female by office of governor general
Western Sweden |
Frida
Daler Social youth project
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Bill 27, Family Statute Law Amendment Act, 2006
Homa Arjomand will be appearing
before the Standing Committee on General Government
When:
January 16, 2006 at 11:30 am
Where:
Committee Room 151 at Queen's Park to comment
Homa Arjomand will be receiving
Annual Toronto Humanist of the Year award
When: Friday, January 13 at 7:00PM
Where: O.I.S.E University of Toronto
252 Bloor Street West, room 214
Public Forum
Homa Arjomand, Alia Hogben
Mihad Fahmy, Marion Boyd
When:
January 12, 2006 at 7:00PM
Where:
King's University College, University of Western Ontario
266 Epworth
Avenue
Sponsored by:
UWO Sociology, Kinngs's and Centre for Research on
Violence
Against Women and children
Homa Arjomand will attend a panel
discussion
At
the
Fifth Annual
2005 Diverse
Voices Family Violence Conference
With Marion Boyd
Arbitration Act and Sharia Law
When:
Dec 5-6, 2005
Time:
Morning: 10:30–Noon
Afternoon: 2:45–4:15
Where: Edmonton
Fantasyland Hotel , West Edmonton Mall, Edmonton, Alberta
Committee Members: Co-Chairs:
Lance Penny
– AADAC, Susan Logan -
Edmonton YWCA, Cheryl Klassen - City of Edm. Com Services,
Caroline
Madill- Gov. of Alberta, Debbie
Anson- Family Centre, Gladys
Murray- VON Edmonton,
Heather
Richards- Gov of AB
Children’s Services, Kim Lafreniere-
Edmonton Police Services,
Linda Murray -
Edm. John Howard Society,
Lorrie Kostelyk -
Zebra Centre Rob Canning - Gov of AB Probation,
Robin Mullen- Zebra Centre, Sabah Teher-
Changing Together , Sandi Howell
- Legal Aid,
Sandra Hamstad
- City of Edm. Com Services Tracey Bink
- Kara Family Services,
Treena
Schmidt
- City of Edm. Com Services
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Presentation on
how to run political campaigns by Homa Arjomand
When:
November 23,
Time: 2:30 to 4:30
Where:
York University Osgoode Hall, Rm 118
Speech at University
Women's Group in Georgetown, Ontario (CFUW)
Entitled:Affect
of Sharia/faith based
Court on Women’s Rights
When: November 1st,2005 at
7:30PM
Where: Halton Hills Public
Library
9 Church Street, Georgetown
Sharia Law
The Globalization of Political Islam
and women’s rights
A series of
speeches are held for Homa Arjomand in Europe.
October 19,
05 London, England Time: 6:00 PM
Where: Conway Hall
October 21,
05 Frankfurt, Germany
Time: 5:00PM Where: Frankfurt University
October
23, 05 Amsterdam, Netherlands
Time: 1:00 PM Where:
Zondag
23 oktober ’05,
Stadhouderskade 89, 1073 AV AMSTERDAM
October
24 Paris, France press
conference: time 11:15-12:45 Speech: at 6:00PM
October
26 Lyon, Franc
Press
conference
in Lyon
will be at
11 am on October 26th
Speech:Time: 6:00PM Where:
Le Jardin d'Elles 332 rue
Garibaldi 69007
October
29 Stockholm, Sweden Time:11:00
AM Where:
Folkets Hus Arsta
For more
Information please contact:
London, England,
Azar Majedi: azarmajedi@yahoo.com
Frankford,
Germany, Mina Ahadi
MinaAhadi@aol.com & Morattabb 00491729716227
Amsterdam,
Netherlands,Perisa:
003164661414, Fereshteh
Moradi:0031653927059
France,Lyon
Michèle Vianès,
06 10 39 94 87 or
michelevianes@chello.fr
, Paris
Jocelyne Clarke
Secretary-general of the UFAL 06 84 56 13 60
JClarke@ufal.org
Stockholm,Mahin
Alipour
at 0046707777313 or
mahin_alipour@yahoo.se
Speech at
public Forum
Hamilton 1 Zonta Club
Zonta is an
International Organization committed the Advancement
of the Status of
Women world wide
When: October 4th, 2005
Where:Hamilton
Time: 8:30 AM
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Homa Arjomand will speak
at the Twelfth Annual York
Region Take Back The Night
When: Septmber 27th, 2005
Time: PM
Where: Fairy Lake
NewMarket (Main &Water)
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Notice of Public Meeting
Entitled:Affect
of Sharia/faith based
Court on Women’s Rights
Speaker: Homa Arjomand
When: August 31, 2005 at 7:00PM
Where: Peterborough Public Library
345 Aylmer St. N. Peterborough
Hosted by:
Trent Central Student Association
Everyone welcome!!!Become informed about this very important issue.
Info: 705-652-8520
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Film
on
Ayaan Hersi
Ali speakes
Due to
circumstances beyond our control, the University of Toronto has relocated the
event to:
Earth Sciences
Centre, 1050-5 Bancroft Ave
( main
intersection Spadina Ave & College St) entrance to Bancroft is Spadina/ Huron
Toronto Conference on:
Sharia
Law
and the Globalization of Political Islam
Date: Friday
August 12, 2005
Time:
7:30 pm
Film:
"Submission"
10 minute short film about women in Islam
Public Speakers: 7:30 pm to 10:00
pm
Questions: for 30
minutes following the presentations
Press Conference: 6:30 pm to 7:30 pm
Location: Earth
Sciences Centre, 1050-5 Bancroft Ave
( main
intersection Spadina Ave & College St) entrance to Bancroft is Spadina/ Huron
Tickets: $20.00
(seniors and students) $12.00
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SEPTEMBER 8TH
SECOND ANNUAL INTERNATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
against SHARIA
COURT IN CANADA
for WOMEN’S RIGHTS,
SECULARISM AND HUMAN DIGNITY
It has been a year
since the International
Campaign against Sharia Court in Canada, called for
a day of protest, nationally and
internationally, against faith based courts in Ontario. The protestors
wanted the Ontario to remove family
law from the 1991 Arbitration Act.
The Campaign worked hard to inform
the general public and the ministries in charge about
the high risks of permitting Sharia
courts in Ontario.
Unfortunately, despite all the
warnings, the government of Ontario has not taken a clear position
to prevent the interference of
religious institutions in the judicial system.
The Second International
Demonstration opposing Sharia and all faith based courts in Ontario
will be held on September 8th,
2005.
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