On April 4, 2024, the Women and Gender in Global Perspectives Program with the Gender & Women's Studies Department hosted a panel “Voicing the Invisibles” as a part of the Conference on "Transnational Feminist Resistance(s) Against Contemporary Violence(s).
The conference was organized by graduate students from WGGP and GWS: Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez (Sociology), Nehal Elmeligy (Sociology), Marina Moscoso-Arabía (Geography), and Mahbubeh Moqadam (Sociology).
The panel was moderated by Daniela Morales, Department of Urban & Regional Planning.
Panelists:
Evelyne Accad, Professor Emerita, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and Lebanese American University. “Healing Cultures in War Times”
Hayriye Kara, Kaos GL Refugee Rights Program Coordinator/Lawyer. “Solidarity Knows No Border Just Like the Rainbow”
Raiza Kolia, Reaching Across Borders. “When looking away and not doing anything is not an option!”
Amaury J. Rijo Sánchez, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. ““Podemos ser otro tipo de hombre”: Deconstructing Toxic Masculinities Through Feminist Media Activism”
The conference was co-sponsored by:
Center for African Studies
Center for Global Studies
Center for Latin American and Caribbean Studies
Center for South Asian and Middle Eastern Studies
College of Liberal Arts & Sciences
Humanities Research Institute
Illinois Global Institute
Illinois International Programs
School of Social Work
Women’s Resources Center
This event was supported in part by grant funding from the U.S. Department of Education’s Title VI grant program. The content of this event does not necessarily represent the policy of the U.S. Department of Education, and you should not assume endorsement by the Federal Government.