Joan Wallach Scott, Harold F. Linder Professor at the School of Social
Science in the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton, NJ
Cover-up: The Islamic head scarf and gender equality in France
Monday, March 23rd
7:30 p.m
303 Paterson Hall, Carleton University, Ottawa
Second Event: Panel Discussion
Gender Equality and Secularism
Tuesday, March 24th
10 a.m. to 12 noon
2017 Dunton Tower, Carleton University
Speakers:
Salima Ebrahim recently completed a fellowship at the United
Nations Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights where she
looked at the state of Muslim women in Canada . She currently works
for the federal government and is a National Board Member with the
Canadian Council of Muslim Women
Eléonore Lépinard teaches in the department of political science
of University of Montreal. She is the author of L'égalité introuvable,
la parité, les féministes et la République, a book that explains the
constitutional reform introducing gender parity in electoral politics
in France.
Howard Duncan, Executive Head, Metropolis Project, Citizenship
and Immigration Canada. Metropolis is an international network for
comparative research and public policy development on migration,
diversity, and immigrant integration in cities in Canada and around
the world.
Respondent: Joan Wallach Scott
Sponsors:
Centre on Values and Ethics (COVE)
Carleton University Sheldon Chumir Foundation for Ethics in
Leadership, Calgary, AB
Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS)
Office of the Vice President (Research and International) (OVPRI)
