2014 SUMMER SCHOOL Gender in Europe: Unfinished Revolution? 29 th June 4th July 2014 Universidad Complutense, Madrid Gender equality is taken for granted in Europe by most people. Yet, in many areas, the gap between genders remains wide and variable and in some way be even widening or even ignored, for example, pay, glass ceilings, violence against women and forced marriage, sexuality and transgender rights. Thus, same sex unions are legally recognized in just half EU member states, while 17 of the 28 states even require the compulsory sterilisation of trans gender people. This summer school the 21 st in our series will bring together experts from law and justice, think tanks, politics, NGOs and universities, to discuss these key issues over five days of talks, panels, working groups, debates role playing and discussions. What is meant by women s rights? Are mothers rights in contradiction with women workers rights? Questions will include the following: How can gender policies best be implemented?whom benefits the business of prostitution? How much money is involved? How religions still influence gender equality in Europe? What does equality mean in European countries? Which measures should Europe take to reach equality? Do Femen and Pussy Riot provide examples of protest? Can violence be legitimised in the pursuit of equality? Do local laws violate the rights of transgender people? Same sex marriage: a race of obstacles? Why is violence to women still tolerated? Are schools doing enough on gender? Who or what legitimises gender roles? Why does unequal pay for the same job persist? DAY ONE: SUNDAY, 29 TH JUNE : CHALLENGES TODAY? Arrivals Madrid and check into rooms 16:30 Welcome and Introduction Dr Paul Flather (Mansfield College, Oxford, & the Europaeum) Dr Marián López Fernández Cao (Professor, Feminist Institute, UCM) 17:15 Keynote Lecture: Where are Women in Europe Today? Speaker: Dr Daniela Bankier (Head Gender Unit, DG Justice, European Commission) Discussants: Julia Zulver (Oxford) and Nora Stenius (Helsinki) [1]
18:30 Graduate Presentations: Women in Czech election propaganda after World War I Speaker: Marie Fousková (Prague) Discussants: Sofía Várguez (Geneva) and Annie Devenish (Oxford) Speaker: Yolanda Beteta (Madrid) Discussants: Tereza Vrbková (Prague) and Estefania Charvet (Geneva) Speaker: tba Discussants: Shiyu Chen (Leiden) and Angelika Debowska (Krakow) 20:00 A conversation: All Women, Not all Men? Speaker: Dr Paul Flather (Fellow Mansfield College, Oxford) 21.00 Welcome dinner for all Summer School participants Group introductions over coffee DAY TWO: MONDAY, 30 TH JUNE : WOMEN S RIGHTS 10:00 Welcome Andrés Arias Astray (Vice Rector of International Affairs, UCM) Professor Asunción Bernández Rodal (Director, Feminist Research Institute, UCM) Dr Paul Flather (Oxford & the Europaeum) 10.30 Panel: Women and Rights Chair: Professor Asunción Bernández Rodal (UCM) How public policy affects women across Europe Speaker: Dr Maria Bustelo (Professor of Public Policy, UCM) Intersectionality between Common and Civil Law: differences, Challenges and Perspectives. Speaker: Dr Maria Caterina La Barbera (Research Fellow, Center for Political and Constitutional Studies) 11.45 Coffee Break 12.00 Panel: Women, Science and Technology Women in Science, Europe and Future Speaker: Inés Sánchez de Madariaga (Gender delegate at the Ministry of Science) Title tbc Speaker: Capi Corrales Rodrigáñez (Professor of Mathematics, UCM) 13.15 Lunch [2]
14.15 Graduate Working Groups: Session I Conducted by Dr Paul Flather (Oxford) Group A How can European Schools be made more gender equal? Group B Is there now a crisis of masculinity? Group C How is religion affecting gender progress in Europe? Group D Why does gender pay inequality persist? Group E What are the next five priorities for Women s Rights in Europe? 15.15 Panel: Women and the Economy How do women contribute to the Economy Speaker: Elena Gallego Abaroa (Professor of Economy, UCM) The Economics of Caring Speaker: Elin Peterson (Post Doc, Department of Social Work, Stockholm University) 16.30 Tea Break 16.45 Panel: Protecting Women s Rights? Are the Safeguards for Women Sufficient? Speaker Dr. Irene Riobóo Lestón (Seconded National Expert, European Institute of Gender Equality) Are the judiciary sufficiently gender aware? Speaker: Magdalena Suárez Ojeda (Administrative Law Department, UCM) 18.00 Graduate Presentations: Chair: Paul Flather (Oxford) Speaker: Ignacio Moreno Segarra (Madrid) Discussants: Tereza Vrbková (Prague) and Mariam Al Qassimi (London) High Risk Feminism in El Salvador: Women s Mobilization in Violent Times Speaker: Julia Zulver Discussants: Yolanda Beteta (Madrid) and Marie Fousková (Prague) 21.00 Dinner DAY THREE: TUESDAY, 1 ST JULY: WOMEN S HERITAGE AND IDENTITY? 09.30 Panel: Women and Heritage Chair: Dr. Irene Riobóo Lestón (European Institute of Gender Equality) Where are women in European Heritage? Speaker: Dr Marián López F. Cao (Professor, Feminist Institute, UCM) Women and the European Languages. The case of English and Spanish. Speaker: Julia Lavid (Professor, English Linguistics, UCM) 11.00 Break [3]
11.30 Panel: Women s Identity How are Women Presented in Mass Media? Speaker: Professor Asunción Bernárdez Rodal (Director, Feminist Research Institute, UCM) Celebrity and women Speaker: Fiona Govan (Madrid Correspondent, Daily Telegraph) 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Graduate Working Groups: Session II Conducted by Dr Paul Flather Groups A, B, C, D, E. 15.00 Panel: Women through the Ages Chair: Asunción Bernárdez Rodal (tbc) The place of women in recent Spanish history Speaker: Rosa Capel (Director, Department of Modern History, UCM) Sex, sexuality and gender Speaker: Dr Marta del Moral (Lecturer in Hispanic Studies, Bath) The silent minority: lesbian discourse in Spanish history Speaker: Dr Raquel Osborne (Professor of Sociology, UCM) 16.45 Break 17.15 Panel: Representing Femininity Documentary Screening, Poses Speaker: Yolanda Dominguez (Visual Artist and Film Director) Film Screening, Filipine Women Speaker: Marisa González (Visual Artist and Film Director) Speaker: Cristina Peñamarín (UCM) 19.00 Local Tour & Drinks 21:00 Dinner [4]
DAY FOUR, WEDNESDAY: 2 ND JULY: WOMEN IN EDUCATION AND SOCIETY 9.30 Panel: Women and Education How are women portrayed in school texts? Speaker: María Teresa Palomo Vadillo (Professor, ESIC Business & Marketing School) How are women doing in Universities? Speaker: Adelina Sánchez Espinosa (Professor, Women Studies, Granada) 10.45 Break 11.15 Panel: Women, Culture and Religion Women and literature Speaker: Marisol Sánchez Gómez (Professor, English Studies, Universidad Politécnica de Madrid) Women s Political memoirs: Then and Now Speaker: Julia Salmeron (Professor, English Studies, University Autonoma of Madrid) How is Religion Relevant for European Women? Speaker: Natalia Andujar (Spokesperson for Islamic Feminism) 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Panel: Women in the Public Domain Women in Trade Unions Speaker: Begoña Marugán (Associate Professor, Poltical Science and Sociology, Universidad Carlos III, Madrid) Gender Advocacy Speaker: Paloma Soria Montañez (Staff Attorney, Women s Link Worlwide) Women s Knowledge at the Heart of Politics Speaker: Teresa Langle de Paz (Founder & Co Director, Women s Knowledge International) 15.45 Break 16.00 Graduate Debate: All to participate Motion: This house believes that it should be illegal to seek the services of a prostitute Chair: Dr Paul Flather (the Europaeum) Commentary: Barbara Havelková (Oxford University) 17.30 Excursion visit to Madrid [5]
Optional 17.45 Graduate Presentations: Additional Session Chair: Dr Barbara Havelková (Oxford) A study of Gender Strategies: Vietnamese Women in the Czech Republic Speaker: Tereza Vrbková (Prague) Speaker: Annie Devenish(Oxford) 21.00 Dinner DAY FIVE, THURSDAY: 3 RD JULY: VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN 9.30 Graduate Presentations: Chair: Claire Palmer (Oxford) Title tbc Speaker: Angelika Debowska (Krakow) Title tbc Speaker: Sandra El Hadi (Oxford) 10.30 Coffee break 11.00 Panel: Protecting Women Spanish Politics against Women Violence Speaker: Blanca Hernández Oliver (State Delegate against Women Violence) Do Laws against violence to women work? Speaker: Claire Palmer (DPhil, International Relations and Law, Oxford) Protecting Women informer Eastern Central Europe (tbc) Speaker: Barbara Havelková (Fellow, Gender and the Law, Oxford) 13.00 Lunch 14.00 Discussion, A Cutting Tradition Film Screening (47min) Speaker: Montserrat Escudé (Head of the Central Unit of Domestic and Gender Violence, Catalan Police Force) 15.45 Role Playing Exercise: Session I All to participate (details to be provided) 16.45 Coffee break 17:00 Role Playing Exercise: Session II All to participate (details to be provided) [6]
18:15 Graduate Presentations: Chair: Dr Barbara Havelková (Oxford) Speaker: tba Speaker: Olena Seminog (Oxford) 21:00 Dinner DAY SIX: FRIDAY, 4 TH JULY: WOMEN AND THE LAND 9.15 Graduate Working Groups: Session III Conducted by Dr Paul Flather (Oxford) Groups A,B,C, D, E. 10.00 Panel: Women and the Land Ecofeminism: a Critique Speaker: Alicia Puleo García (Professor, Moral Philisophy and Politics, Universidad de Valladolid) Women and Land (tbc) Speaker: Sofía Várguez (Geneva) 11.00 Coffee break 11.20 Plenary reports from Graduate Working Groups Coordinated by Dr Paul Flather (Secretary General, the Europaeum) 12.30 Conclusions: What have we all learnt? With Dr López F. Cao (UCM), Prof Bernández Rodal (UCM), Ms Palmer (Oxford), Dr. Havelkova (Oxford), and(dr Flather (Oxford) 13.15 Depart for Madrid Optional Excursions (with packed lunch) 15:00 Visit to Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid (including viewing of Guernica) 18:00 Informal drinks rendezvous (Optional) Departures [7]