Seminar in the Kurdish Institute of Brussels

We are happy to invite you to the two-days seminar organised by the Kurdish Institute of Brussels and ALCITfem team as part of the project Citizenship, Migration and Women’s Activism in Kurdistan and the Diaspora. The seminar will take place on 12-13.02 in Brussels and includes the book launch, film screening and the meeting with Kurdish women activists.

Place: Gemeentestraat 25 / Rue de la Commune, 1210 Brussels

Programme:

12 February 2025

18:00–20:00

Opening Remarks: Derwich Ferho, the director of KIB

Panel I: Kurdish Women’s Activism and Citizenship

Book Launch and Discussion with the participation of ALCITfem team

Book: Enacting Citizenship: Kurdish Women's Resilience, Activism, and Creativity. It is going to be published by Palgrave Macmillan in March 2025.The book is the main result of our ALCITfem project. More details under the link.

13 February 2025

18:00–20:00

Panel II: Kurdish Women Activists in Kurdistan and the Diaspora

Documentary Screening: On the Roads of Freedom (2023) by Maria and Shiva Ghalvazi

Speakers: Rezan Salih – Kurdish Activist and Dr. Berivan Doski – Deputy Representative, Iraqi Embassy in Belgium

Chair: Azad Hajiagha