| Hanna’s House Summer School 2010 |
In collaboration with the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster
A Feminist Peace: How do we get there?
27-29 August 2010
University of Ulster Belfast Campus, York Street.
Hanna's House mission is to mobilise the collective energy of women to work towards feminist ideals of justice, equality and non-violence.
*The Hanna’s House Peace Project is funded by the Joseph Rowntree Charitable Trust.
‘The Wars on Women: Peace Works’ Art Exhibition is funded by the Arts Council of Northern Ireland.
Friday 27 August 2010:
6-8.30pm: official opening of the Summer School.
6pm: Hanna’s House Feminist Peace Building Project
Margaret Ward, chair of Hanna’s House, welcomes everybody to the Summer School.
6.10pm: Opening address
By Joanna McMinn, Board director of Hanna’s House.
6.45pm: Poetry recital
Ann Zell.
7.00pm: Feminist Art Exhibition: The Wars on Women: Peace Works
Launch by Roisin McDonough, CEO Arts Council.
Champagne reception and music by Yolande Carter and Marion Jordan.
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Saturday 28 August 2010:
9.30 registration for a 10am start.
10-10.50
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Keynote: Kate Fearon. Women, peace and conflict: stories from Afghanistan. (Auditorium)
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10.50-11.10
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Tea, coffee & pastries. Poetry recital by Grainne Tobin.
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11.10-12.45Workshop A:
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Niamh Reilly and Catherine O’Rourke. On the Consultative Group to the Department of Foreign Affairs regarding the National Action Plan for UNSCR1325.
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11.10-12.45Workshop B:
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Rob Fairmichael. How violent men can change their ways: what will enable them to move beyond violence whether it is interpersonal or military violence?
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11.10-12.45Workshop C:
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Mary Lodato. Healing through autobiographical writing and imagery- Scriptotherapy.
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11.10-12.45Workshop D:
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Joanna McMinn, Jennifer McCann, Caral ni Chuilin and Jenny Meegan. Feminism and Prison Education: educating women.
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12.45-13.45 Lunch break (sandwiches and fruit). Poetry recital by Eilish Martin from 12.45-13.00; presentation by Rita Duffy from 13.00 to 13.30; Ruth McCarthy presents E-Zines at 13.30.
13.45-15.15Workshop A:
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Bronagh Hinds, Margaret Ward, Laura McMahon, Liz law. Lessons Learnt on UN Security Council Resolution 1325 from a cross-learning visit to Liberia. FULL
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Workshop B:
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Roberta Bacic. Sewing stories into arpilleras and quilts. Part I of a two-part workshop. (*please see materials required below).
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Workshop C:
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Breda Gahan. Gender based violence and the feminization of HIV.
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Workshop D:
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Noirin Clancy. Women into Public Life, cross border initiative between three women’s organizations in Derry/Londonderry, Donegal, and Scotland. FULL
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15.15-15.45 Tea, coffee & biscuits. Poetry recital by Ann Zell.
Afternoon session: 15.45-17.00
15.45-17.00Workshop A:
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Cathleen O’Neill, Gillian Gibson and Eleanor Jordan.‘Frontline Feminism’ and the work of women’s centres north and south. FULL
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Workshop B:
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Roberta Bacic. Sewing stories into arpilleras and quilts. Part II
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Workshop C:
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Linda Kelly, Emma Rogan and Adelita Monteiro. What does feminism mean to young women today?
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Workshop D:
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Micheline Sheehy Skeffington. Hanna and Frank Sheehy Skeffington, and the social justice issues they championed. (Auditorium)
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17.00-17.15
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Tea, coffee break. Poetry recital by Maria McManus
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17.15
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Keynote: Professor Monica McWilliams. Women and the peace process in the North. (Auditorium)
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18.00 Film screening in the auditorium ‘pray the devil back to hell’ Liberian women’s experience of conflict.
Saturday evening: 8pm: A social event will take place at the Crescent Arts Centre, 2-4 University Road, Belfast. There will be performances by individual musicians, comediennes and singers, followed by a disco. Cost £5.
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Sunday 29 August 2010:
09.30 Tea, coffee & pastries.
10.00-11.00
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Keynote: Mary Cullen. Feminism, Citizenship and Peace in Ireland: today and yesterday.
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11.30-12.30Workshop A:
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Claire Hackett and Laura McMahon. International and national perspectives of how truth recovery processes help and hinder women’s access to justice and reconciliation.FULL
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Workshop B:
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Annie Campbell and Niamh Wilson. Women, violence and security issues, north and south.
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Workshop C:
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Goretti Horgan, Sharon Meenan, and Roisin Barton. Anti-war action and the Raytheon case.
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Workshop D:
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Rola Hamed-O’Neill. The Palestinian-Israel women’s peace movement.
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12.30
12.30-13.30Panel discussion
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Tea, coffee, juices available.
Ailbhe Smyth, Susan McKay and Finola Meredith. Using the media to further the feminist cause. (Auditorium)
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13.30 Hanna’s House closing comments by Ann Hope.
13.40 Mary Dorcey recites poetry.
13.50 Deirdre McAliskey sings ‘Bread and Roses’.
14.00 Summer school ends.
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The fee for the weekend is €10/£10 (waged) €5/£5 (unwaged). To reserve a place at the Hanna’s House Summer School 2010 please email Shirley Graham at hannashouse@nwci.ielisting the workshops you would like to attend and send a cheque to Hanna’s House, c/o National Women’s Council Ireland, 9 Marlborough Court, Marlborough Street, Dublin 1. For more information refer to our website: www.hannashouse.net.
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*For the workshop on ‘Sewing Stories into Arpilleras and Quilts’ you will need the following materials: Needles, scissors, a small sewing kit, if available some small little objects or personally valuable memory scraps of materials to include a personal touch to the work to be done.
In collaboration with the Transitional Justice Institute, University of Ulster.
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