WQMEN AND MIGRATION: ART, POLITICS AND POLICY
An AHRC ‘Making the Connections’ Regional Network Workshop
Loughborough University FRIDAY 20th JUNE 2008
A REFUGEE WEEK EVENT
The ninth event in the Making Connections: arts, migration and diaspora series will be held in The Business School, Loughborough University, on Friday 20th June 2008, during Refugee Week.
This workshop focuses upon ‘women and migration’ within the broader context of the asylum-migration nexus and the relationship between women’s experiences as asylum seekers, refugees, or migrants and questions of culture, law, citizenship, and politics.What is clear from the available research and media representations is that women lack a voice, and that overallthe voices of migrants are usually mediated by others (journalists, advocacy groups, researchers); and that women face many barriers including a gender biased asylum system.
Speakers from a variety of sectors (arts, social policy, media and law) will focus on outlining the important role that the arts, social policy, citizenship, the law and the media have in ensuring women migrants have a voice.Speakers include Marsha Meskimmon (women and art); Usha Sood (women and the law); Hildegard Dumper (research on women’s experiences of the asylum-migration nexus), and Ruth Lister (women, poverty and citizenship).
Presentations and workshops will be led by a range of organisations including the Nottingham African Women’s Empowerment Forum (NAWEF), the National Institute for Access to Continuing Education (NIACE), The Long Journey Home, Olga Bailey,Nottingham Trent University and Refugee Action. There will be an opportunity for all delegates to engage in discussion, and explore how the issues raised can be taken forward practically through the creation of a Manifesto for the region on ‘What Women Want’
The event is FREE and Buffet Lunch and Refreshments are provided.We also want to provide plenty of opportunity for discussion and debate, so places are limited. We are happy to assist with transport costs for unwaged delegates. If you would like to attend, please contact Richard Bessell on R.Bessell@lboro.ac.uk or V.L.Dhaliwal@lboro.ac.uk Tel: (01509) 223383 by May 30th at the latest.
AND TO FOLLOW ...
Thursday 3rd and Friday 4th July 2008
FINAL CONFERENCE - Making the Connections: the Arts, Migration and Diaspora
An exploration of the participatory arts and a celebration of the contribution of refugees, asylum seekers and new arrivals to the cultural life of the East Midlands . Including reflections and feedback on the Making the Connections Workshops held over the last two years, performances and papers.
Speakers include: Roger Bromley, Geri Doy, Elain Drainville, Lynn Pearce, John Perivolaris, Anne Phoenix, Brian Roberts, Amir Saeed, Divya Tolia-Kelly and Heather Ureche.
The event is free but places are limited. Please contact R.Bessel@lboro.ac.uk to see if places are still available.
