Indigenous Women Convening for Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation (via Zoom)

Date: 

Friday, March 19, 2021, 9:30am to 1:00pm

Location: 

Online Only

"Indigenous Women Convening for Peace, Justice, and Reconciliation"

Attend this event via Zoom

Session I: "Conflict, Militarization & Exploration of Indigenous Land & Resources"

Speakers:

Rauna KuokkanenSami; Professor of Arctic Indigenous Studies, University of Lapland, Finland.

Tukumminnguaq Olsen, Inuit Circumpolar Council. Member, Board of Trustees, United Nations Voluntary Fund for Indigenous Peoples’.

Mariam AboubakrinePrésidente, Association Tinhinan Canada; membre, Tinhinane Sahel.

Vera Solovyeva, Sakha; Ph.D. Candidate, Department of Environmental Science and Public Policy, George Mason University.

Binalakshmi NepramManipur Nation; Fellow, HKS Carr Centre for Human Rights; Co-Founder, Global Alliance of Indigenous Peoples, Gender Justice and Peace.

Moderator:

Jacqueline Bhabha, Faculty Associate. Professor of the Practice of Health and Human Rights, Department of Global Health and Population; Director of Research, François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights, Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health; Jeremiah Smith Jr. Lecturer on Law, Harvard Law School.

Session II: "Understanding the Indigenous Ways of Peace, Justice & Reconciliation Mechanisms"

Speakers:

Tarcila Rivera ZeaFounder, Chirapaq (Center for Indigenous Peoples Cultures, Peru).

Lucy MulenkeiExecutive Director, Indigenous Information Network (IIN), Kenya.

Claire ChartersNgāti Whakaue, Tūwharetoa, Ngā Puhi, Tainui; Associate Professor, University of Auckland Faculty of Law, New Zealand.

Louise Wakerakats:se Herne, Bear Clan Mother for the Mohawk Nation Council; founding member of Konon:kwe Council, a circle of Mohawk women.

Moderator:

Shelly Lowe, Executive Director, Harvard University Native American Program.

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

Remote Access Information:

To join by computer:

https://carrcenter.hks.harvard.edu/event/indigenous-women-convening-peace-justice-and-reconciliation

See also: 2020–2021