Events

Please join us for a screening of “Speed Sisters,” followed by a panel on Palestinian women living under the occupation. This is part of an ongoing film series sponsored by Islamic Legal Studies: Law and Social Change on women, rights and activism in the Muslim world. The Speed Sisters are the first all-woman race car driving team in the Middle…

Please join us for a talk by Matthew Bugher, an HLS alumnus with experience investigating international crimes in Myanmar. He will discuss his work promoting accountability for human rights abuses, and reflect on the possible establishment of an international commission of inquiry for decades of violations in Myanmar. This talk is part of a two-part series that looks at change…

One year after Myanmar’s democratic transition, please join us for a talk by May Sabe Phyu, an ethnic Kachin leader and a winner of the State Department’s “International Woman of Courage” award. May Sabe Phyu will discuss efforts to prevent violence against women; the ongoing armed conflicts in Kachin and Shan States; and how peace activists are attempting to address entrenched…

Please join us for a conversation with two disarmament leaders, who will be coming straight from the UN’s groundbreaking negotiations of a treaty to ban nuclear weapons. Beatrice Fihn, executive director of the International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons (ICAN), and Richard Moyes, managing director of Article 36, have played significant roles in reframing the nuclear weapons debate as a…

As part of the Harvard Immigration Project’s annual symposium, clinical instructor Anna Crowe is one of four panelists speaking on the topic of documentation in the Middle East refugee crisis. For the past two years, Anna has researched the documentation challenges faced by many Syrian refugees living in Jordan. She joins panelists Rachel Levitan, of HIAS, Alice Farmer, of UNHCR, and Kim…

Please join us for a screening of “Private Revolutions: Young, Female, Egyptian”, a documentary that chronicles over two years the lives of four young Egyptian women from various social backgrounds who are fighting for their rights and for change after the revolution. The director of the film, Alexandria Schneider, will join us afterwards for a discussion and Q & A. The…

Please join us for a screening of “What Tomorrow Brings,” the third in a film series presented by Islamic Legal Studies: Law and Social Change about women, rights, and activism in the Muslim world. The documentary explores how, in the remote, conservative Afghan village of Deh Subz, the very first girls’ school opens across the street from an all boys’…

Harvard Law School’s Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change, with support from HRP, is pleased to announce its first film series, “Women, Rights, and Activism in the Muslim World.” Throughout this Spring semester, we will showcase films that highlight women’s struggles, conflicts, and triumphs across the region. The films cover a broad range of themes, including political and social…

Harvard Law School’s Islamic Legal Studies Program: Law and Social Change, with support from HRP, is pleased to announce its first film series, “Women, Rights, and Activism in the Muslim World.” Throughout this Spring semester, we will showcase films that highlight women’s struggles, conflicts, and triumphs across the region. The films cover a broad range of themes, including political and social…

Please join us for a talk by Zainah Anwar, of Musawah, who will speak on the challenges faced by women’s groups living in Muslim contexts and their struggle to reform laws and practices made in the name of Islam that discriminate against women. She will share the initiatives of activists and scholars who are engaged in the production of new…