TwoCircles.net Staff Reporter
The institute of Objective Studies based in Calicut, Kerala will organise a two-day international conference on role of Women in Making a Humane Society on September 22 and 23, 2017.
The concept note of the aforesaid conference talks about various things and tends to establish the role of women in society’s formation. “It is evident from scriptures and traditions of the Prophet (PBUH) that woman has a dominant part in the whole scheme and she is created, like a man, to perform a complementary role in human survival and a civilised march,” reads the concept note.
In the neocolonial times the works of Laila Ahmed, Fatema Mernissi, Amina Wadud, Aziza al Hibri, Asma Barlas, Margot Badran and their ilk have been praised for their sober and objective analyses of the status of women during the time of the Prophet. Abdul Halim Abu Shaqqa, the illustrious Egyptian scholar has dealt with the role of women in Islam with academic rigour and passion.
The concept note read as, “Muslim women in India and abroad also witness economic, social and cultural changes that ensure greater civil and social rights. Islam, which has liberated women from patriarchal suppression, is playing a constructive role in their lives.”
The two-day international conference is planned to initiate deliberation on the role of women in conflict resolution which is related to social justice, equity and empowerment.
The conference will have sessions on Women in the time of Prophet; Women’s participation in electoral politics; Role of Muslim women in Socio-economic uplift; Women and media; Status of women in the Muslim world and Women-related laws in the Muslim world.
The conference will also focus on capacity building among women who should be at the table in peace negotiation and post- conflict reconstruction.