Program:

Welcome Address: Vivienne Wee, Director, WEMC and Associate Director, Southeast Asia Research Centre, City University, Hong Kong Welcome Address

Keynote Address: Dr. Yakin Ertürk, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women

Opening Remarks and Overview of the Campaign: Farida Shaheed, Deputy Director, WEMC and WLUML Board Member

Photographic Presentation: One-minute silence to honour women killed in the past 12 months

Women organizing: The Stop Stoning Forever Campaign in Iran: Shadi Sadr, Women’s rights lawyer, journalist, and co-founder of RAAHI Women’s Legal Centre

Documentary Screening of "Mokarrameh"

Stopping Stoning in Nigeria: Stuck Halfway? Ayesha Imam, Founder of BAOBAB and WLUML Board Member 

We can stop this! So-called 'Honour Killings' in Turkey: Nebahat Akkoç, Founding Director, KA-MER (Women’s Centre)

Politicizing Islam: New challenges for Indonesian Women: Sri Wiyanti Eddyono, Women's rights lawyer and Director of Semarak Cerang Nusa, Indonesia 

Question and Answers