Description
GEST organized a panel in Hugvísindaþing conference which was held 9-10 March 2018 at the University of Iceland. Staff members, fellows and associated scholars addressed the issue from different angles.
On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the United Nations Declaration of Human Rights, this session took an expansive approach to reflect upon the gender equality concept within the broader framework of human rights in contemporary culture. Although advances have been notable, issues of implementation and accountability have produced new challenges. Each panelist explored how debates and activism on gender equality with regard to religion, energy poverty, sexual harassment, maternal and reproductive rights are playing out in contemporary culture and various academic disciplines around the world. Papers and presentations focused on the continent of Africa, India, Montenegro, Croatia, and Serbia, among others, providing a range of reference points across the globe to identify common platforms for further work on gender equality issues within the ambit of human rights.
- Eiríkur Smári Sigurðarson, Director of Research, School of Humanities, UlI: Human Rights, Understanding and Epistemic Contribution: The Role of the Humanities
- Sólveig Anna Bóasdóttir, Professor of Theology and Religious Studies, UoI: The Principle of Non-discrimination – Travelling Through the Drafts of the United Nation´s Declaration of Human Rights 1947 – 1948
- Giti Chandra, Associated Scholar, GEST: Agency, Victimhood, and the Person: The List’ and other Fallouts of the #MeToo Movement in India
- Tereza Vujosevic, Fellow, GEST: Law-driven Discrimination in Montenegro: Utopian Path to Multiple Violations of Human Rights
- Andrea Jovanovic, Fellow, GEST: Orthodox Women Inside Their Four Walls: Opposing Perspectives on Religion in Serbia
- Masha Durkalic, Fellow, GEST: Feminist Activism against Neo-conservatism: Preserving Abortion Rights in Croatia
- Flora Tietgen, Research Assistant, GEST: The Evolution of the Concept of Human Security: From the State to the Individual
- Pétur Waldorff, Senior Researcher and Erla Hlín Hjálmarsdóttir, Head of Research, GEST: Blurred Boundaries: Energy, Equality, and Human Rights