and Isha L'Isha—
Present
The Alternative Conference to the
Herzliya Conference
in Post-War
Security for
Whom?
For
the past seven years, the Herzliya Conference on
However, the conference offers a very limited understanding of "security"—that of the patriarchal ruling elite. Other aspects of security, including economic security, personal safety, and the wellbeing of minorities in our society, are not included. The speakers, predictably, reinforce the militaristic worldview that they represent. The majority of speakers are men, and feminist views are absent from the agenda, even from the words of the few women who do address the conference.
In
response, Isha L'Isha—
On
It is our hope that the
Alternative Conference will help raise these issues onto the national agenda and
redefine the ways in which Israeli society thinks about
security.
Program schedule:
Security for
Whom?
Moderator Orly Noy, Journalist
Opening Lecture Security and Strength for Whom?
Nabila Espanioly,
Dr. Dalia Sachs,
First Session
Your "Security" Hurts Us — The Second
MK Zehava Galon, Meretz
Where is Their Security? — The Economic, Occupational and
Emotional Toll of the War on Disadvantaged Women in the North During the Second
Yaara Buksbaum,
Second Session Not Strong Forever: The "Security" Policies and Their Dangers
The Demographic
Threat–Who Pays the Price?
Terry Boullata, Abu Dis
What Do Nuclear
Weapons Have to Do with Security?
Merav Dotan, Atty., Greenpeace
Dr. Helen
Caldicott, President, Nuclear Policy Research Institute,
More Security
Like This and We've Lost — The Weakening of Civil Society in the Name of Israeli
"Security"
Hedva Eyal, Isha L'Isha-Haifa Feminist Center
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