Ma'an - Forum of Arab-Bedouin Women in the Negev held its annual conference, titled The Arab Woman in teh Negev and the Job Market: Exclusion or Integration on June 17, 2009 at Ben Gurion University in Beer Sheva.
The conference was held with the kind support of the Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation.
Conference Schedule:
08:30-09:00 Registration and light refreshments
09:00- 09:30 Opening:
- Ms. Safa Shehada, Director of Ma'an- Forum of Arab-Bedouin Women in the Negev.
- Professor Rivka Carmi, President of Ben Gurion University of the Negev
- Ms. Hedva Radinovitz, Deputy Director of The New Israel Fund
- Mr Ahmed Abu-Freha, Hounorary Judge of the Shriah Court in Beer Sheva
09:30-10:00 Women´s Organizing - a Space for Articulation and Debating a Common Agenda for Advancing Women´s Rights – Ms. Boriana Jönssons, Kvinna till Kvinna Foundation
10:00-11:30 The Arab woman of the Negev and the Economic Policy of the State - Dr. Nadra Shalhub-Quarquian, Project Director of Research on Women's Issues at Mada Al-Carmel Institute and lecturer in the Hebrew University's Social Work and Criminology Departments.
11:30-11:45 Short Break
11:45-13:45 Between Declarations of Integration to a Reality of Exclusion - Discussion panel Led by Ms. Amal A-Sana, Board member of Ma'an Forum and Director of AJEEC.
Speakers:
- Dr. Amer Abu-Keren, School of Economy at the Ben Gurion University
- Ms. Hiba Al-Ajaz, The Working Women Association, Palestine
- Mr. Ataf Abu Ajaj, Director of the Economic Development Unit of AJEEC
- Mr. Shimon Shabbat, Director of the Department of Professional Training at the Ministry of Industry, Trade and Labor
- Ms. Aida Touma, Director of Women Against Violence Organization
13:45-14:30 Lunch Break
14:30 -15:30 Summary and Conclusions