TWO-DAY INTERNATIONAL INTERDISCIPLINARY CONFERENCE

WOMEN UNIVERSITIES AS AGENTS OF CHANGE

Conference Programme

Friday (26TH NOVEMBER 2010)

Opening Ceremony: 9:20 a.m. – 10:50 a.m.
Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium IIUI

09:20 am
09:30 am
10:00 am

Students to be seated

Guests to be seated

Arrival of the Chief Guest

10:00 am

10:05 am

Recitation from the Holy Quran

10:05 am

10:20 am

Opening Remarks by
Ms. Parveen Qadir Agha, Director, Female Campus

10:20 am

10:30 am

Welcome Address by
Prof.  Dr. Anwar H. Siddiqui President, IIUI

10:30 am

10:40 am

Speech by Chief Guest

10:40 am

10:50 am

Presidential Remarks by
Professor Fateh Muhammad Malik, Rector, IIU

TEA BREAK (10:50 A.M.- 11:00 A.M.)

 

Plenary Session (11:00 a.m.- 12:30 p.m.)
Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium Faisal Mosque Campus IIUI
Moderator: Dr Qasim Bughio

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Women’s Universities in the Muslim World: History, Challenges and Prospects
Dr. Nor Faridah Abdul Manaf

11:00 a.m .– 11:25 a.m.

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Islam and Empowerment of Women: Between Tradition and Change
Dr. Anees Ahmad

11:25 a.m. -11:50 a.m.

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Sources of Authority of Female Leadership in Islam – female ahong and qingzhen nüsi (women’s mosques) in China
Dr. Maria Jaschok

11:50 a.m.- 12:15 p.m.

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Discussion Session

12:15 p.m.- 12:30 p.m.

Lunch Break and Prayer Break (12:30 p.m.-2:00p.m.)

 

Session I (2:00 – 3:30 p.m.)
Theme: Women Universities: Women Education, Female Empowerment and Social Change 

Venue: Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Session 1
(2:00- 2:30)

Session 2
(2:30-3:00)

Session 3
(3:00-3:30)

Psychological Problems of Pakistani Women

 

Prof. Dr. Yasmin N. Farooqi
(Moderator)

Endorsing Critical thinking in Muslim women through critical Pedagogy of Language Education

Prof. Dr.  Mumtaz Akhtar & Tahira Kalsoom

Women’s empowerment through higher education: Theory and action

 

Khush Funer Murtaza

 

Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium

Session 1
(2:00- 2:30)

Session 2
(2:30-3:00)

Session 3
(3:00-3:30)

Education for social change: An evaluation of feminist pedagogy

Dr. Munazza Yaqoob
(Moderator)

Factors Affecting Women Participation In Higher Education In Pakistan

Muhammad Naeem Akhtar

Reasons of illiteracy among the rural women of Balochistan (A case study of district Musakhail)

Tahira Naudhani

 

Session II (3:30 p.m.– 6:00 p.m.)
Theme: Professional Development of Women
Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium

Session 1
(3:30- 4:00)

Session 2
(4:00-4:30)

Session 3
(4:30-5:00)

Session 4
(5:00-5:30)

Session 5
(5:30-6:00)

Empowerment of Pakistani Women Parliamentarians: Perceptions and Reality

Dr. Sarwet Rasul
(Moderator)

Women Universities for Muslim Minorities in the West: Spaces of Exclusion or Inclusion?

Samina Yasmeen

The Role of Women Universities in Development of the Self`

 

Saiyma Aslam

Perception of Professionals towards Women Employment in Pakistan

Nasreen Akhtar & Sameera Ahmad

Marital Coping among Single and Dual Career Couples

 

Rabia Iftikhar & Abida Sarwar

Theme: Gender Roles and Cultural forms: Media and Literary Representation of women
Venue: Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Session 1 (3:30- 4:00)

Session 2 (4:00-4:30)

Session 3(4:30-5:00)

Gender Representation in English Language Textbooks at HSSC Level in Pakistan

Malik Naseer Hussain & Dr. Ayaz Afsar (Moderator)

Current Trends in Gender Studies in Pakistan versus Representation of Women in Pakistani Fiction in English: A Comparative Study

Sofia Hussain & Amal Sayyid

Beauty and the Beast:  Fixation of identity in Woman at Point Zero by Nawal El Saadawi and Eleven Minutes by Paulo Coelho

Sonia Irum, Uzma Abid & Khola Majeed 

TEA BREAK (6:00 P.M.- 6:15 P.M.)

 

Saturday (27TH NOVEMBER 2010)

Plenary Session (09:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.)
Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium IIUI
Moderator: Dr. Zafar Ishaq Ansari

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Women, Education, and Change
Dr. Shahid Siddiqui

9:30 a.m – 10:00 a.m

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From the Classroom to the Boardroom: Universities in the UAE as Effective Leadership Conduits for Emirati Women
Sylvia Maier

10:00 a.m. -10:30 a.m.

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Discussion Session

10:30 a.m.- 11:30 a.m.

TEA BREAK (11:30 a.m. – 12:00  Noon)

 

Session I  (12:00 – 1:30 p.m.)                      
Theme: Women Universities: Women Education, Female Empowerment and Social Change 
Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium IIUI

Session 1
(12:00- 12:30)

Session 2
(12:30-1:00)

Session 3
(1:00-1:30)

British Muslim Women’s Narratives of Rights and Social Change
Dr. Sariya Contractor

Importance of Female Education in the Changing Environment of Pakistan

Dr. Zareen Abbasi and Noreen Bhutto
(Moderator)

Women’s Empowerment through Education: Issues and Practices

Dr. Saleha Parveen

Venue: Allama Iqbal Auditorium

Session 1
(12:00- 12:30)

Session 2
(12:30-1:00)

Session 3
(1:00-1:30)

Women Empowerment Through Higher Education

Dr. Gulrez Fatima & Gulzar Hameed
(Moderator)

Impact of Women Education on Fertility

Dr. Samina Malik & Dr. Fauzia Janjua

Women Empowerment Through Educational Policies in Developing Countries
Sadaf  Ayub

 

Lunch and Prayer Break (1:30 p.m.-3:00p.m.)

Session II (3:00 p.m.– 5:00 p.m.)
Theme: Islam and women empowerment

Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium IIUI

Session 1
(3:00- 3:30)

Session 2
(3:30-4:00)

Session 3
(4:00-4:30)

Session 4
(4:30-5:00)

Islamic Paradigms for Women’s Education and their roles to bring up Tawhidic Ummah
Dr. Adnan Abd Rashid
(Moderator)

Women’s Empowerment and Islam: Dignity and Rights of Muslim Women

Adeela Rehman & Dr. Rukhsana Hassan

The Trend of Female Students of the Islamia University of Bahawalpur towards Religious Education
Muzammila Akram

Women Rights in Islam: A Study of Four Sunni School of Thoughts

Sadia Manzoor & Zainab Moin

Closing Ceremony (5:00 P.M.- 6:00 P.M.)
Venue: Quaid-e-Azam Auditorium IIUI