Workshop: KADEM International Policy-Making Workshop Series I
“Bias and Women”
In collaboration with AMSS (Association of Muslim Social Scientists UK)
Date
Organized by:
KADEM and AMMS (Association of Muslim Social Scientists UK)
Contact
Day 1 – August 5 Tuesday, 2025
09:00 – 09:30 | Registration & Welcome
09:30 – 10:00 | Welcoming Speeches
- Zeynep Demir – General Manager, KADEM
- Sümeyye Erdoğan Bayraktar – Chair of the Board of Trustees, KADEM
10:00 – 10:15 | Coffee Break
10:15 – 11:45 | Keynote Session
Speaker: Dr. Anas Al-Shaikh-Ali
“From Hazrat Fatimah to Fanatics: Muslim Women and Islam in Contemporary Popular Fiction”
Moderator: Dr. Ravza Altuntaş (Marmara University)
- 10:15 – 11:15 | Presentation
- 11:15 – 11:45 | Q&A
11:45 – 12:00 | Coffee Break
12:00 – 13:00 | Session 2
Speaker: Assoc. Prof. Dr. Şule Albayrak (Marmara University)
The Turkish Version of Islamophobia and Muslim Women
Moderator: Dr. Nursem Keskin Aksay (Marmara University)
- 12:00 – 12:30 | Presentation
- 12:30 – 13:00 | Q&A
13:00 – 14:15 | Lunch Break
14:15 – 15:15 | Session 3
Speaker: Zara Mohammed (Former Secretary-General, Muslim Council of Britain)
Leading with Resilience: Navigating Bias as a Muslim Woman in Community Leadership
Moderator: Assoc. Prof. Nagihan Haliloğlu (Boğaziçi University)
- 14:15 – 14:45 | Presentation
- 14:45 – 15:15 | Q&A
15:15 – 16:15 | Session 4
Speaker: Sehija Dedović (President, Center for Education and Research “NAHLA”)
Visible and Vulnerable: Experiencing Islamophobia as a Muslim Woman in Ethnically Divided Bosnia
Moderator: Dr. Betül Özel Çiçek (KADEM)
- 15:15 – 15:45 | Presentation
- 15:45 – 16:15 | Q&A
16:15 – 16:30 | Coffee Break
16:30 – 17:30 | Session 5
Speaker: Atty. Lamis Deek (PAL Commission)
The Transnational, Legal, and Discursive Architecture of Bias Against (Muslim and Oppressed) Women
Moderator: Didem Kaya Bayram (Northwestern University)
- 16:30 – 17:00 | Presentation
- 17:00 – 17:30 | Q&A
Day 2 – August 6 Wednesday, 2025
09:00 – 10:00 | Breakfast
10:00 – 11:00 | Session 6
Speaker: Dr. Jasmin Zine (Wilfrid Laurier University)
[En]Gendering Orientalism, Colonialism, Imperialism and Islamophobia: Tracing Islamophobic Imaginaries and Representational Politics
Moderator: Dr. Zeynep Feyza Eker Ayhan (Medipol University)
- 10:00 – 10:30 | Presentation
- 10:30 – 11:00 | Q&A
11:00 – 11:15 | Coffee Break
11:15 – 12:15 | Session 7
Speaker: Dr. Khaled A. Beydoun (Arizona State University)
Unveiling: The Law of Gendered Islamophobia
Moderator: S. Sena Polat (TRT World)
- 11:15 – 11:45 | Presentation
- 11:45 – 12:15 | Q&A
12:15 – 13:30 | Lunch Break
13:30 – 14:30 | Session 8
Speaker: H.E. Tuba Nur Sönmez (Ambassador of Kuwait)
From Exclusion to Empowerment: Breaking Barriers for Women Inclusivity
Moderator: Dr. Esra Özdil Gümüş (KADEM)
14:30 – 15:30 | Session 9
Speaker: Dr. Naledi Pandor, President of the Nelson Mandela Foundation and former Minister of International Relations South Africa
Bias and Women in Democracy
Moderator: Dr. Esra Erdoğan Albayrak
14:30 – 15:00 | Presentation
15:00 – 15:30 | Q&A
15:30 – 15:45 | Coffee Break
15:45 – 17:15 | Final Discussion Panel
Future Actions & Research Directions
