Gender justice

Finding our way

Time: 9:00am - 9:45am (EDT) ————— 6:00pm - 6:45pm (Pakistan)

Description: The session will focus on areas and issues that are foundational to realizing justice for women irrespective of their age, ethnicity, religion, nationality, or economic status. It will explore whether the conceptualization of these significant areas and women's experiences have changed in any way due to the COVID-19 pandemic and how we ensure that gender justice materializes.

Chair: Prof. Samina Yasmeen

 
 
 
 
 

Interreligious 1

Solidarity for peace and justice

Time: 9:45am - 10:30am (EDT) ————— 6:45pm - 7:30pm (Pakistan)

Description: The origins of the US-Pakistan Interreligious Coalition, or UPIC, were premised on two fundamental, pivotal features. The first was a deep commitment to having members of all sectors of civil society from the two countries engage in meaningful and transformative 'encounters' with each other. Whatever tensions that may exist at governmental levels between the countries, our dedication was to have people-to-people interaction, dialogue, and friendship that would dispel many of the stereotypes and misunderstandings that the populations of the respective countries might harbor towards the 'Other.' Our position has been to have an expansive notion of what religion implies. For us, faith-affirming individuals from the two countries are not just religious leaders in the traditional sense but also community activists, public intellectuals, and generally those who are guided by a prophetic understanding of their faith traditions that side with social justice, harmony, compassion, and peace. Our two panels (I and II) will have extraordinary individuals from the Abrahamic faith traditions addressing the above issues, overcoming barriers created by more reactionary and exclusivist religious strands, and prioritizing mutual cooperation and solidarity for justice and peace.

Chair: Dr. Junaid S. Ahmad

 
 
 
 
 

HEALTHCARE DELIVERY

INNOVATIONS AND OPPORTUNITIES

Time: 10:30am - 11:15am (EDT) ————— 7:30pm - 8:15pm (Pakistan)

Description: Pressing challenges to public health include disparities in prevention, treatment, service availability, and disaster preparedness. Drawing on their track records of top-down and bottom-up stakeholder collaboration as well as on their familiarity with new technologies, this panel's scientists, entrepreneurs, educators, and activists explore preventive, prescriptive, and educational responses in domestic and international perspective.

Chairs: Ambereen Mirza and Dr. Mary E. Norton

 
 
 
 
 

the roadmap of just future

Plenary 2

Time: 11:15am - 12 noon (EDT) ————— 8:15pm - 9:00pm (Pakistan)

Description: Join us for a conversation about where the conference has been and where it’s going. In this session we will highlight new ideas and identify common threads from the discussions in each of the three tracks: technical, humane, and interreligious.

Chair: Lara Goldmark