2008 Meeting Programme of 3rd International Anti-Homophobia Meeting

 

HOMOPHOBIA and DISCRIMINATION WORKSHOP
Moderator: Umut Güner, Kaos GL

 

13:00 – 14:30
INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS MECHANISMS
Moderator: Assist. Prof. Dr. Mete K. Kaynar, HacettepeUniversity, Department of Political Science and Public Administration
Prof. Dr. Yakın Ertürk, Middle EastTechnicalUniversity, United Nations Special Rapporteur on violence against women, its causes and consequences
Dr. Kürşad Kahramanoğlu, Journalist, Human Rights Defender

 

15:00 – 16:30
"Being a Gay in Turkey!"
LGBT Individuals share their experiences
"HOMOSEXUALITY AND DEPRIVATION!"
What are we avoided in family, education, and working spheres?
Bawer Çakır, Buse Kılıçkaya, Erdal Matur, Begüm Topbaş

 

13:00
Meeting in the Campus Entrance

 

13:30 – 15:00
GENDER AND WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Serpil Sancar, AnkaraUniversity, Chairperson of WomenStudiesCenter (KASAUM)
Yıldız Tokman, Feminist
Prof. Dr. Tayfun Atay, AnkaraUniversity, Department of Folklore
Burcu Ersoy, Kaos GL

 

15:30 – 16:30
WORKSHOP AGAINST ANTI-HOMOPHOBIA
Ankara University Faculty of Political Sciences Human Rights Society (MİHT)
Ankara University Student Initiative against Discrimination Based on Sexual Orientation (CAKOG)
Ankara University Anti-Capitalist Student Society

 

17:30 – 19:00
Colloquy with Murathan Mungan (Poet-writer)

 

13:00 – 14:30
NATIONALISM, HATE OUTBREAK AND HOMOPHOBIA
Moderator: Zeynep Sarıaslan, METU Sociology Society
Prof. Dr. Melek Göregenli,Social psychologist, Ege University
Prof. Dr. Selçuk Candansayar, Psychiatrist, Gazi University

 

15:00 – 16:30
PRACTICES AGAINST SEXUAL ORIENTATION DISCRIMINATION AND SEARCH FOR FREEDOM
Moderator: Prof. Dr. Mithat Sancar, AnkaraUniversity Faculty of Law
Diego Mellado, European Commission Delegation to Turkey, Head of Political Affairs Section
Carina Mårtensson, Minister, Embassy of Sweden in Ankara
Ali Erol, Kaos GL

 

11:00 – 12:00
Short Films with Gay Themes

 

13:00 – 14:30
OPENING SPEECHES
Presentation: Kürşad Kahramanoğlu, Kaos GL Association
Michael Cashman, Member of the European Parliament
Mehveş Bingöllü, Jurist,European Court of Human Rights
Emine Bozkurt, (Video) Member of the European Parliament, PvdA (Labour Party), the Netherlands

 

15:00 – 16:30
THE CONCEPT OF HUMAN RIGHTS AND GENDER
Moderator: Nazik Işık, Founding Member of Women’s Solidarity Foundation, Kaos GL member
Özlem Altıparmak, Lawyer, Chairperson of Amnesty International Turkey
Aksu Bora, Feminist
Burcu Ersoy, Kaos GL

 

17:00 – 18:30
DISCRIMINATION AND VIOLENCE AGAINST LGBT PEOPLE
Moderator: Dr. Kerem Altıparmak, AnkaraUniversity, Faculty of Political Sciences, Human Rights Center
Prof. Dr. Şevki Sözen, Istanbul University, Chair of Department of Forensic Sciences
Juliana Cano Nieto, Researcher, LGBT Rights Program, Human Rights Watch, USA

 

 

12:00
March against Homophobia
We are marching from Human Rights Monument to the Parliament!

 

14:00 – 15:30
Popular Culture, Violence, Homophobia
Yıldırım Türker, Writer

 

16:00 – 17:30
FEMINIST FORUM
Moderator: Burcu Ersoy, Kaos GL
Ayşe Gül Altınay, SabancıUniversity, Anthropology, Cultural Studies and Gender Studies
Jenny Sundén, Royal Institute of Technology, School of Computer Science and Communication, Sweden

 

18:00 – 19:30
Colloquy with Anja Meulenbelt (Writer, the Netherlands)

 

20:00
Award Ceremony of the Women to Women Story Contest

 

14:00 – 15:30
HUMAN RIGHTS IN THE EU ACCESSION PROCESS
Moderator: Murat Çelikkan, Journalist, Human Rights Defender
Michael Cashman, Member of the European Parliament / President of European Parliament’s Intergroup on Gay and Lesbian Rights
Oya Aydın, Lawyer
Aija Salo, ILGA-Europe Programs and Policy Officer

 

17:30 – 19:30
READING THEATRE: "I am that beautiful…"
Hülya Adak, Ayşe Gül Altınay, Esin Düzel, Nilgün Bayraktar

 

20:30 – 22:00
Stand-Up Show
Esmeray

 

10:00 – 12:00
FILM SCREENING

 

13:00 – 14:30
LESBIAN and BISEXUAL WOMEN FORUM

 

15:00 – 16:30
"Being a Gay in Turkey!"
DISCUSSIONS ON EQUALITY IN CONSTITUTIONAL PROCESS: Others in the Civil Constitution
Moderator: Oral Çalışlar, Journalist
Hülya Gülbahar, Lawyer, Association for the Support and Education of Women Candidates (Ka-Der), Chairperson
Özlem Çolak, Lambdaistanbul LGBTT Association
Ali Erol, Kaos GL

 

17:00 – 18:30
TRANS FORUM
Moderator: Senem Doğanoğlu, Lawyer
Sinan Sinem Göknur, Lambdaistanbul LGBTT Association / Women for Women’s Human Rights – New Ways
Belgin Çelik, Lambdaistanbul LGBTT Association
Buse Kılıçkaya, Pink Life LGBTT Association
Anette Trettebergstuen, Member of the Norwegian Parliament