Webinar: Women in Conflict Zones

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Date(s) - Wednesday - Apr 29, 2026
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

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On Wednesday, April 29 at 12:00pm ET (find the time in your time zone), the Women in Conflict Zones webinar will focus on the widening war in the SWANA/Middle East region launched by the U.S. and Israel against Iran. Featuring women’s voices from Gaza, Iran, Lebanon, and the West Bank.

Retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel Ann Wright will open the webinar with the latest update on U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) activities in the region. Dr. Jamila J. Ghaddar will talk about her work archiving conflicts across the region.

This webinar aims to create a space for examining the gendered impacts of war and violent conflict for all people who experience gender-based oppression.

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Speakers

Hanan Awwad

Hanan Awwad has been the President of WILPF Palestine since she started the Section in 1988. An academic, writer, editor and cultural advisor by profession, her main expertise lies in various areas including (resistance) literature, human rights and women’s rights. Hanan received a PhD from Oxford University, has published twelve books and received multiple awards for her work in defending human rights and dignity. Hanan is also a member of the Palestinian National Council and has represented Palestine in more than 700 conferences.

Dr. Jamila J. Ghaddar

Dr. Jamila J. Ghaddar is a Lebanese archivist, historian, and educator. She is Assistant Professor in Archival Information & Digital Humanities at the University of Amsterdam, founding director of the Archives & Digital Media Lab, and a Research Affiliate at the American University of Beirut’s School of Architecture & Design. Ghaddar serves as Co-Chair of the International Council on Archives’ Palestine Archives Task Force; Chair of the Middle East Librarians Association’s Archives & Records Management Training & Advocacy Group; and co-host of Archives & Heritage in Palestine. Ghaddar serves as a co-lead with Dr. Rami Zurayk and Dr. Hanine Shehadeh of the project, Fighting Erasure: Digitizing Gaza’s Genocide and the War on Lebanon.

Shirine Jurdi

Having lived a childhood of protracted conflict, Shirine Jurdi grew up with a belief that constant and continuing work towards peace, social cohesion and equality should be maintained. She fostered that with her studies at the Lebanese American University (LAU), the Tokyo University of Foreign Studies (TUFS) and her research fellowship at SOAS. This pushed forward and shaped her work on a nexus between theory and practice, between academic and grassroots activism in a holistic approach. For that reason, she believes in networking between different partners that work towards the same goals and accordingly has underwent extensive voluntary work with many NGOs and INGOs which tackles the root causes of conflict towards achieving peace, inclusion of gender equity and equality. She started her career working on consultancy projects with the Ministry of the Return of the Displaced, UNODC and as a researcher of Lebanese Heritage at LAU. In 2003, Shirine joined WILPF-Lebanon and is now an executive member of the Lebanon Section as well as the MENA Regional Representative.

Ann Wright

Ann Wright is a retired U.S. Army Reserve colonel and a 29-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserves. She was also a diplomat in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan, and Mongolia. She received the State Department’s Award for Heroism for her actions during the civil war in Sierra Leone. She resigned from the Department of State on March 19, 2003, in opposition to the Iraq war. She is the co-author of Dissent: Voices of Conscience and appeared in the documentary “Uncovered”. Ann is a board member of CODEPINK and an advisory board member of Veterans For Peace, International Peace Bureau, World BEYOND War, Gaza Freedom Flotilla, NO to NATO, Hawaii Peace and Justice, Pacific Peace Network, and Women Cross DMZ.

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