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Human Rights and Globalization:
When Transnational Civil Society Networks Hit the Ground
Date
Location
Friday and Saturday, Dec 1-2, 2000
An open workshop
College Eight Red Room
University of California, Santa Cruz

Workshop Agenda
Introductory Notes Jonathan Fox, UCSC, co-convenor
Friday – December 1st
8:30-9:00 Coffee
9:00-9:30 Welcoming remarks Sonia Alvarez, UCSC; Paul Lubeck, UCSC; Jonathan Fox, UCSC
9:30-10:45 Discussion 1: Local/National Impacts of Transnational World Bank Advocacy Campaigns
Discussant:
Michael Watts, UC Berkeley
"Searching for Common Ground – Transnational Advocacy Networks and Environmentally Sustainable Development in Amazónia" Maria Rodrigues, College of the Holy Cross
"Countering Corporate Influence at the World Bank: The Mobilization of Transnational Coalitions to Promote Sustainable Community-based Development"
**ABSTRACT**
Marcia Iishii-Eiteman, Pesticide Action Network North America
** "The World Bank Inspection Panel: Lessons from the First Five Years"

**PLEASE NOTE: This is a large file (3.8 MB) and may take several minutes to download.

Jonathan Fox, UCSC
10:45-11:00 Break
11:00-1:00 Discussion 2: Local/National Actors in Transnational Indigenous Rights Networks
Discussant:
Fernando Calderón, UC Berkeley visiting scholar/FLASCO
"Building International Civil Society: Lessons from the Amazon Coalition" Melina Selverston-Scher, Johns Hopkins University
"Global Linkages and the Emergence of Indigenous Collective Action in Nigeria's Niger River Delta" Clifford Bob, Duquesne University
"Indigenous Transcommunalities: Human Rights and Globalization" Guillermo Delgado, UCSC
1:00-2:00 Break
2:00-4:15 Discussion 3: Global Islamic Networks and Human Rights
"Antinomies of Islamic Movements Under Globalization" Discussant:
Paul Lubeck, UCSC
"Vernacularization of Human Rights Discourse: The Case of Mazlumder in Turkey" Hakan Yavuz, University of Utah
"The Globalisation of Islamist Discourse and its Impact in Malaysia and Beyond" Farish A. Noor, Free University, Berlin
"Women Living Under Muslim Laws: Transnational Networking Strategies for Building Civil Societies" Homa Hoodfar, Concordia University, Montreal/Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Network Statement: WLML Homa Hoodfar and Nelofer Pazira, Women Living Under Muslim Laws
Saturday – December 2
8:30-9:00 Coffee
9:00-11:00 Discussion 4: Social and Environmental Dimensions of Trade Advocacy Movements and Organizations
Discussant:
Jonathan Fox, UCSC
"Of Labor Tragedy and Legal Farce: The Han Young Factor Struggle in Tijuana, Mexico" Heather Williams, Pomona College
David Sonnenfeld, Washington State University
Presentation/Outline David Sonnenfeld, Washington State University
"Regulation for the Rest of Us? Global Civil Society, Social Regulation, and National Impacts" Ronnie Lipschutz, UCSC
11:00-1:00 Discussion 5: Grounding Global Feminism: Local Effects of the Transnationalization of Gender Discourses and Feminist Practices
Discussants:
Sonia Alvarez, UCSC and Raka Ray, UC Berkeley
"Global Gender Norms, Donor Activities, and Local Realities: A Case Study from Turkey" Nuket Kardam, Monterey Institute of International Studies;
"The Effects of "Transnationalism Reversed" in Venezuela: Assessing the Impact of UN Global Conferences on the Women’s Movement" Elisabeth Friedman, Barnard College
"Cross-Border Talk: Transnational Perspectives on Labor, Race and Sexuality" Teresa Carrillo, San Francisco State University
1:00-2:00 Break
2:00-3:30 Cross-Cutting Comparative Lessons and Research Strategies
followed by open discussion
Ronnie Lipschutz, UCSC
Sonia Alvarez, UCSC
3:30 Adjourn
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