International Women's Day Panel Discussion: THE STAKES OF FEMINISM IN EUROPE

WHAT ARE THE NEW CHALLENGES FOR A FEMINIST EUROPE OF THE FUTURE?

This International Women’s Day event, jointly organised by the French Embassy in Ireland, which holds the Presidency of the EU council, the Goethe-Institute Irland and the German Embassy in Ireland as well as Trinity College Dublin will welcome distinguished panellists, Mary Robinson, Laure Adler, and Emilia Roig for a conversation on the new stakes of feminism in Europe.

In many countries, the feminist mobilisation of recent years has led to massive progress: in Ireland, abortion has been decriminalised and in France, medically assisted reproduction is open to all women. After MeToo, the time has come for women to recognise their power through sisterhood, solidarity and recognition, not only from other women, but also from men.


Three women who have always been committed to the causes of women in Ireland, France, and Germany will assess whether our diverse challenges should lead us to rephrase the demands of European feminists based on:

• Gender equality and economic recovery in the challenge of climate change
• Sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) and rule of law
• Fight against sexual and gender-based violence
• Convergences between intersectional and universalist approaches to feminism

Opening remarks by Linda Doyle, Provost of Trinity College Dublin and H.E. Vincent Guérend, French Ambassador to Ireland.

This panel discussion, moderated by Dr Catherine Lawless, Director, Centre for Gender and Women's Studies, School of Histories and Humanities, Trinity College Dublin, will take place in Trinity Business School's Dargan Theatre.

Dargan Theatre, Trinity Business School
Trinity College Dublin
Dublin 2
D02 VR66

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About the speakers:

© Mary Robinson

Mary Robinson, former President of Ireland

Mary Robinson is Adjunct Professor for Climate Justice in Trinity College Dublin and Chair of The Elders. She served as President of Ireland from 1990-1997 and UN High Commissioner for Human Rights from 1997-2002.
A former President of the International Commission of Jurists and former chair of the Council of Women World Leaders she was President and founder of Realizing Rights: The Ethical Globalization Initiative from 2002-2010 and served as Honorary President of Oxfam International from 2002-2012. She was Chancellor of the University of Dublin from 1998 to 2019.
Mary’s memoir, ‘Everybody Matters’ was published in September 2012 and her book, ‘Climate Justice - Hope, Resilience and the Fight for a Sustainable Future’ was published in September 2018. She is also co-host of a podcast on the climate crisis, called ‘Mothers of Invention’.

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Laure Adler, A fighter for feminism
Holding an MA in philosophy and a doctorate in history, Laure Adler began her career at France Culture in 1974 as a journalist. From 1999 to 2005, Laure Adler directed France Culture. Her career path also led her into the world of publishing, where she worked with the publishers Payot, Denoël and Plon and joined Grasset in 1997 as head of essays and documents.
Since 2016 she has hosted the L´Heure bleue programme on France Inter. Historian, journalist, presenter, writer, editor, biographer of Marguerite Duras, Françoise Giroud, Hannah Arendt, and Simone Weil, Laure Adler wears many hats. However, there is one that she never departs from: feminist. A feminist who, in the wake of the Weinstein affair, signed a petition against sexual violence.

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Emilia Roig, A champion for intersectional social justice
Emilia Roig (she/they) is the Founder and Executive Director of the Berlin-based Center for Intersectional Justice (CIJ), a non-profit organisation dedicated to advancing justice, equality, and a life free of systemic oppression for all. Emilia has taught graduate and post-graduate courses on Intersectionality Theory, Postcolonial Studies, Critical Race Theory, Queer Feminism, and International and European Law at universities all across Europe.
Prior to her PhD, she worked extensively on human rights issues at the UN in Tanzania and Uganda, at the German Agency for International Cooperation (GIZ) in Cambodia, and at Amnesty International in Germany - and decided to leave the ‘development’ field to focus on social justice in Europe. She is the author of the bestselling book WHY WE MATTER. The End of Oppression.