Faith and Women’s Rights: The Role of Religion

The Harvard Center for African Studies will host the Folorunso Alakija Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life in Africa on the topic: Faith and Women’s Rights: The Role of Religion.

Speakers:
- Dr. Angela Dwamena-Aboagye (Lawyer, Women’s Empowerment Advocate & Executive Director of The Ark Foundation, Ghana)
- Professor Sarojini Nadar (Desmond Tutu South African Research Chair in Religion and Social Justice at the University of the Western Cape, South Africa)
- Dr. Fatou Sow (Researcher in Sociology, University Cheikh Anta Diop, Dakar, Senegal & University Paris Diderot, France)
- Moderated by Professor Leila Ahmed (Victor S. Thomas Research Professor of Divinity at the Harvard Divinity School)


This Folorunso Alakija Distinguished Lecture on Religion and Public Life in Africa provides a platform for the Harvard University Center for African Studies to connect faith leaders with the Harvard community and beyond in a conversation about the constantly shifting and contested boundary between the secular and the sacred, the public and the private.

ORGANIZER: Harvard Center for African Studies

WEBSITE: https://harvard.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_YCTW7pbDRuO-Go28rEEhtA