| May 2010 |
"Gendered Ageing in India. Socio-political Determinants." International Federation on Ageing. Melbourne. Australia. |
| April 2010 |
"Issues of Secular and Islamic Feminisms." St. Francis College. New York. |
| March 2010 |
"Mothering in the Afghan Diaspora." Society for Applied Anthropology. Merida, Mexico. |
| March 2010 |
Organized a daylong symposium on "Gender and Islam: From Local to the Global Perspectives." Women's Studies. Brooklyn College. New York. |
| March 2010 |
"Feminist Pedagogy: politics of Islam and Gender." Hofstra University. New York. |
| February 2010 |
"Gendered Violence and Conflict in Afghanistan." New York University. New York. |
| October 2009 |
"Dilemmas of Islamic Feminisms." Brooklyn College, NY. |
| October 2009 |
"The Politics of Teaching Gender and Islam in the USA." CUNY Graduate Center. NY. |
| April 2009 |
"Afghanistan in Crisis: Cultural Education and Training." Camp Pendelton, California. |
| March 2009 |
Organized in partnership with Center for Islamic and Arabic Studies a symposium titled: Perspectives on Gender in Muslim Societies. International Women's Day. |
| Nov. 2008 |
"Conflict and Violence against Women in Afghanistan." Kartini-Asian Women's Network. Bali. |
| Sept. 2008 |
"Gendered Violence, War and Human Rights." Orebro University, Sweden. |
| Aug. 2007 |
"Critique of the Human Rights Discourse in Afghanistan." Council of World Affairs. San Diego. |
| April 2006 |
"Afghanistan Unveiled. Voices of Women." University of San Diego. Report on Women in Afghanistan based on my trip to Kabul in March 2006. |
| March 2006 |
SDPI (Sustainable Development Policy Institute), Pakistan Grant. Participate in workshop on The Emergence of the MMA (Islamic Right Wing ) in Pakistan—Book Project. |
| March 2006 |
"Women's lives in Contemporary Afghanistan." California State University-San Marcos. International Women's Day. |
| Feb. 2006 |
Panel discussant on the Series on Terrorism sponsored by the Hansen Institute and World Affairs Council. "Women in Conflict Zones" at the screening of Women Peace Makers—A Documentary. |
| Feb. 2006 |
Discussant and commentator on the play Gum (women in Morocco) produced at University of California-San Diego. |
| Nov. 2005 |
"Gendered Violence in Afghanistan." Workshop on Global Women's Court of Accountability: A Hearing on the Violation of Women's Rights. November 2005. |
| Oct.2004 |
"Role of Women NGOs in Post-Conflict Afghanistan." World
Association of Non-Government Organizations. Budapest, Hungary. Oct. 21-24. |
| July 2004 |
Feminism Contesting Globalization. University College, Dublin,
Ireland.
July 8-10. |
| May 2004 |
"Gender, Empire, Violence: A Case of Afghanistan." Carnegie-Mellon
Workshop. UC-Riverside. May 21. |
| May 2004 |
Feminism and Fundamentalism: Implications for Secularism, Rights
and Patriotism. Feminists Rethink South Asia Workshop. UCSD. San Diego.
May 1-2. |
| Feb.2004 |
"Afghan Women's Rights: Trials and Tribulations." Fourth
Annual Women and Law Conference. Thomas Jefferson School of Law. San Diego.
Feb.20. |
| Oct.2002 |
"History of Women in Afghanistan: Lessons Learnt for the
Future." comitato di difesa sostegno promozione dei diritti donne
afgane. Turin, Italy. Oct.11-12. |
| Oct. 2000 |
"Barbie Goes to India: Impact of Globalization on the
Imaging of Women in India." Annual Meetings on South Asia. University
of Wisconsin, Madison. Oct. 12-15. |
| Sept. 2000 |
"Negotiating Identity and Gender Among Immigrant Muslims." Annual
Druze Studies Conference.
San Diego. Sept. 8. |
| May 2000 |
"Claiming Their Space: Ahmadi Women in North America." Muslim
Identities in North America Conference, University of California, Irvine.
May 3-4. |
| Feb. 2000 |
"University as an Agent of Peacemaker: SDSU Experience." With
Deepak Gupta. Center for the Studies of Geopolitics, Punjab University,
Chandigarh, India. Feb.20-24. |
| Oct.1999 |
"Impact of Globalization on the Images of Older Women
in India." International Symposium. United Nations Department of
Economic and Social Affairs. Oct.13-15. |
| Oct. 2003 |
"Stories of Afghan Women: Making Changes in their Lives." Feminist
Research Colloquia. Department of Women's Studies, SDSU. Oct.22. |
| April 2002 |
"Women
and Islam." Point Loma Nazarene University. April 3. |
| March 2002 |
"Gender, War, and Afghanistan." Hoover High School,
Young Women's Club,
San Diego. March 15. |
| Jan. 2002 |
"Overview of the History of Women in Afghanistan." United
NationsJ Association, San Diego Chapter. Jan. 26. |
| Nov. 2001 |
"Women and War: Feminist Dilemmas, Afghanistan as a Case." Teach-in.
San Diego State
University. Nov. 12. |
| Nov. 2001 |
"Not All Arabs are Muslims, Not All Muslims
are Arabs." Malcolm X Library. San Diego. Nov. 8. |
| Nov. 2001 |
"Afghanistan: Women, Politics and Refugees." University
of California, San Diego. Nov.
29. |
| Sept. 2001 |
"Women in Afghanistan Before and After the Taliban." University
of San Diego. Law School and Amnesty International. Sept. 29. |
| March 2001 |
"Stress, Success and PMS: What Superwoman is Teaching
our Daughters." Roundtable discussion. DURGA: The San Diego Women's
Performance Festival. March
16. |
| April 2001 |
"Diversity in the Workplace: Gender, Race and Class." City
of San Diego: Park and Recreation Department. April 4. |
| June 2001 |
"Status of Asian American Women through US History." Beijing
University, Beijing: China. June 3.June 2001 "Impact of Westernization
on Body and Body Images
of Women in China." Sichuan Normal University, Chengdu: China. June 6. |
| April 2000 |
"Issues and Identities of Asian-American Women." Chinese
University,
Hong Kong. April 5. |
| Oct. 1999 |
"Muslim Immigrant Women in North America." Quaid-i-Azam
University, Islamabad, Pakistan. Oct. 20. |
| Nov. 1999 |
"Strategies to Encounter Domestic Violence among South
Asian Immigrants." Sanctuary---Joining Hands Against Violence. San
Diego.(cannot remember date) |
