Social mobilization and political changes in the Middle East through the prism of gender

The current socio-political transformations in the Middle East demonstrate the existence of a process of social change affecting both the political, social, but also family life. Gender relations are a social category around which focus tensions, expressed by state and social violence, which are reactions against the desire for change. The objective of this workshop is to analyze, through the prism of gender, the effects of current changes in several Middle Eastern countries, taking into account the specificities of each country.
The spatial theme will be the thread of that day: we will examine the position of women and men in the "public" spaces, spaces of contestation, "private" family space, border areas. What is the role of social actors in the process of reconstruction of a new social and political order? What are the modes of actions specific to women and men during the protests? What are the consequences for women in terms of vulnerabilities, support and various forms of resistance, particularly in a state-controlled space and society? Finally, we will talk about the resistance of women and men in Syria where young artists create works in which they express their demands through the media and social networks.

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