I wonder if it wouldn’t be worthwhile
for the FEAST Steering Committee to write for us all in response to this.
The correspondence could be included on the webpage under some appropriate
rubric.
Joan
From:
Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 11:29
AM
To:
Subject: Re: Feminism = Shamanism
- International Conference on Human Rights Doesn
Speechless. I
Hilde
At 10:30 AM 6/3/2008, you wrote:
There are so many insults
in this response it is hard to know where to begin but one place is the writer
Thanks for taking this on, Robin.
Alison.
On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 3:19 AM, Robin Fiore <[log in to unmask]>
wrote:
Dear FEASTers
Continuing my quest to
raise consciousness when I see conferences
organized with only men or mostly men as
invited/keynoters, I received the
astonishing reply pasted below (scroll further down to
see conference
announcement). I hope you and those in your varius
networks will let the the
conference organozers know what you think directly.
Best,
Robin
Robin N. Fiore, PhD
Department of
Philosophy AH-110
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Message-----
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Sent: Tuesday, June 03, 2008 4:02 AM
Cc: M. Ghari; Martin Buijsen
Subject: Re: [Fwd: RE: Invitation to a biomedicine
convention conference]
Dear Robin (if I may),
Thank you for the
interesting opinion. The conference organizers have
extensively discussed
the conference themes and speakers in advance.
We
agreed to select
academics with an outstanding scientific reputation
in
their field of
expertise. Secondly, for dialectic reasons we invited
speakers with rather
controversial ideas.
Although the organizers
recognize the scientific relevance of e.g.,
organ donation and
clinical trials from a feminist perspective, our
aim
is - with all respect -
to discuss the themes from a broader
perspective.
To comfort you, I can
say that we have also had some suggestions to
include shamanism and
health care rights as a conference theme, but I
fear that the response
would not be that overwhelming as it is now.
Secondly, two other
invited speakers were women but to
capable/willing
to write a contribution
for the conference book, a precondition for
invited speakers.
Nonetheless, I feel confident that our colleague
and
friend Deirdre Madden
will intrigue the audience, which exists for 61
percent of women!
Finally, the organizers
are open for your suggestions to organize a
parallel session on
femenist ethics.
I hope to hear from you
soon,,
Andre den Exter
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>
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> Subject: RE:
Invitation to a biomedicine convention conference
>
From: "Robin Fiore" <[log in to unmask]>
>
Date: Mon, June 2, 2008 3:07 pm
>
To: "
>
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>
> Dear Professor
> The International Conference on
Human Rights and Biomedicine
would
> ordinarily be one
of great interest for me and those with whom I
> collaborate.
However, I am surprised and disappointed that only
one of
> eleven speakers is
female. A significant number of human rights
issues can
> only be
appropriately understood and appreciated as situating women
> differently. That
you have neglected this suggests that the
conference
> cannot be as
influential as it might otherwise have been.
>
> In the past, members of feminist
organizations have taken
the position
> that we should not
support conferences and projects where women
were so
> grossly
underrepresented. I look forward to hearing that you have
remedied
> this oversight.
>
> Best,
> Robin
>
>
>
>
> Robin N. Fiore, PhD
>
> Department of Philosophy AH-110
>
>
> PO Box 3091
>
>
> Phone 561-297-3869
> FAX 561-297-2095
>
>
>
>
>
> "Justice will not come...
until those who are not injured
are as
> indignant as those
who are." [Thucydides]
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Mahsa Ghari [ mailto:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Monday, June
02, 2008 4:08 AM
> To:
undisclosed-recipients:
> Subject:
Invitation to a biomedicine convention conference
>
> Dear colleague,
>
>
>
> It is a pleasure to inform you
about a coming scientific
event: the
> International
Conference on Human Rights and Biomedicine (10-12
December
> 2008).
Venue:
>
>
>
> Since 1997, the member states of
the Council of Europe
started the
> process of
ratification of the Convention on Human Rights and
Biomedicine
> (Biomedicine
Convention) committing them to make their laws
compatible with
> the principles and
requirements of this document.
>
>
>
>
The Biomedicine Convention is the first international
document
> formulating
guiding principles on: equitable access to healthcare;
informed
> consent; organ
transplanting and the use of substances of human
origin;
> medical research
on human beings; the protection of the human
embryo and
> fetus, and the use
of medical information.
>
>
>
> Since the Dutch government is
expected to ratify the
Convention, the
>
Center
> organize an
international conference discussing the meaning of the
> Convention
care,
> contemporary
dilemmas in health care (policy), and the Convention
impact
> on national health
legislation and daily (medical) practice.
>
>
>
> The conference provides an
opportunity for discussion among
scholars
> and practitioners
(physicians, lawyers, ethicists, philosophers,
etc.) on
> emerging issues in
biomedicine and human rights.
>
>
>
> List of speakers:
>
>
>
> - Tom Beauchamp (USA), Georgetown
University (USA) (public
lecture)
>
> - John Harris, University of
Manchester (UK) (public
lecture)
>
> - Carlos de Sola (Council of
Europe)
>
> - Carlos Casabona, University of
Deusto (
>
> - Henk ten Have, UNESCO
>
> - Deirdre Madden,
>
> - Herman Nys,
>
> - Tim
>
> - Roberto Andorno, University of
>
> - Elmar Doppelfeld, Scientific
Ethics Committees (
>
> - Rick Lawson (
>
>
>
> Further details and
registration:
> < http://www.biomedicinconvention.nl/>
>
>
>
> Promotion of Young Scholars:
Poster presentation
>
> Postgraduate students and early
career researchers who are
registered
> for the Conference
are invited to present posters on their work,
thereby
> giving them a
unique opportunity to showcase their research in a
visual
> format and
contribute to the generation of ideas and discussion.
>
> Posters may be submitted on any
topic related to
Biomedicine, ethics
> and human rights.
The poster could include an abstract of your
thesis or
> research project,
or some ideas or questions for future research.
>
>
>
> Further details: www.biomedicineconvention.nl
> <
http://www.biomedicinceconvention.nl/>
>
>
>
> We hope to welcome you in
>
>
>
> Yours sincerely,
>
>
>
> Mahsa Ghari and Andre den Exter
>
>
Center
> --
> Mahsa Ghari
> Erasmus Universiteit
> Instituut Beleid, Management
& Gezondheidszorg
> www.Biomedicineconvention.nl
> Info: [log in to unmask]
>
>
>
>
>
>
--
Met vriendelijke groet,
Andre den Exter
Erasmus MC/Erasmus
Universiteit Rotterdam
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