Women In Power In the New World Order [Falmouth]

The Falmouth Memorial Library will host a Camden Conference Community Event on Saturday, January 2, at 11:00 a.m. Join us for this Camden Conference Community Event where Kathleen Sutherland will focus on Africa and the Middle East as examples of this development. Although women’s representation remains limited in many places—and is sometimes more common in authoritarian regimes—their presence in parliaments and public leadership is significant for future generations. It is also important to note that women have often helped initiate revolts, including in Egypt, Syria, Palestine, Libya, Liberia among many other countries.
Presenter Kathleen Sutherland is Associate Professor of Political Science and Women’s Studies Emerita at Bowling Green State University. She was born and spent 35 years in Egypt researching and teaching there at the American University at Cairo She has taught courses on the Middle East and Africa at OLLI since 2005.