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International Women’s Day 2022
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Slideshow of the Namaxia exhibition
Changing Climates 改變「氣」「氛」!
International Women’s Day 2022 (IWD) offers a special opportunity for The Museum of World Religions and Red Room Association to host and promote discussions about the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women in Taiwan.
Having hosted IWD events in each of the last seven years, spanning art, performance, seminars and educational experiences, Red Room is especially excited to partner with another Taiwan-based non-profit to amplify this year’s IWD celebration. As two of Taiwan’s foremost cultural organizations, The Museum of World Religions and Red Room will form the leading voice for women in Taiwan this March.
寶島話匣子 Formosa Tales – Namaxia 2022
We are excited to announce a second round of Formosa Tales, the Women Beyond Borders Box Project. This year, the Red Room is partnering with Women’s Nest, an NGO for indigenous women from the Bunan, Kanakanavu and Sara Peoples in Kaohsiung.
International Women’s Day 2022 (IWD) features a theme of “Changing Climates
Gender equality today for a sustainable tomorrow”, envisioning a world that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive, a world in which difference is valued and celebrated.
Program: 10:00-14:00
- Salon style panel discussion and dialogue 沙龍式論壇
- 10:00 AM: Doors open
- 10:15 AM: Keynote Introduction to the Museum by Director Ma Yu-Chuan
馬幼娟館長介紹世界宗教博物館 - 10:30 AM: Panel 1 “Soft Skills for Today’s World” 論壇1: 「面對世界的變化，我們要具備什麼樣的軟實力」
Panelists: 李安妮 An-ny Lee, Malabika Das, 張玉玲 Christie Chang - 11:20 AM: Panel 2 “Changing Narratives in the Workplace” 論壇2: 「改變職場的敘事方式」
Panelists: Sana Hashmi,呂木蘭 Lu Mu Lan, Anita Chen 陳佳惠, Syeda Zehra. - 12:00-13:00: Open Networking and Refreshments 自由交流與餐點 （請於表單註冊時報名參加）
- 13:00-14:00: Museum Tour (optional) 參觀世界宗教博物館（請於活動表單註冊時註明）
In Mandarin and English 活動以中英文進行
COVID Notice 防疫須知:
參與者及人數須配合政府新冠肺炎防疫作為及安全措施。
Attendance capacity will be adhering to the COVID regulations for safety and sanitation reasons.
- Power of Women Art Exhibition Opening
- Music and Celebration
- Networking
This international Women’s day we celebrate Changing Climates, gender equality and a sustainable future on Mother Earth. This exhibition seeks to share the artists’ interpretations of the Power of Women. Perhaps it is redundant to say the two words together, let us share in celebration the art and the ideas this title evokes.
International Women’s Day 2022 (IWD) offers a special opportunity for The Museum of World Religions and Red Room Association to host and promote discussions about the social, economic, cultural, and political achievements of women in Taiwan.
Program: 19:30~21:30
- 開幕演出 Opening song by Rajat Subhra Karmakar and Manjistha Tracy Fang
- 綠度母心咒 張玉玲 Green Tara Mantra by Dr. Christie Chang
- 愛如花如種 李竺芯 Love as flower and seed by Siri Lee
- 國際婦女節四重奏 Women’s Day Quartet (IWD BAND)
- 藝術家致詞及藝展啟動 Artist Talk and exhibition opening
- 特邀嘉賓演出 Special Guest Performances: Penny Su and Mimi, Indian Dance by Arpita, Tribute to Lata Mangeshkar by Titisha and Ryohei, Ali & Mona on Daf.
- 國際婦女節四重奏 Women’s Day Quartet (IWD BAND)
**RSVP: neti.cc/9Yz5P0M
COVID Notice 防疫須知:
參與者及人數須配合政府新冠肺炎防疫作為及安全措施。
Attendance capacity will be adhering to the COVID regulations for safety and sanitation reasons.
International Women’s Day 2022 is coming up and we are excited to announce a second round of Formosa Tales, the Women Beyond Borders Box Project. This year, the Red Room is partnering with Women’s Nest, an NGO for indigenous women from the Bunan, Kanakanavu and Sara Peoples in Kaohsiung.
Our stories will be united with hundreds of women’s stories from around the world. Red Room is excited to be a part of this movement and we invite all women, of all nationalities living on our beautiful island of Taiwan, to join us.
**PROGRAM:
12th afternoon arrival and tour of Namaxia
Participants from Taipei are given a chance to see the mountain environment and get to know our host, the Women’s Nest, an NGO.
Arrival at Tea Time Namaxia
- 3pm arrival
- 4pm mountain tour (No charge/donation appreciated)
- 6:30 pm dinner at NingNi guest house (paid by attendee)
*Yellow Zebra food (for vegetarians only, charge forwarded to Women’s Nest) - 7:30 pm Outdoor nature inspired Movement and Meditation Activity by Malabika
13th morning opening of exhibition and sharing circles.
Sunday, 13th World Women’s Day, RR/Women’s Nest Activity (No charge/donation appreciated)
- 8:30 am Group breakfast
- 9:30 am Traditional Indigenous Opening Ceremony begins
- 10am Exhibition Morning Mingle/Sharing
* Apuu – Women’s Nest Intro, Christine – WBB box project intro, Roma – Red Room Intro
* Box Story (Reading) - 11am 1st Sharing Circle
- 12pm Red Room Veggie Lunch Pot
- 1pm 2nd Sharing Circle (if needed)
- 1:30pm Movement (Coming Together/Exchange led by Linda Ting)
- 2pm Closing Ceremony with tree planting
- 2:30pm CLOSE
**For those who will be joining on the 12th, please make your own arrangements with the guest house. The Ningni Guest House comes highly recommended.
Link: https://www.facebook.com/pages/寧妮谷民宿-Ningni-Guest-House/299068930196808
* *RSVP:
https://redroomtaipei.neticrm.tw/…/event/register…
Save the date. More details will follow soon!
Organisers:
Red Room Taipei
Women’s Nest
R.A.R.E
Supported by:
Granola House
Sir Speedy Tianmu
Panelists for Changing Climates 改變「氣」「氛」! 2022
#BreakTheBias #IWD2022
Dr. Christie (Yu-ling) Chang
Dr. Christie (Yu-ling) Chang is a leading Buddhist activist. Among other things, she is prominently active in Sakyadhita（meaning “Daughters of the Buddha”）International Association of Buddhist Women – an organisation she headed between 2009-2013 and has continued to lead its International Conference Planning Committee until 2020. Since 2017, Dr. Chang has also been elected as one of the eight Joint-Presidents of the International Buddhist Confederation , and she has also been the Chair of the Steering Committee for the International Lay Buddhist Forum (ILBF) between 2014 and 2019. Professionally, Dr. Chang is a prolific linguist, translator and educator, leading CIEE (Council on International Educational Exchange) study abroad programs at National Chengchi University in Taipei between 2001 and 2020. Dr. Chang has won various awards, both nationally and internationally, such as Mentor of the Year Award (2003) in Taiwan, and Buddhist Peace Activist Award from India (2016), International Tara Award from Thailand (2017), and Outstanding Women in Buddhism Award (Thailand, 2018).
Currently, Dr. Chang has continued to serve as the President of Sakyadhita Taiwan, and during this pandemic, Dr. Chang remains active in speaking and/or moderating online webinars while writing, upon requests, for various organizations and/or publications. Recently, Dr. Christie Chang has also started spreading the Dharma through singing. Her first album, “M. Sam in the Met(t)verse” has just been released during this Lunar New Year of the Tiger.
Sana Hashmi
Sana Hashmi, Ph.D., is Visiting Fellow at Taiwan-Asia Exchange Foundation since March 2021. She is an affiliated scholar with the Research Institute for Indo-Pacific Affairs (RIIPA). Her primary research focuses on Taiwan’s foreign relations, China’s foreign policy, Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy, Taiwan-India relations, China’s territorial disputes, Indo-Pacific, and Asian security.
She was Taiwan’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs Fellow at the Institute of International Relations, National Chengchi University in 2020. She is a former Consultant in the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA), Government of India, where she worked on the Southeast Asian region and the Indo-Pacific with a focus on China from 2016-19. In 2017, she was named United Kingdom’s next-gen foreign and security policy scholar.
Before MEA, she was with the Centre for Air Power Studies (CAPS) from 2011-2016. She has also worked at South Asia Forum for Human Rights (SAFHR), Central Tibetan Administration (CTA), and Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses (IDSA).
She holds MPhil and Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She has published several book chapters, policy papers, articles in journals, magazines, web portals, and newspaper articles. She is the author of the book, China’s Approach towards Territorial Disputes: Lessons and Prospects (New Delhi: Knowledge World, 2016).
She is currently working on a book project on Situating India in Taiwan’s New Southbound Policy. She can be reached at sanahashmi2@gmail.com, and she tweets at @sanahashmi1.
Dr. Malabika Das
Dr. Malabika Das is a trauma informed and community based integrative social worker and wellness specialist from the United States- currently residing in Taipei. She is an Adjunct Faculty at National Taiwan University, where she teaches about wellbeing, self-development and social work. She is also a Post-Doctoral Researcher studying self compassion, stress and joy in university students. She is passionate about integrating evidence-based, trauma-informed, holistic and embodiment modalities in work with trauma survivors. She facilitates yoga and wellness workshops, courses and retreats that combine body-mind spirit wellbeing, resilience building and stress reduction techniques.
She holds a BA in Urban and Regional Planning from the University of Illinois, a Masters in Social Work from Columbia University and a PhD in Social Work from the University of Hong Kong where she studied the psychosocial impact of the micro-to macro environment on people displaced by conflict. She is trained and certified in several integrative and holistic healing modalities including yoga, energy and bodywork from different regions of Asia.
李安妮 Anny Lee
李安妮老師是 The Moon Den 月亮屋的創辦者。出生在台灣，九歲移民到美國，
她擁有20多年的經驗在許多國家擔任身體心理諮商師、瑜珈老師以及肢體療法師，
帶領自我成長工作坊，幫助人們連接身心的智慧，鼓勵每個人成為懂得愛自己，
獨立的個體。他的課程包括《培養女性性能量》、《親密關係》、《創傷修復》。
Anny Lee is the founder of the Moon Den. She was born in Taiwan and moved to the U.S. when she was 9 years old. She has more than 20 years of experience working as a body-centered psychotherapist, yoga teacher, and bodyworker in many countries.She leads workshops to help people connect to the wisdom of the heart and the body, encouraging everyone to individuate and connect to the Love within. Her courses include Cultivating Female Sexual Energy, Conscious Relationship, and Trauma Recovery.
呂木蘭 Lu Mu Lan
致力於環境教育融入性別觀點與行動。
設計創意多元的教學方式～設計將歌謠傳唱、田野小旅行、手作料理或盆栽種植等動態課程。
生動活潑地把性別平等融入在食農與環境教育中。
讓性平與環保的理念，深入淺出地傳遞給不同社群背景的人。
包括帶農村婦女看見生活中的環境與性別 ; 為特殊境遇家庭規劃豐富有趣的親子活動，讓大家體驗有趣的食農手作，又能啟發性平的觀念與行動 ;
經常深入社區，提升民眾的環境與性別意識，鼓勵支持民眾展開改變行動。
目前參加的社團主要有三個：
1 台中市食農教育發展協會 創會理事長
2 台灣性別平等教育協會。
3 主婦聯盟台中分會。
陳佳惠 Anita Chen
Anita Chen is the Deputy Secretary General of GO SMART, an international platform that aims to engage smart cities teams in global governments, industries and institutions. She is also responsible for partnership and strategy in Taiwan Startup Terrace, the largest startup hub & ecosystem conducted by the Ministry of Economic Affairs in Taiwan. Before that Anita had spent time in India, Tanzania, Belize and Kenya through both professional and volunteerism giving her a deep understanding on developing cities’ needs.
She has an eye for collaboration between public and private sectors and at the same time sensitive towards government culture, technology trend and organization management. She is dedicated to helping the stakeholders to find their missing pieces and put them together, then map out a better and smarter world.
Syeda Zehra
I am Syeda Zehra and I belong to Pakistan. I am a Ph.D. scholar at National Taiwan University under the prestigious scholarship program Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP). My research is on plastic recycling and carbon dioxide recycling.
We acknowledge Taiwanese Indigenous Peoples as First Nations Peoples as the Traditional Owners and Custodians of the land and give respect to the Elders – past and present – and through them to all Indigenous Taiwanese peoples.