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INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY 2021
SPEAKER EVENT


Irshad Manji

Women’s Courage: A Conversation with Irshad Manji

To mark International Women’s Day, please join the Leadership Development for Women Working Group for a dynamic and timely conversation with Irshad Manji. Irshad is the founder and director of the Moral Courage Project at New York University, author of three books: Allah, Liberty, and Love (2011), and The Trouble with Islam Today: A Muslim’s Call for Reform in Her Faith (2004) highlight the need for reform in her faith of Islam and are banned in some countries and bestsellers in others. Her most recent book is entitled Don’t Label Me: An Incredible Conversation for Divided Times (2019). Chris Rock calls it “genius.” Not everyone agrees.

Born in Uganda and raised in Canada, she lived in Ottawa as the national affairs editorialist for the Ottawa Citizen and then as chief speechwriter for NDP leader Audrey McLaughlin, the first woman to head a major Canadian political party. Irshad is a recipient of Oprah’s “Chutzpah Award” for boldness.

In this conversation with Irshad, she will share her journey about the ways in which the labels of woman, Muslim, immigrant and lesbian have impacted her path to reconcile seemingly polarizing aspects of her identity with her faith, her relationships and the world at large.

If you missed this engaging conversation, or you would like to watch it again, the recording is now available!