we're all together, and that we're all looking for the same thing. I think that something that everyone's talking about and something that I want to highlight, is that we need to be talking about democracy of the earth in general. Not only talking about women and women rights, but talking about pretty much the planet -- who are we, what's our role in the planet, and what is the democracy of the earth, what should we be doing for the earth, for us, and for the men too -- because they are the victims! I've met some amazing people and I think the only way to actually achieve what we are trying to do in our country is create networks, to pretty much build, and to sew, and to weave networks. And I think that's an important thing here. And I think that in spite of what we talk and what we achieve and what we reach during these three days of conference, the best thing is actually gaining all these contacts and networks to make this fight more powerful. JG: Nayereh Tohidi is an Iranian academic lecturing in America. NT: As an academic, I am not necessarily learning anything new theoretically. But it refreshes and polishes my academic thinking. It makes many of the ideas, you know abstract ideas that we read in books and teach everyday in our classes, more real and kind of a reality check for me to see ok, what in those theories are