Drude Dahlerup spoke  on 'The use of different gender quotas in Arab politics' at the iKNOWpolitics conference in Amman, Jordan, October 27-28, 2009.

Politicians, journalists, and NGOs from Arab countries were present. At a meeting in the Jordanian parliament, chaired by the speaker of the House of Representatives, M. Abdulhadi Al Majali, iKNOWpolitics launched the Arabic version of its popular web site, which already appears in English, French, and Spanish. www.iknowpolitics.org/ar

Earlier in  2009 she has also spoken at various conferences:

Drude Dahlerup gave a speech on 'Can gender quotas contribute to the process of democratization?' at the international conference on Gendered Governance held in Copenhagen for NGOs who work on the empowerment of women around the world. (30.09.09-1.10.09)

Drude Dahlerup was a guest speaker at a meeting of the 4th Annual Conference of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) in Geneva, September 29, 2009, which addressed the theme 'Is parliament open to women? An appraisal.'There were many women and even some male parliamentarians present from most countries in the world - all of them are Chairs or members of their own parliament's Equality Committee or Women's Rights Committee. The fascinating discussion centred on quotas and other strategies for opening up parliaments, on the challenges faced by women inside Parliament, and on how to facilitate gender-sensitive parliaments. She reports that it was heartening to meet one of the first four women ever elected to parliament in Kuwait – terrifically strong woman – and a wise male leader of the equality committee in the Kenyan parliament. Less heartening was the feminist-hating male parliamentarian from a tiny European country (no prizes for guessing!). Documents available on http://www.ipu.org/splz-e/gender09.htm

Drude Dahlerup was the guest speaker at a meeting of the largest Danish business women's organization, Erhvervskvinderne, which is preparing to campaign for a legal minumum of 40% of women on the Boards of Directors  of the biggest Danish companies, following the Norwegian example.(22.09.09) http://www.erhvervskvinder.dk/dk/presse/artikler/erhvervskvinder_kvoteordning_nu.htm

Drude Dahlerup was a guest lecturer, at the  Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales, Madrid, giving five lectures on women’s political representation for diploma students from Europe and Latin America. (20-24.04.09)

Drude Dahlerup was a keynote guest speaker at at a meeting organized by the European Parliament’s Women’s Rights and Gender Equality Committee, celebrating the International Women’s Day (6.03.09)