International Studies Program Events

Gender Based Violence
In a Global Context

A Chicago Discussion

When:
Monday, November 20, 2006
6-8pm

Where:
Roosevelt University
430 S. Michigan Avenue
Chicago, IL 60605               map

Discuss issues of Gender Based Violence With:

Dori Dinsmore (Midwest Regional Director, Amnesty International USA): Overview of Gender Based Violence
Lynette A. Jackson (University of Illinois--Chicago) and Natalie Bennett (DePaul University): Gender Based Violence and issues of “Protection” in Sudan
Mardge Cohen (CORE Center) and Mary Fabri (Majorie Kovler Center): Gender Based Violence and HIV in Rwanda
Cathy Christeller (Chicago Women’s AIDS Project) and Celeste Watkins-Hayes (Northwestern University): Structural Violence and HIV in a US Context

The “To Live Again” Project : Rwandan Survivors of Genocide exhibit will be available for viewing and discussion

Refreshments will be served

This event is co-sponsored by: The Chicago Foundation for Women with a grant from the initiative: “What Will It Take? Building the safest state for all woman and girls”, Hektoen Institute, The Marjorie Kovler Center of Heartland Alliance, Women’s Equality in Access to Care and Treatment, and the Institute for the Study of Women and Gender in the Arts and Media of Columbia College, Crossroads Fund, and the UIC International Studies Program