16
Days of Activism
Against
Gender Violence
November 25- December 10, 1991
Ø “Violence
vs. Women Violates Human Rights”- A Vigil Bard Chapel, Bard Coll., Anondale NY
Ø 16 Days of Activism vs. Gender Violence, NY event. Local & International women’s groups meet to raise awareness, network and celebrate women’s efforts to secure their human rights-launch petition to UN speak-outs, poetry, music and much more. 777 UN Plaza (44th & 1st), call Niamh 932-8782
Ø Thanksgiving
Break
Ø Health
and Violations of Human Rights
Gender Violence: A
Health Issue-Metlars Lounge CAC
Meredith Turshen,
Women’s Health in Africa
Evelyne
Longchamp-Haitian Woman’s Program, NYC
Other speaker to
be announced-call Ingrid 745-8924
Ø Women in Abusive Relationships: A Workshop Sponsored by SASHA with a speaker from Women Aware-Scott Hall, call Bhairavi for room at 878-2097
Ø Women
and AIDS in Africa, Meredith Turshen
Institute for
Research on Women, 27 Clifton Ave.
CISPES-Central
American Women Confront War
Ester
Cruz-Plainfield Refugee Center
Jean-Marie Simon,
Americas Watch Photojournalist
Angelica Arevela,
FMLN representative
For Info. On
location & time call Lisa: 247-4317
Ø Women’s
Studies Gender Group-Forum on Women & AIDS
Voorhees Chapel
Basement, Room 5
§
Activism and the Fight for Visibility
Anne
Narisco-Hyacinth Fund: Women in Jail with AIDS
§
Violence Against Women in the AIDS epidemic:
Stephanie
Harris-Kiper: African-American Women United Against AIDS- role of the
pharmaceutical industry.
§
Jacquelyn Revock, A woman living with HIV
For
information call on location at ACT-UP 247-9404
Ø Feminization
of Poverty-Violations of Human Rights
Theres
Tolomeo-Patterson Coalition for the Homeless
Barbara
Alfer-Women Aware, New Brunswick
Marlene Kim, Labor
Studies, Rutgers and others
RU w/Homeless,
Hunger Project-Call Dorothy 745-8441
Ø Violence
vs Asian Women: A Call for Human Rights
Ninothchka Rosca
(Philippines)-New York Gabriella
Reps from SAKHI
& Comm. VS. Anti-Asian Violence
For more
information on location call Raahi, 745-0077
Ø Montreal
Massacre Memorial/Teach in-Metlars Lounge
Women’s Action
Committee, call Bhairavi 878-2907
Ø Human
Rights Issues: Native American Women
Judi Cornelius,
Bureau of Indian Affairs, Wash. DC
Rosemarie
Dillingham, Office of Minority Health-DC
Marla
Powers-“Oglala women: Myth, Ritual, Reality”
Milledoeller Hall
100, North American Indian Studies Assoc.,
Co-sponsor:
Student Action Union. For more
information call Adriana 214-9676
Ø All
Day Gender & Human Rights Film Festival
Center for Women’s
Global Leadership
27 Clifton Avenue,
Conference Room
Ø Demand
United States Ratification of CEDAW
A Vigil at Isaiah
Wall United Nations Plaza
Followed by a
Women’s Service at Sutton Place Synagogue
All welcome, RSVP
lunch (212)599-2123
Sponsor: B’nai
B’rth Women
Ø Lesbians
confront Violence: Law, Health, Racism
Rutgers Student
Center, Room 411, CAC
Co-sponsored by
More Than You Can Count & WAC
Ø Reproductive
Choice Workshop, call Bhariavi 878-2097
Ø Domestic
Violence: the African-American Community
Debra
Williams-Muhammad, NY Division On Human Rights
Sponsors: DBSC and
ASCPB at the Africana House, DC
Ø Women
Workers and Human Rights: Violence at Work
Leonore Colbert,
Dir. OSHA/Health Program, VP 1199
Jessica
Gavea-United Farm Workers
Brenda Bishop
& Rebecca Johns of ACTU
Sandy Pope,
Coalition of Labor Union Women
Labor Association,
Labor Education Center, call Ken 828-6754
Ø Women
& Human Rights-Domestic & International Conflict
The Final Event-16
Days of Activism Vs. Violence
Shelly Bannister,
Prof. Criminal Justice, NEU (IL)
Kumari Jayawardena
(Sri Lanka) Author, Activist
Ana Lopez-Advocate
for Puerto Rican Political Prisoners
Debra Williams
Muhammad-NY Division On Human Rights
Global Center, 27
Clifton Avenue, Conference Room