2008 Events

• December 10, 2008 (7:30pm): Charlotte Bunch spoke at Celebration of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights 60th Anniversary and Human Rights Concert, featuring A Flame in the Dark, Proshansky Auditorium, CUNY Graduate Center, New York, NY
• November 25-December 10, 2008: 16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence, dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.
• November 14-17, 2008: CWGL events at Power of Movements: The AWID International Forum on Women's Rights and Development, Cape Town, South Africa
• November 1-December 31, 2008: Human Rights from Rutgers University Collections sponsored by Rutgers Libraries and the Center for Women’s Global Leadership
• October 29, 2008 (7pm): Lecture and book signing event with Vivian Stringer, sponsored by Rutgers University Libraries, Douglass Residential College, Institute for Women's Leadership, Center for Women's Global Leadership and the Institute for Research on Women , Multipurpose Room, Cook campus, NJ, To reserve a seat please send email to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.
• October 14, 2008: 30th Anniversary Gala & SAGE Awards, SAGE, New York, NY
• featuring Mary Jane Real, Coordinator of the International Campaign on Women Human Rights Defenders and Visiting Global Associate, sponsored by CWGL and the Institute for Research on Women, Ruth Dill Johnson Crockett Building, Rutgers University, RSVP to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. by October 3rd
• September 23, 2008 (2-5pm): Feminist Task Force-GCAP and the Women of Color Policy Network-NYU presents Women's Tribunal on Poverty and the MDGs, Church Center, NY
• September 18, 2008 (10:15-11:45am): The NGO Committee on the Status of Women presents, Moving Ahead: Gender Equality Architecture at the United Nations, Church Center, NY, 11th Floor
• September 18, 2008 (4:30pm): Institute for Research on Women (IRW) Distinguished Lecture Series, Passionate Politics: The Intersection of Gender, Culture, and Human Rights, New Jersey. RSVP for the 3:30pm Reception to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or by calling 732-932-1463, ext. 675
• June 17 & 19, 2008: The Human Rights Watch International Film Festival in association with CWGL, The ENOUGH Project, and the Human Rights House of Douglass Residential College, Rutgers University presented The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo in New York City, USA. For more information, click here.
• June 5-7, 2008: Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, served as a panelist in Critical Global Feminist Projects Today: Strategies for Action, Hitting the Ground Running: Research, Activism, and Leadership for a New Era, National Council on Research for Women (NCRW), NYU Kimmel Center http://www.ncrw.org
• April 15, 2008: Charlotte Bunch, Executive Director, spoke at Taking Stock: Feminism and 60 Years of UDHR, Wellesley College, Massachusetts http://www.wellesley.edu
• February 25-March 7, 2008: UN Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), 52nd session, UN Headquarters, NY http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/52sess.htm. For CWGL and other events during the CSW, click here.
• March 4, 2008: Human Rights for Women ‹–› Human Rights For All: Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR), convened by CWGL and co-sponsored by NGO Committee on the Status of Women, Amnesty International, AWID, Madre, the Global Fund for Women, and the international coalition of the Women Won't Wait. End Violence Against Women and HIV/AIDS. Now. campaign. For flyer click here.
• January 24, 2008 (4:30-6:30pm): Addressing Sexual Violence in the Democratic Republic of the Congo: The Role of Local Activists, co-sponsored by Rights & Democracy, MADRE, CWGL and the NGO Working Group on Women, Peace and Security, Church Center, 777 UN Plaza, 2nd Floor, NY, NY.