EVENT: Women Confronting ISIS: Local Strategies & States’ Responsibilities
Engage with locally-based Iraqi and Syrian women activists and international experts addressing the crisis of women’s human rights under the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS).
Friday, March 6, 2015 | 9:00am – 5:00pm (FREE Entry)
CUNY School of Law | 2 Court Square | Long Island City, NY 11101
Sponsored by: MADRE, Organization of Women’s Freedom in Iraq, Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Nobel Women’s Initiative, International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict
RSVP here https://publicsquare.law.cuny.edu/isis
EVENT: Ending Rape as a Weapon of War
Rape is not an accident of war; it is a weapon of war. Join activists from Nicaragua, Colombia, Iraq and Syria, each with a breakthrough perspective on preventing wartime sexual violence.
Friday, March 13, 2015 | 10:30am – 12:00pm (FREE Entry)
Armenian Convention Center, Ballroom 2 | 630 2nd Avenue | New York, NY 10017
Sponsored by: MADRE, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Women’s International League for Peace and Freedom, Circle of Health International, International Campaign to Stop Rape and Gender Violence in Conflict
RSVP at madre@madre.org
EVENT: Honoring Charlotte Bunch
Join MADRE as Dean Michelle Anderson of CUNY School of Law presents the 2015 Dean’s Social Justice Award to Charlotte Bunch, the Founding Director and Senior Scholar of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership.
Wednesday, March 11, 2015 | 6:00pm – 8:00pm (FREE Entry)
CUNY School of Law | 2 Court Square | Long Island City, NY 11101
Sponsored by: MADRE, CUNY School of Law, Center for Women’s Global Leadership, Sorensen Center for International Peace and Justice
RSVP here https://publicsquare.law.cuny.edu/events/live/bunch
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