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Global
Women’s Human Rights Forum
The
University
of
San Francisco
in
California
,
USA
is organizing a Global Women’s Human Rights Forum from March 2-5 ,
2009, bringing together bringing together scholars and activists from
across the world to examine economic, social and political justice
issues facing women.
One
of the panels on March 4 will feature "Interreligious Dialogue
& Justice: Exploring Strategies for Global Development and
Peace" co-sponsored with USF and Vesper Society to address the
effects of religious fundamentalism, whether Christian, Muslim, Hindu,
or other, on women in Africa, Asia and the
Americas
.
It
will be moderated by Lilian LILIAN DUBE, assistant professor of theology
and religious studies at the
University
of
San Francisco
and co-chair of the African studies program.
Panelists
will be TERESIA MBARI HINGA, associate professor of religious studies at
Santa Clara
University
. Born in
Kenya
, Dr. Hinga holds a doctorate in religious studies/African Christianity
from the University of Lancaster, England. Her research focuses on
religion and women's issues, particularly in
Africa
and the ethics of globalization. LOIS ANN LORENTZEN, professor of
social ethics and chair of the department of theology and religious
studies at the University of San Francisco (USF) and co-director of the
Center for Latino Studies of the Americas (CELASA) at USF. She is
the author of many books and articles on immigration, environmental
ethics, bioethics, gender and religion. And MARÍA SUÁREZ TORO, a
journalist, teacher, human rights activist and co-director of the
Feminist International Radio Endeavor (FIRE). She holds a Ph.D. in
education from the University of La Salle in Costa Rica, and is author
of Se Vende Lindo Pais (Lovely Country for Sale) (2001).
The
full program is as follows:
8th
Annual Global Women's Rights Forum
University
of
San Francisco
Monday
March 2, 6-8pm, Berman Hall, Fromm: Immigrant Women's Rights in
California
. Speakers include women from the Lideres
Campesinas organization
(
Salinas
).
Tuesday March 3,
6-8pm, Berman Hall, Fromm: Young Women Organize against HIV/AIDS at Home
and Abroad. Speakers include Joya Banerjee, Founder, Global Youth
Coalition on HIV/AIDS, Shamillah Wilson, Sowilo Leadership Solutions (
South Africa
) and representatives from LYRIC:
Lavender
Youth
Recreation & Information
Center
(
San Francisco
). Moderator: Heather Hoag and members of the Uthombo student
organization
Wednesday March 4, 6-8pm Berman Hall, Fromm: Global Perspectives on
Religious Fundamentalism: Assessing the Impact on Women.
Speakers include Teresia Hinga,
Santa Clara
University
, Maria Suarez Toro,
FIRE:
Feminist International Radio Endeavour (
Costa Rica
) and Lois Lorentzen, Chair, Theology and Religious Studies. Moderator:
Lilian Dube, Theology and Religious Studies.
Thursday, March 5, 1:30-3:30pm, Location TBD: Transnational Feminist
Media Activism. Presentation by Maria Suarez Toro, FIRE.
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