The Georgetown Women’s Law & Public Policy Fellowship Program (WLPPFP) invites you to attend a Congressional Briefing on Women's Human Rights in Africa
Friday, March 20, 2009, 2:00 p.m.
Room HC-8, U.S. Capitol Building
Featuring presentations by the 2008-2009
Leadership and Advocacy for Women in Africa (LAWA) Fellows:
Jane Quaye, LAWA Fellow from Ghana: Accessing the Formal Justice System in Ghana from a Human Rights Perspective: Making the Case for Victims of Gender-Based Violence
Janet Maina, LAWA Fellow from Kenya: Promoting Equality in Kenyan Education through Gender-Sensitive Budgeting
Emilia Lobti, LAWA Fellow from Cameroon: Using International Human Rights Instruments to Address “Pullakoh” and Psychological Violence against Women in Cameroon
Jane Kamangu, LAWA Fellow from Kenya: The Principles of Non-Discrimination and Equal Protection of the Law: A Case Study of Unwed Mothers and Children Born out of Wedlock in Kenya
Moza Jadeed, LAWA Fellow from Kenya: The Status of Child Domestic Workers in Kenya: A Violation of Girls’ Rights
Elizabeth Atenmkeng, LAWA Fellow from Cameroon: Customary Law, Widow Inheritance Rights, and Access to Justice in Cameroon
Moderated by Julia L. Ernst, Executive Director, Georgetown Law's WLPPFP/LAWA Program
Please RSVP by March 18 to jle24@law.georgetown.edu
to ensure your name is on the list to enter the U.S. Capitol Building.
The Enough Project, in partnership with STAND, hosts a speakers’ tour on college campuses to educate students about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls.
The Enough Project, in partnership with STAND, hosts a speakers’ tour on college campuses to educate students about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls.
The Enough Project, in partnership with STAND, hosts a speakers’ tour on college campuses to educate students about the conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo and the resulting epidemic of sexual violence against women and girls.
William and Mary will host the next stop of the speakers’ tour. The event will include video clips of interviews from the field and messages from celebrities and other spokespeople. A question and answer session and reception will follow.
Enough Project Co-chair John Prendergast will be presending a public lecture on "Stopping Genocide and Mass Atrocities in the 21st Century" Eckerd College.
“The Darfur Genocide: What You Can Do To Help End It”
John Prendergast, co-author of Not On Our Watch: The Mission to End Genocide in Darfur and Beyond, will speak at the University of Vermont on Monday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. in the Grand Maple Ballroom of the Dudley H. Davis Center. His presentation is titled "The Darfur Genocide: What You Can Do to Help End It."
Prendergast is co-chair of the Enough Project, an initiative to end genocide and crimes against humanity. He is an internationally renowned activist, former government official, and the author of eight books on Africa, including the above New York Times bestseller that he co-wrote with actor Don Cheadle, who was nominated for an Academy Award for his work in Hotel Rwanda.
While on campus Prendergast will address classes, meet with UVM STAND (Students Taking Action Now: Darfur), and other individuals and groups seeking to help find a solution to international conflicts, especially those in Darfur and the Congo. He will also be available to speak to the media from 2 p.m. to 3 p.m. in Old Mill, Room 523.
During the Clinton administration Prendergast served as the National Security Council's director of African affairs and was special advisor at the Department of State. With NBA stars Tracy McGrady and Derek Fisher, he co-founded the Darfur Dream Team Sister Schools Program, which connects schools in the United States with schools in the Darfur refugee camps.
Prendergast's op-eds have appeared in The New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, and he has been profiled in Vanity Fair, Men's Vogue, the Washington Post, and Philadelphia Inquirer. Prendergast is a visiting professor at the University of San Diego and the American University in Cairo.
