February 17, 2005

International Women's Day Celebration

10th Annual International Womenıs Day Celebration

Saturday, March 12, 2005

Coffman Memorial Union

University of Minnesota

Join us as we celebrate Beijing & ­ ten years of implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action ­ and the strength and diversity of Minnesota women.

Presented by Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights and the Human Rights Program at the University of Minnesota

Keynote speakers:

  • Zainab Salbi, Women for Women International
  • Winona LaDuke, Honor the Earth and White Earth Land Recovery Project

Plenary sessions, workshops, music, dance, film, and display tables from over 50 co-sponsoring organizations

Free and open to the public

Special thanks to the Womenıs Foundation of Minnesota and the following University of Minnesota groups for their generous support:

  • Office for University Women
  • Institute for Global Studies, through a Title VI grant in International Studies from the U.S. Department of Education
  • Center on Women and Public Policy, Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs
  • Human Rights Center
  • Department of Womenıs Studies
  • MacArthur Program/Interdisciplinary Center for the Study of Global Change
  • The Arleen C. Carlson Chair in Political Science

For more information and updates on IWD 2005, see www.mnadvocates.org.

Posted by Marisa Brandt at February 17, 2005 09:35 AM
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