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Afternoon Program

A Candid Conversation With:

Navanethem Pillay
Judge, International Criminal Court
Formerly Judge President, UN International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda
Leader in designating rape as a war crime

Kathryn Rodgers
President, Legal Momentum
Leader in Efforts to Advance the Violence Against Women Act

Carroll Bogert
Associate Director responsible for External Relations, Human Rights Watch
Veteran of International News Reporting

Moderated by Mirta Ojito
Author and Visiting Professor of Journalism at Columbia University

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These extraordinary women discussed the potential – and challenges – of advancing Women’s Human Rights through International Law, International Media, and Women’s Leadership.

Co-sponsored by

Catalyst, Inc.
Center for Gender in Organizations, Simmons School of Management
Center for the Study of Gender & Sexuality, New York University
Center for Women in Government & Civil Society, University of Albany ,
State University of New York
Feminist Press at the City University of New York
Institute for Research on Women and Gender, Columbia University
Institute for Women’s Policy Research
Institute for Women & Work at Cornell University
Marymount Institute for the Education of Women and Girls
Ms. Foundation for Women
Smith College Project on Women & Social Change
Wellesley Centers for Women

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