Awareness & Education

An Evening with Human Rights Watch

Submitted by jmumbey on Fri, 03/26/2010 - 10:27am
Date/Time: 
04/08/2010

Join I.M.O.W. for an evening conversation with Liesl Gerntholtz, director of the Women's Rights Division for Human Rights Watch. Human Rights Watch is leading the charge on women's rights around the world. Please join us to hear how Gerntholtz and her team are raising the cost of abuse to bring greater justice and security to women around the world.

Location: 235 Montgomery St., 12th Floor, San Francisco, CA 94104
 
For more information or to purchase tickets:
 
Email: events@imow.org
Call: 415.543.4669 x 27
 
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Dr. Susan Wicklund: The Perils of Providing Abortions

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 12:23pm

Just one month after the death of Dr. George Tiller, the Center for Reproductive Rights released a chilling report that shows abortion providers and their clinics are under siege. A four-month investigation in six states revealed that death threats, break ins, and assaults continue to impede women's access to clinics. Rather than use Tiller's death to make the case that doctors and their patients should be protected, the federal government has done very little. So how should those who believe in a woman's right to have an abortion respond?

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Cecile Richards on the Stupak-Pitts Amendment

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 11:32am

Cecile Richards, President of Planned Parenthood Federation of America, speaks with MSNBC's Chris Matthews about the Stupak-Pitts amendment which would comprise the most severe limitation on a woman's right to access safe and legal abortion care in a generation.

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Statement of Cecile Richards, President of PPFA on the Executive Order of the President on Abortion and Health Care Reform

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 10:40am

"We regret that a pro-choice president of a pro-choice nation was forced to sign an Executive Order that further codifies the proposed anti-choice language in the health care reform bill, originally proposed by Senator Ben Nelson of Nebraska.  What the president’s Executive Order did not do is include the complete and total ban on private health insurance coverage for abortion that Congressman Bart Stupak (D–MI) had insisted upon. So while we regret that this proposed Executive Order has given the imprimatur of the president to Senator Nelson’s language, we are grateful that it does not include the Stupak abortion ban." 

 

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Statement of Cecile Richards, President of PPFA, on House Passing Historic Health Care Reform Bill

Submitted by jmumbey on Thu, 03/25/2010 - 10:33am

“Today is a truly historic day for the American people who have long demanded affordable, quality health care coverage.

The Celebrating Women Breakfast

Submitted by jmumbey on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 4:51pm
Member Organization: 
New York Women's Foundation
Date/Time: 
05/13/2010

The Celebrating Women® Breakfast is the signature event of The New York Women’s Foundation®. It brings together over 2,000 individuals to celebrate the contributions of extraordinary women while raising millions of dollars for the collective effort to eradicate poverty and make New York City a more just and equitable place to live, work and play.
 

Location: New York Hilton

Angela Davis Honors Beverly Guy-Sheftall During NWSA Keynote Address

Submitted by jmumbey on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 4:05pm

Angela Y. Davis is known internationally for her ongoing work to combat all forms of oppression in the U.S. and abroad. She has been active as a student, teacher, writer, scholar, and activist/organizer. Davis served as the keynote speaker for the 2009 National Women's Studies Association's annual conference where she honored Beverly Guy-Sheftall, Ph.D., NWSA President & Anna Julia Cooper Professor of Womens Studies at Spelman College.

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National Women's Studies Association

Jennifer Buffett: Women and Girls Key To Solving Global Poverty

Submitted by jmumbey on Wed, 03/24/2010 - 12:29pm

Jennifer Buffett is a member of the ICRW Leadership Council, a team of high-profile visionaries helping to advance ICRWs mission to empower women, achieve gender equality and fight poverty in the developing world. Each understands the important role ICRW plays in showing that investing in women and girls creates sustainable social and economic change. They know that when women and girls have the confidence to reach their full potential, their families, communities and countries prosper.

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International Center for Research on Women

Cultivating Diversity: Women of Color as Research Scholars

Submitted by jmumbey on Tue, 03/16/2010 - 11:07am
Member Organization: 
Center for Women in Politics & Public Policy
Date/Time: 
04/20/2010

What is research and what role does it play in effecting social change? What does it mean to be a professor and researcher, particularly as a woman of color? Why should women get involved in research as undergraduates and graduate students?
 
Our Spring Women's Research Forum will explore opportunities and challenges facing researchers when addressing social issues. Professors Billie Gastic and Charleen Brantley and graduate student Susan Choy will discuss various ways that students can make a difference through research. Refreshments will be served and all are welcome.

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