Friday, March 6

International Women’s Day Conference and Luncheon 2009

Women’s Rights as Human Rights

STOP GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE

University of Regina, AdHum Building 5^th Floor  -  REGINA

8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Admission $10 (students $5)

PLEASE CONTACT US FOR A REGISTRATION FORM: SCIC@EARTHBEAT.SK.CA. REGISTER NOW TO BE PART OF THIS IMPORTANT EVENT.  PRE-REGISTRATION WILL HELP THE DAUGHTERS OF AFRICA IN THEIR PREPARATION OF LUNCH.  COME FOR THE ENTIRE DAY – OR JUST FOR LUNCH AND THE KEYNOTE ADDRESS IF THAT’S ALL TIME PERMITS.

Video screening:  The Greatest Silence: Rape in the Congo

Panel discussion:  Women in Conflict Zones

Keynote Address:  “Women’s Rights as Human Rights in Saskatchewan” at noon by Heather Monus of the SK Human Rights Commission.

PRESENTATIONS  - Indigenous Women and Human Rights, Stolen Sisters, Missing Women in a Global Context, Connecting Domestic Violence to Missing & Murdered Women, and What Can We Do.

International Women’s Day conference organized by SCIC, Daughters of Africa, MATCH International, SFL, Prairie Lilies Feminist Society,  and the Women’s Studies Program University of Regina. For more information visit www.earthbeat.sk.ca.