The Freeman Center for International Economic Policy sponsors the Global Policy Seminar/Workshop series every other Tuesday from 12:45 to 2:00 pm. All sessions are held in the Stassen Room (Room 170) of the Humphrey Center. The next talk is:
December 8 - John Freeman on American Political Attitudes and Globalization
Freeman Center for International Economic Policy,
Hubert H. Humphrey Institute of Public Affairs, presents a
Workshop on Global Policy
Professor Fionnuala Ní Aoláin
Law School
will speak on:
Gender, Transition and Conflict
12:45 - 2:00 pm
Tuesday, November 24
170 HHH - Stassen Room
Humphrey Institute, West Bank Campus
Professor Ní Aoláin will draw on a book in progress to discuss the ways in which women experience
transitions from conflicted and violent societies. The book and the talk will examine the multiple forms of
violence that pervade conflicted societies and how legal sanction often fails to fully capture its effects for women.
The discussion will also focus on a number of the dimensions that are engaged in transitional societies
including Amnesty, Security Sector Reform, Reparations,
and Rule of Law transformations.
All are welcome!
Beverages and cookies will be served
(Continue Reading)November 23rd, 2009Wednesday, December 2, 2009 at 7:00 p.m.
Arlington Hills Branch Library
1105 Greenbrier St., St. Paul
"Frontrunner" tells the heroic story of Massouda Jalal, a medical doctor and mother of three, who defied the Taliban regime and ran for President of Afghanistan. Discussion hosted by Cheryl Thomas, Director of the Women's Human Rights Program, to follow.
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 from 12:00-1:00 p.m.
Fredrikson & Byron, P.A. Minnetonka/Tamarack Room
200 South Sixth Street, Suite 4000, Minneapolis
Presenters: Robin Phillips, Executive Director, and Cheryl Thomas, Director of the Women's Human Rights Program.
Friday, December 4, 2009
8:00 am
St. Paul RiverCentre
175 Kellogg Blvd.
Saint Paul, MN 55102