Monday, February 19, 2007
THE CAMPAIGN TO END LEGAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS IN IRAN
The 51st session of the UN Commission on the Status of Women will be meeting in NY starting the last week of Feb. This panel will be addressing the Legal Discrimination Against Women and Girls and also the practice of "Stoning" in Iran. Yakin Erturk, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women has been Invited and hopefully will be able to attend. This panel will give more visibility to the issue of the Legal Discrimination Against Women and Girls in Iran.
PANEL: THE CAMPAIGN TO END LEGAL DISCRIMINATION AGAINST WOMEN & GIRLS IN IRAN
UN COMMISSION ON THE STATUS OF WOMEN 2007
FEBRUARY 28, 2007
10:00 AM - 11:45 AM
Church Center
*Yakin Erturk, UN Special Rapporteur on Violence Against Women (Invited)
*Dr. Mehrangiz Kar, Visiting Scholar & Researcher, Harvard University Law School - Human Rights Program, Iran/USA
*Jacqui Hunt, Director, Equality Now, England
*Elahe Amani, Chair, Coalition of Women from Asia & the Middle East (CWAME) & Board Member of Women Intercultural Network (WIN), USA
*Lois A. Herman, Coordinator-WUNRN, Women's UN Report Network, Global
*Dianne Post, Attorney at Law, Transnational Women Rights Defender, USA
*Sanam Dolatshahi, Feminist Journalist, Student, Iran/USA
*Dr. Soheila Vahdati, Coordinator - Stop Stoning Forever Campaign, Iran/USA (Moderator)
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