Making the Connection:
An International Dialogue on Violence Against Women
Saturday, September 25, 2004
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Redwood Room
California State University, Sacramento
Registration 8:30 am
9 am - 4:30 pm
The 2003 United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) report
"Not a Minute More: Ending Violence Against Women" estimates
that one in three women around the world will be raped, beaten,
coerced into sex or otherwise abused during their lifetime. According
to Human Rights Watch, global abuses against women are relentless,
systematic, and widely tolerated if not explicitly condoned. Violence
against women has been called a global social epidemic. In the face
of the magnitude and complexity of the problem, it would be easy
to feel hopeless. What engenders hope, however, is to learn about
the inspired work that is being done all around the world and to
recognize that significant reforms are occurring because of grassroots
local and international efforts.
Open to all interested women and men, this conference will bring
together students, teachers, professionals, and grassroots activists
interested in the issue of violence against women and children.
International guest participants will share their experiences. The
conference will be informative and inspirational for all-those who
provide direct support for victims of violence, organize communities
around the issue of violence, conduct research and advocate for
policy reform, or who simply want to know how their everyday actions
can contribute to a world in which women are not targets of violence.
The conference will look at personal violence against women using
a global feminist lens and will "connect the dots" so
that participants can see how such violence interrelates with institutional
violence, sexual objectification, a denial of access to health care
or educational opportunities, economic oppression, environmental
violence and war. One key component of this conference is to get
to know each other better and gain a deeper understanding of our
commonalities as women so that we will gain an increased sense of
solidarity, and the ability to connect across borders to share ideas
and support for each others' work.
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Registration is limited to 125 participants.
International Guest Participants include:
Carmencita "Chie" Abad (Saipan)
Lorena Cuéllar Barandiarán (El Salvador)
Joy Ngosi Ezeilo (Nigeria)
Izumi Harada (Japan)
Nejla Shifa (Sri Lanka)
Dr. Soheir Stolba (Egypt)
Gulzar Sukhiyani
Conference Organizers:
CSUS Women's Resource Center
Intertribal Council of California, Inc.
Northern CA Assn. for Women Take Back the Night
Sacramento NOW
TYFFA
UC Davis Campus Violence Prevention Program
Sponsors & Supporters (partial list):
Blackmon & Snellings, LLP
California Women's Agenda
California NOW
CARES: Center for AIDS Research, Education and Services
Center for African Peace and Conflict Resolution
Citrus Heights Women's Center
Coalition Against Slavery & Trafficking
Damore, Hamric & Schneider, Inc.
Global Exchange
Lenihan Law
My Sister's House
Pregnancy Consultation Center
Sacramento Natural Foods COOP
SHARE Institute
Stonewall Democratic Club
Voluntary Legal Services of Northern California
WEAVE
The conference will be followed at 8 pm by a concert in the CSUS
Ballroom featuring Holly Near, a trailblazing feminist singer/songwriter,
whose work for peace and justice remains as timely today as ever.
A reception, open to the public, will be held at 7 pm to honor the
international guest participants at this conference. There is no
charge for the reception.
Tickets for the concert can be purchased at the CSUS box office
or at www.tickets.com. For more information about this event, or
other events commemorating the 25th anniversary of Women Take Back
the Night, call (916) 448-2321, Ext. 520 or check out www.womentakebackthenight.org.
(Please inquire about CEUs and professional credit.)
REGISTRATION FEE*
(includes box lunch) EARLY RATE
(Received by
August 31) REGULAR RATE
(Received by September 15) ON-SITE
(IF space permits)
Students free free $15
Seniors $10 $15 $15
All Others $20 $30 $35
*Partial waivers and scholarships available. Please call 278-7388
for more information.
Questions: (916) 278-7388
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