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Thursday 24 November 2011, 17:30-18:30
Women's rights in conflict and post-conflict scenarios: with a special focus on widowhood issues, Afghanistan, the DRC and the status of Kurdish women in Turkey
- đ¤ Speaker: Margaret Owen
- đ Date & Time: Thursday 24 November 2011, 17:30 - 18:30
- đ Venue: Garden Room, St Edmund's College, Mount Pleasant, CB3 0BN
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Abstract
Margaret Owen, who read law at Girton College in the ‘50s, is a human rights lawyer, founder and director of the international NGO Widows for Peace through Democracy (WPD) www.widowsforpeace.org, and also a founder member of GAPS -UK (Gender Action on Peace and Security). In recognition of her human rights work, especially on behalf of widows overseas, she was awarded an O.B.E this year.
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