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SUMMARY:'Women's Rights are Human Rights'. The Beijing Platform for Action
 : An Unfinished Agenda  - Melanne Verveer (first US Ambassador for Global 
 Women's Issues)
DTSTART:20130304T170000Z
DTEND:20130304T183000Z
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CONTACT:Ruth Rushworth
DESCRIPTION:Humanitas Visiting Professor in Women's Rights 2013\n\nThe Hum
 anitas Chair in Women's Rights has been made possible by the generous supp
 ort of Mrs Carol Saper.\n\nAmbassador Melanne Verveer\, the first US Ambas
 sador for Global Women's Issues\, will give a series of three public lectu
 res and a concluding symposium on Gender Equality: A Moral and Foreign Pol
 icy Imperative.\n\nThe first lecture will  begin with a look back at the 
 1995 UN 4th World Conference on Women that took place Beijing with a subst
 antive discussion of “women’s rights are human rights” and implicati
 ons for  international law as well as  a personal reflection on the sign
 ificance of Beijing in sparking a global movement for women’s progress. 
 The lecture will cover key areas of the Beijing platform for action\, incl
 uding women’s access to health and education\, the right to full economi
 c and political participation as well as the right to be free from violenc
 e. It will also focus on the status of the girl child and challenges to he
 r advancement.\n
LOCATION:Mill Lane Lecture Room 9
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