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Topic:
Women's Human Rights and Gender Equality 10 Years after the Beijing World Conference on Women
The Platform for Action adopted at the Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing, China in September 1995 was designed to remove "all the obstacles to women's active participation in all spheres of public and private life through a full and equal share in economic, social, cultural and political decision-making." "The principle of shared power and responsibility should be established between women and men at home, in the workplace and in the wider national and international communities." The document has been ratified by 189 countries. Ms. Dehghan, who has been attending all of the special sessions of the Commission on the Status of Women (CSW) to review the implementation of the Beijing Platform for Action for the last 10 years, has just returned from the 2005 conference in NY, which was attended by over 6,000 women from all regions of the world. Ms. Dehghan will give us the latest score card of the countries of the world — plus special comments about Iran, her birthplace. Speaker:
Behjat (Beth) Dehghan has been a human rights activist for over 25 years. She was the founder and president of the Association of Iranian Women – USA (AIWUSA), an association actively involved in advocating Iranian women's rights in US and Europe, including lobbying with members of the U.S. Congress. She has also lectured on Islamic Fundamentalism and Women. She moved to North Carolina in 1997 and established the Association of International Women for Human Rights (AIWHR), which she heads. 49th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women - February 28th to March 11th, 2005 Date and Time:Tuesday, March 29th Place:Oak Room under the Belk Dining Room at Meredith College. Enter the Meredith campus from the Faircloth Road entrance off Wade Avenue, turn right at the stop sign, and follow the road up the hill until there are parking places on both sides of the street — the dining hall will be on your left. If no parking space is open, back track and go left into the staff parking lot. 3800 Hillsborough - Maps: MapQuest Yahoo Click building "2." on the Campus Maps Reservations and Information:Send a check for $10 — made out to UNA/Wake Co. and mailed to : J.L. Roush, 8204 Gresham Trace Lane, Raleigh, NC 27615 Call for directions if needed.
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