usf event: 6th annual global women's rights forum, march 5-8

this week, the week before spring break, includes a full schedule of campus events revolving around global women's rights. here's the agenda:

Monday, March 5, 6-8 pm, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall
"Women's Livelihood Post 9-11"

• Elizabeth Esparza-Cervantes, Trial Attorney, Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC)
• Banafsheh Akhlaghi, J.D., National Legal Sanctuary for Community Advancement (NLSCA)
• Dorothy Kleffner, Ph.D., Global Network of People Living with HIV/AIDS (GNP+)

Tuesday, March 6, 6-8 pm, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall
"The Church, the Body, and the State: Negotiating Reproductive and Sexual Rights in Latin America"

• Dinora Aguiñada (El Salvador), Asociación de Mujeres por la Dignidad y la Vida
• Alejandra Sardá (Argentina), Mulabi - Grupo de Trabajo Latinoamericano en Derechos Sexuales
• Marcela Ríos Tobar (Chile), Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales (FLACSO)

Wednesday, March 7, 6-8 pm, Maraschi Room, Fromm Hall
"Daughters of Darfur" (Organized by Model UN, Politics Society, Black Student Union, STAND, UMTOMBO, and FACES. Student will be putting on a display in Harney Plaza that highlight the daily struggles faced by women in Darfur.)

• Martha Saavedra, Center for African Studies, University of California Berkeley
• Jocelyne Takatsuno, New Field Foundation

Thursday, March 8, 1:30-4:15 pm, Lone Mountain 365 (International Women's Day!)
"Art and Activism"

• Rohini, Novelist, "To Do Something Beautiful."
• Deborah Barndt, Editor of "Wild Fire: Art as Activism" and Professor of Environmental Studies, York University
• Anjali Monteiro, Filmmaker
• (Screening of "Becoming Salma, A Tamil Poet")

the 6th annual global women's rights forum is sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences; Gender and Sexualities Studies; African Studies; McCarthy Center; Departments of Asian Studies, Latin American Studies, Media Studies, History, Politics, Modern and Classical Languages, Sociology, Visual and Performing Arts, and International Studies; University Ministry; President's Advisory Committee on the Status of Women; Davies Forum; Lane Center; and North American Congress on Latin America

also, be sure to check out these related events:

Student art display organized by Paula Birnbaum and Sharon Siskin, Visual Arts Department. UC 1st floor hallway in front of Crossroads.

Wednesday, March 7, 3:30-5:30. Peace and Justice Studies presents: "Women Veterans Tell Their Stories." A roundtable discussion on the experience of being a woman of color in the U.S. military. University Center 400.

Thursday, March 8, 7-9 pm. North American Congress on Latin America (NACLA) Benefit: "Women's and Queer Rights Activism in the Americas." La Pena Cultural Center, 3105 Shattuck Avenue, Berkeley.

Thursday, March 8. Politics Society and USF Amnesty International present: "Protecting Communities." Lecture/Discussion regarding stopping violence towards and the LGTBQ community. McLaren 251.