Dear LL friends,
Could you please pass along the following message to any women in your
networks/ organisations in South Australia?
Saturday 25th November is International Day of Action to End Violence
Against Women. Women are warmly invited to join us on that day at the next
meeting of the South Australian Branch of the Women's International League
for Peace and Freedom (WILPF).
At this meeting, Tina Dolgopol (Lecturer in Law at Flinders University)
will report on the workshop she conducted on behalf of WILPF at the recent
United Nations Association of Australia (UNAA) Conference in Hobart. Tina
will also conduct a workshop on the same topic: "Empowering Women for
Peace: Women in Armed Conflict Situations".
Tina has worked for many years in the international lobbying efforts for
the human rights of and monetary compensation for the "comfort women", the
women who were drafted into sexual slavery work by the Imperial Japanese
Army during World War II. Tina has a breadth of expertise having worked in
the areas of women in armed conflict situations and the implications for
all women of such international initiatives as the International Criminal
Court.
All women and girls are welcome. You don't need to be a WILPF member to
come along. The meeting starts at 2 pm and ends at 4.30 pm. If you'd like
to join some of us for a shared meal beforehand, the meal starts an hour
earlier, that is, at 1 pm - bring some food to share - a microwave oven is
available. Hot drinks provided. Place: WILPF rooms in the Community Aid
Abroad building at 5 Hutt Street, Adelaide. No cost.
Further information: phone: 8296 4357
Many thanks for passing along this message.
all the best,
Cathy
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