Human Rights Day
Wednesday, December 10, 2003 3:30 p.m.
John F. Kennedy Library
Columbia Point Boston, MA
Ending Violence Against Women
To commemorate Human Rights Day the Northeast Regional Office working with Physicians for Human Rights and the Reebok Human Rights Program helped to assemble a coalition of nearly 40 local organizations: women's service organizations, rape crisis centers, and domestic violence treatment centers. Connie Chow, who is active on the AIUSA Women's Rights Steering Committee and Eric Aronson, our Regional Refugee Coordinator, were also active in the planning process for several months.
Eve Ensler, the author of The Vagina Monologues, gave a keynote presentation, with new material. Her presentation was followed by a panel discussion with local and international voices.
Other participants included Taslima Nasrin, the famous writer from Bangladesh who was forced to flee to Scandinavia by Muslim fundamentalists; Dr. Nawal Nour, who has established the African Women's Health Clinic at Brigham and Women's Hospital; Specioza Kazibwe, a former vice president of Uganda, who publicly denounced her former ex-husband for beating her; and Mary Harvey, who leads a prominent program called Victims of Violence at a hospital in Cambridge, Mass all participated in the panel discussion.
Members of the Coalition
Amnesty International USA • Asian Task Force Against Domestic Violence, Inc. • Boston Area Rape Crisis Center • Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights • Boston Coalition Against Trafficking and Slavery • Brigham and Women's Hospital - African Women's Health Center - Connors Center for Women's Health and Gender Biology, Passageway • The Carr Center for Human Rights Policy • Casa Myrna Vazquez • Center for Women's Health and Human Rights - Suffolk University • The Center for Violence Prevention and Recovery • Close to Home Domestic Violence Prevention Initiative • Coalition for a Strong United Nations • Cronin International Center, Bentley College • Domestic Violence Victim Assistance Program • Elizabeth Freeman Center • François-Xavier Bagnoud Center for Health and Human Rights • Harvard School of Public Health • Global Lawyers and Physicians • Greater Boston Chapter of the National Organization for Women • H.A.V.E.N. at Massachusetts General Hospital • International Institute of Boston • International Rescue Committee of Boston • Jane Doe Inc., The Massachusetts Coalition Against Sexual Assault and Domestic Violence • John F. Kennedy Library and Museum • Massachusetts Commission on the Status of Women • Massachusetts Department of Public Health • My Sister's Keeper-Bethel AME Church • New Freedwoman Project • Peace at Home • Physicians for Human Rights • REACH (formerly The Support Committee for Battered Women) • Reebok Human Rights Program • Simmons Institute for Leadership and Change • SisterLove, Inc • Transition House, Inc. • V-Day • Victims of Violence Program at the Cambridge Health Alliance • Wellesley Centers for Women • Women's Studies Program, Boston University • World Federalist Association of New England •
More on this web site:
The Power of Change is in Our HandsAmnesty International's Violence Against Women Campaign
Women's Human Rights
