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Commission on the Status of Women 2011
22 Feb 2011 - 08:00, United Nations Headquarters, New York The 55th session of the Commission on the Status of Women will be held at UN Headquarters in New York from 22 February to 4 March 2011. The Review Theme: The elimination of all forms of discrimination and violence against the girl child. Emerging Issue: Gender equality and sustainable development. For more information, visit the website: http://www.un.org/womenwatch/daw/csw/55sess.htm



Venue: Church Centre of the United Nations 44 and 1st avenue – 11th floor Time: 11:00AM – 12:30PM Date: March 1, 2011
Panelists:
Roselyn Cosantino – Women and Violence: Stories from Guatemala
Roselyn is Associate Professor of Spanish and Women’s Studies at Penn State University and is an expert on violence against women in conflict and post-conflict Guatemala. She is a 2011 Fulbright Fellow in Guatemala, where she is working on women, peace, and security through the implementation of U.N. Security Council Resolutions 1325,1820, 1888, and 1889.

Lee Ann De Reus – Women and Violence: Stories from the Congo
Lee Ann is Associate Professor of Human Development and Family and Women’s Studies at Penn State University. She is the co-founder of a nonprofit organization to raise awareness of the crisis for women and girls in DRC. Dr Reuss uses her research with survivors of genocide in Chad and DRC to inform and raise public awareness about gender-based violence.

Carol Rittner, RSM – General Introduction to the topic, Women and Violence Carol is Distinguished Professor of Holocaust and Genocide Studies at the Richard Stockton College of NJ. She has published numerous books and articles on the Holocaust and other genocides of the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing during the past decade on gender violence. She is the co-author of Mercy Global Concern’s 2011 publication, Are Women Human? Violence Against Women and Girls.

Deirdre Mullan, RSM – Director, Mercy Global Concern
Deirdre represents the worldwide Sisters of Mercy at the U.N. and is the co-author of Mercy Global Concern’s 2011 publication, Are Women Human? Violence Against Women and Girls. She will moderate the panel and the discussion. After the seminar Mercy Global Concern will launch another in its book series on the topic, Are Women Human? Violence Against Women and Girls.

You are invited to join us for this challenging panel discussion on Violence Against Women, especially the use of Rape as a Weapon of War.

Sponsored by:
Mercy International Association 55th Session of the Commission on the Status of Women