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Annual Symposia
VIOLENCE AGAINST IMMIGRANT WOMEN, March 3, 2009
Keynote Speaker:
Zeinab Eyega, Executive Director, Sauti Yetu
Website: www.sautiyetu.org
Discussants:
MaryAnn Forgey, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
Leah Hill, Fordham University Law School
Claudia Moreno, Fordham University Graduate School of Social Service
CLICK HERE to view an article about the event.
HISTORICAL TRAUMA, DISPLACEMENT AND WELL-BEING OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN,
March 6, 2007
Keynote Speaker:
Karina Walters, Ph.D., William B. and Ruth Gerberding Endowed Professor, University of Washington School of Social Work
Discussants:
Elizabeth Meddeb, Ph.D., Former Chair, Women's Studies, York College, CUNY
Elizabeth Cooper, Esq., Fordham University Law School Clinic
Smita Ekka Dewan, Fordham University Graduate Social Service
Indigenous people, including Native American and Alaskan women, have experienced a history of traumatic and discriminatory events - on their lands, and against their communities and families. The keynote speaker and panelists in the Fourth Annual Women's Symposium presented and discussed recent research on how intergenerational historical traumas, including displacement, can lead to ongoing physical and mental health risks, with special emphasis on findings related to women and girls.
CLICK HERE to view an article about the event in our Summer 2007 Newsletter.
HUMAN TRAFFICKING: A GLOBAL AND LOCAL WOMEN'S ISSUE, March 8, 2006
Keynote Speakers:
Wenchi Wu Perkins, Program Director, Vital Voices, Washington, DC
Nadra Qadeer, Director, Anti Trafficking Program, Safe Horizon, NYC
Discussants:
Susan Berger, Ph.D. (Political Science, Art and Sciences)
Patricia Brownell, Ph.D. (GSSS)
Gemma Solimene, Esq. (Law School)NYC
WOMEN AND AIDS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL PERSPECTIVE, March 8, 2005
Keynote Speaker:
Cynthia Poindexter, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Social Work, Fordham University
Discussants:
Elizabeth Cooper, JD (Law School)
Abigail Harris, Ph.D.(GSE)
Tonya Perry, Ph.D.(GSSS)
Irma Watkins-Owens, Ph.D.(African-American Studies)
CLICK HERE to read Dr. Poindexter's paper.
CLICK HERE to read Dr. Harris' paper.
CLICK HERE to read Dr. Perry's paper.
WOMEN, POVERTY & MENTAL HEALTH, March 8, 2004
Keynote Speaker:
Mindy Thompson Fullilove, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry and Public Health, New York State Psychiatric Institute at Columbia.
The lecture explored the plight of poor women in the inner city.
CLICK HERE to read an article about the event.
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