Date:

Thursday 15 May 2008

Time:

5.30 – 6.45pm

Location:

Central Lecture Theatre (CLT), JCU Douglas Campus, Angus Smith Drive, TOWNSVILLE

Summary:

In this public lecture, Dr Eileen Pittaway will explore the effectiveness of the United Nations in upholding Human Rights in a world that often seems determined to destroy them.

Case studies from Burma, Tibet, Iraq and Bangladesh will be used to highlight refugee issues and the gendered nature of the human rights regime.

Dr Pittaway will also touch lightly on our own Australian record. Importantly, she will discuss the roles that civil society can take in advocating for and upholding human rights through engagement with the UN system, and she will look at some notable successes as well as failures.

Speaker:

Dr Eileen Pittaway

Director, Centre for Refuge Research, University of New South Wales

In 2001 Dr Pittaway received an award from the Human Rights & Equal Opportunity Commission for her work with refugee women. She is an accredited UN lobbyist and regularly attends meetings of the Economic and Social Council of the United Nations, and the United Nations High Commission for Refugees

Cost:

Gold coin donation

Organised by:

The Coalition for a Feminist Agenda in conjunction with the Townsville Multicultural Support Group, Amnesty International, School of Social Work and Community Welfare (JCU) and the Anton Breinl Centre for Public Health and Tropical Medicine (JCU).

Contact:

Everyone welcome. For further information, please contact bettymc@feministagenda.org.au