FYI...
Stefanie Rixecker
ECOFEM Coordinator
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From: Jennifer Longnion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR RESEARCH ON WOMEN
1999 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
CHOOSING TO LEAD: Women’s and Girls Visions for the New Century
DECEMBER 9-11, 1999
UN HEADQUARTERS, NEW YORK CITY, NY
www.ncrw.org
The National Council for Research on Women will hold its ANNUAL CONFERENCE
at the United Nations Headquarters, New York City, from December 9-11, 1999.
Focused on the visions and values of women’s and girls’ leadership, the
Conference will feature key women leaders – both national and
international – sharing their experiences and strategies. Participants will
explore issues within specific domains – politics, the economy, grassroots
activism, human rights, science and technology, the corporate arena, and
higher education – as well as discuss women’s and girls’ agendas for the
year 2000 election in the United States and the five-year review of the
Beijing Platform for Action.
Panels include:
Women's Human Rights and Beijing Plus Five
Social Change and Reform in Higher Education
Crafting Women's and Girls' Agendas for Election 2000
Corporate Women Leading Corporate Change
Grassroots Leadership and Academic Activists
Women Shaping the Future through Technology and Innovation
Participants include:
Anita Borg, Institute for Women and Technology, Xerox Palo Alto Research
Center
Constance Buchanan, Program Officer, Ford Foundation
Charlotte Bunch, Center for Women’s Global Leadership
Krishanti Dharmaraj, WILD
Eve Ensler, playwright and activist
Ann Lewis, White House
Judge Navai Pillai, International Tribunal on Rwanda
Linda Tarr-Whelan, US Ambassador to the Commission on the Status of Women
Dessima Williams, Brandeis College, Former Ambassador to the US from Grenada
Ruth Mandel, Rutgers University
Margaret Wilkerson, Ford Foundation
And please join us for our
2ND ANNUAL AWARDS DINNER FOR
WOMEN WHO MAKE A DIFFERENCE
UNITED NATIONS DELEGATES DINING ROOM
7:00PM THURSDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1999
to honor:
Gloria Steinem
Lisa Sullivan
Nafis Sadik
Shirley Malcom
Eve Ensler
Mariam Chamberlain
For more information, a full program, a registration form, or hotel
information, access our Website at www.ncrw.org
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Jennifer L. Longnion, M.A.
Associate Conference Coordinator
National Teleconference for Women in Higher Education
149 Nicholson Hall
216 Pillsbury Drive S.E.
Minneapolis MN 55455
(612) 626-7550 fax (612) 626-9192
[EMAIL PROTECTED], http://www.umn.edu/women/wihe.html
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Dr. Stefanie S. Rixecker
Division of Environmental Management & Design
Lincoln University, Canterbury
PO Box 84
Aotearoa New Zealand
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fax: 64-03-325-3841
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