Ireland: Banúlacht International Women's Day Conference: Reimagining Women’s Human Rights

Banúlacht International Women's Day Conference
Reimagining Women’s Human Rights

Friday, March 7th 2008
9.00 to 5.30 p.m.
Axis Centre, Ballymun, Dublin

International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day, March 8th, is a day when women throughout the world come together to celebrate women, the gains and achievements made by women through the years in their fight against oppression, prejudice and inequality. Banúlacht conferences aim to celebrate activism and link local and global aspects of the women’s movement and feminist activism. Banúlacht holds an annual conference to celebrate International Women’s Day.
The theme for this year’s conference is Reimagining Women's Human Rights. The conference is for women from community development and community education organisations, non-governmental organisations, national organisations, as well as individual women, feminist activists and all those interested in feminism and development from a local and a global perspective.

The conference will address the questions:
· What are the key women’s human rights issues today for women in Ireland and globally?
· What are the links between community development and human rights?
· What can women in Ireland do to promote and fulfil women's human rights in solidarity with women in the South?

Key note speakers:
Valerie O’Carroll—Comunity activist in the women’s sector, currently working with the National Women’s Council of Ireland as a campaign development worker.
Amanda Khozi Mukwashi—Head of External Relations with Skillshare International and Vice Chair of Akina Mama wa Afrika.
Sarah Mukasa—Ugandan feminist activist who currently works as programme manager with the African Women’s Development Fund (AWDF).
Anne Marlborough is a feminist human rights activist, currently working as CEO of Doras Luimni, an NGO which supports migrants in the mid-west.

See our website www.banulacht.ie for:
A full-colour conference leaflet
Conference information in MS Word format
A Booking Form in MS Word format
Directions to the conference venue.