Defying Backlash: Feminist Leadership and Change in a Tumultuous Era

Virtual Event

Event Details

Date | October 16, 2024 

Time | 10:00 am EST 

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Description

This lecture, co-sponsored by Women Living Under Muslim Laws (WLUML) and Women's Learning Partnership (WLP) in partnership with several other feminist organizations, and co-hosted by McGill University’s Center for Human Rights and Legal Pluralism, is a conversation with renowned feminist Charlotte Bunch on navigating the current era of global backlash against women's rights. 

Keynote speaker Charlotte Bunch is a Professor Emerita in Women’s and Gender Studies at Rutgers University and founder of the Center for Women’s Global Leadership. A longtime activist in feminist, LGBTQ+, and human rights movements, Bunch has played a pivotal role in shaping the global agenda on gender equality, particularly within the United Nations. Her work includes helping to organize the Beijing NGO Forum during the UN’s 4th World Conference on Women in 1995, and she has received numerous awards for her contributions to human rights. 

Key Note Speaker

Charlotte Bunch | Founding Director and Senior Scholar at the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at Rutgers University

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