In celebration of International Women’s Day, four leading international women authors will read their poetry and prose on women’s human rights and address current human rights violations and social realities facing women around the world today.
This event, held in collaboration with The African and Middle Eastern Division of The Library of Congress, will feature readings by leading women authors of the global women's movement. Reader-Authors include: Mahnaz Afkhami, Ama Ata Aidoo, Samar Attar, Carolyn Forché, and Grace Paley.
This event, held in collaboration with The African and Middle Eastern Division of The Library of Congress, will feature readings by leading women authors of the global women's movement. Reader-Authors include: Emma Sepúlveda, Abena Busia, Nazar Afisi, and Leila Ahmed. Marjorie Agosin and Goli Taraghi are also featured in absentia.
Lifelines: The Poetry of Human Rights is an hour-long program where speakers will highlight some of the most pressing human rights issues around the world through their poetry or prose. First launched in 2000, the Lifelines event series uses the transformative power of art to bring about social and political change. You
