[Cwgrad-announcements] FW: Visit/Lecture by Prof. Joy Ezelio Thurs. Oct. 26

[Amanda J Labagnara]

>From: Christine Gailey <christine.gailey at ucr.edu>
>Subject: Visit/Lecture by Prof. Joy Ezelio Thurs. Oct. 26
>
>Hi, all--
>
>You are cordially invited to a guest lecture by visiting international 
>scholar Professor Joy Ezeilo. She will be speaking about challenges to 
>women's rights as human rights in contemporary countries in Africa. After 
>her brief visit to this country, Professor Ezeilo will return to Nigeria, 
>where next month she is slated to receive the highest honor her country 
>bestows, the Order of Niger.
>
>Professor Ezeilo is responsible for the founding and leadership of WACOL, 
>the largest and most influential women's legal rights organization in 
>Nigeria. You are doubtless aware of her work through recent campaigns 
>against the use of rape as a political tool, and successful efforts to 
>prevent the execution by stoning of a woman in Northern Nigeria accused of 
>adultery. A lawyer by training, Professor Ezeilo teaches human rights law 
>in the University of Nigeria system.
>
>Joy Ezelio has a lasting connection to UCR; she last visited the UC system 
>as a  participant in a seminar organized by UCR's Margie Waller UCHRI; in 
>2002 she visited UCR for a few weeks as a visiting scholar, where she 
>spoke to numerous classes and the Center for Ideas and Society. We welcome 
>her back as a scholar-activist who shares Women's Studies' vision of 
>international feminisms developing coalitions around issues of common
concern.
>
>WACOL is currently pressing more women to run for Congess in Nigeria and 
>overseeing the upcoming elections to prevent fraud. They continue their 
>anti-political corruption campaigns, literacy campaigns for women, 
>educational campaigns for family court justices,  local involvement in 
>developing safer environments for women, and a range of efforts aimed at 
>economic empowerment for Nigerian women.
>
>Her ongoing, effective engagement in the complex issues that face women in 
>Africa has attracted international acclaim. Please join us at her public 
>lecture. If you cannot, the talk will be videotaped and made available 
>through the Women's Studies Office.
>
>Thursday, Oct. 26
>12:40-2:00
>Life Sciences 1500