Women activists emphasize the need for female empowerment in politics
Source: Johns Hopkins Newsletter
The Aronson Center for International Studies held the third event in its 2020 Fall Speaker Series on Human Rights to discuss the topic of “Women and Conflict” on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Sarah Parkinson, an assistant professor of International Studies and Political Science, moderated the event. The webinar featured three guest panelists: Susan Rimmer, director of the Griffith University Policy Innovation Hub; Funmi Balogun, head of the humanitarian normative and coordination action at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women; and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman.
Sophomore Kevin LaMonica, student coordinator of the speaker series, highlighted that because much of the International Studies’ programming revolved around issues of security and foreign policy, he wanted to focus this speaker series on topics from the perspective of the global South.
LaMonica stressed that these speakers represented a variety of professional fields.
Click here to read the full article published by Johns Hopkins Newsletter on 5 November 2020.
The Aronson Center for International Studies held the third event in its 2020 Fall Speaker Series on Human Rights to discuss the topic of “Women and Conflict” on Thursday, Oct. 29.
Sarah Parkinson, an assistant professor of International Studies and Political Science, moderated the event. The webinar featured three guest panelists: Susan Rimmer, director of the Griffith University Policy Innovation Hub; Funmi Balogun, head of the humanitarian normative and coordination action at the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women; and 2011 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Tawakkol Karman.
Sophomore Kevin LaMonica, student coordinator of the speaker series, highlighted that because much of the International Studies’ programming revolved around issues of security and foreign policy, he wanted to focus this speaker series on topics from the perspective of the global South.
LaMonica stressed that these speakers represented a variety of professional fields.
Click here to read the full article published by Johns Hopkins Newsletter on 5 November 2020.
