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The Health and Human Rights Series

Thursday, March 2

"Human Rights Abuses as the Fuel of HIV/AIDS Epidemics: Holding Governments and International Donors Accountable"
5:30 p.m.
Tate Turner Kuralt Auditorium
School of Social Work

Featuring Joseph Amon, Ph.D., HIV/AIDS Director for Human Rights Watch.


Friday, March 31

Health and Human Rights Training Part II
1-3 p.m.
McGavran-Greenberg Room 1301
Led by Debney Evans, MPH, Executive Director of the Institute of Human Rights at Emory University, Rollins School of Public Health. The training will include an overview of the regional perspectives of health and human rights which will lead us into three cases that will guide our discussion. Prior attendance at Part I in Fal 2005 is not required to participate.
Registration Required
: to register, send your name, department/organization affiliation, phone number, and email address to unchealthandhumanrights@gmail.com.


Wednesday, April 5

Screening & Discussion of "Love, Labor, Loss"
6 p.m.
McGavran-Greenberg Room 1301
This film follows women in Niger, West Africa suffering from obstetric fistula and a U.S. - Niger medical mission working to repair their fistulas to give them a second chance at a normal life. With music by Zap Mama. Director/Producer Lisa Russell, MPH, will lead a discussion of the film.


Monday, April 10

Invoking Human Rights to Ensure Access to Legal Abortion
12-1 p.m.
McGavran-Greenberg Room 1301
Viewing and Discussion of a documentary that reviews the case of a nine-year old Nicaraguan girl. Led by H. Luz McNaughton Reyes, MPH.

 


 
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