You are invited to The Rights and Wrongs of Girls: From Representation to Redress – a roundtable discussion exploring contemporary issues of the human rights of girls in the context of marriage, sexuality, armed conflict, motherhood, and criminal law.
Timed to accompany the Too Young to Wed photography exhibit on loan to the Department of Foreign Affairs and Carleton University from the United Nations Population Fund, the roundtable speakers will delve into how girls and their rights are represented and implicated in the ways we imagine national and global identities.
Featured speakers include:
The Honourable Landon Pearson
Kathy Vandergrift, Canadian Coalition for the Rights of Children
Jessica McQuaig, CRIAW
Mieka Buckley-Pearson, UNAC
Doris Buss, Assoc. Professor, Carleton and Holly Dunn MA, Carleton; PhD candidate, University of Minnesota
Rebecca Bromwich, PhD candidate, Dep’t Law & Legal Studies, Carleton
Susan Riley, Writer and Journalist
Virginia Caputo, Assoc. Professor, Carleton
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When: Thursday, May 30, 2013; 4:00pm – 6:00pm
Where: 100 St. Patrick’s Building, Carleton University
Members of the public are encouraged to attend. Light refreshments will be served.
For more information, including the detailed agenda, please visit our website.
Please RSVP to: ievy_stamatov@carleton.ca