The 2005 Western Regional Global Women’s and Human Rights Conference will take place Friday, November 11 and Saturday, November 12, at Scripps, Pitzer, and Pomona Colleges. The event is co-sponsored by Intercollegiate Women’s Studies of The Claremont Colleges and the Feminist Majority Foundation, with additional sponsorship from Applied Women’s Studies, CGU; The Chicano Latino Student Affairs Center; School of Arts and Humanities, CGU; Dean of Faculty’s Office, Scripps College; School of Religion, CGU; Sociology Department, Pomona; Women’s Forum, Claremont McKenna; Women’s Union, Pomona; VOX; SCORE; FAMILY; and The Queer Resource Center. The conference is targeted to student organizers but all are encouraged to attend. Registration for the entire conference weekend is required; however, the opening address by Dolores Huerta, scheduled for November 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Humanities Auditorium, Scripps College, is free and open to the public. For more information, please contact Intercollegiate Women’s Studies of The Claremont Colleges at (909) 621-8274.
The conference focuses on global women’s and human rights issues. It will include lectures and workshops by representatives from local and international activist organizations, such as Congresswoman Hilda Solis, Congressional Investigation Leader, Ciudad Juarez Murders; Beatrice Were, Ugandan HIV/AIDS Activist, Action Aid for Uganda; and Mavis Leno, Campaign for Afghan Women and Girls. Events include the Feminist Leadership Institute which will be held November 11 at 1 p.m. in the Mary Wig Johnson Courtyard, Scripps College.
Dolores Huerta, co-founder and first vice president emeritus of the United Farm Workers of America, and Julie Su, labor attorney with the Asian Pacific American Legal Center, will be among the featured speakers and workshop facilitators on Friday evening. Topics include sweatshop labor, reproductive rights and health, HIV and AIDS, education and literacy, slavery and human trafficking, foreign policy, women in conflict, and violence against women.