http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow News, information and research from Boston University Wed, 21 Sep 2011 18:14:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/09/23/human-rights-advocate-to-speak-at-metcalf/ http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/2009/09/23/human-rights-advocate-to-speak-at-metcalf/#comments Wed, 23 Sep 2009 10:00:48 +0000 Jennifer McDonald http://blogs.bu.edu/bunow/?p=3243 The Dean of Students Office, Howard Thurman Center, Women’s Resource Center and Student Activities Office host renowned microfinancer and human rights advocate Padma Venkataraman to speak on issues facing women and women’s empowerment tonight at 7 PM at Metcalf Hall. Venkataraman spent nearly 20 years in the United Nations in Vienna as a permanent representative of the All India Women’s Conference, and is a founder-member of the Women’s India Association, President of the UN Women’s Guild and Vice President of the NGO Committee on Women. The event is free and open to the public. For more information, contact Kat Hasenauer at 617-353-4126 or khasena1@bu.edu.

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