Fir people inthe Seattle area this might be of interest. Best, Ylva

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Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2003 15:37:09 -0700
From: Arzoo Osanloo <[log in to unmask]>
To: Anthropology Graduate Students <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: FW: Human Rights Series Inaugural Lecture

Dear Colleagues, Please post, announce and attend this talk by Molly
Melching, which is the inaugural lecture of our yearlong "Human Rights
from the Bottom Up" Series that will feature three speakers in the Fall,
3 in the Winter and a 2-day conference in the Spring. I will be sending
out further announcements.

 In addition, a roundtable with Molly, Ylva Hernlund and Bettina
Shell-Duncan is planned for the following Wednesday (10/8) in the
Simpson Center Conference Room.

Arzoo Osanloo
Assistant Professor
Department of Anthropology and
Law, Societies and Justice Program
Denny Hall M-41 / Box 353100
University of Washington
Seattle, WA 98195-3100
Tel: 206.543.1102

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From: Jamie Mayerfeld [mailto:[log in to unmask]]
Sent: Friday, September 19, 2003 3:50 PM
To: Arzoo Osanloo
Subject: Human Rights Series Inaugural Lecture







Announcing "Human Rights from the Bottom Up,"
a lecture series exploring human rights in context

Inaugural Lecture by Molly Melching

 "In the Name of Human Dignity"

Friday, October 3
Kane 120
3:30 p.m.




A peaceful revolution is taking place in hundreds of communities
throughout the West African country of Senegal.  After participating in
an empowering non-formal education program in national languages,
villagers are leading an unprecedented movement for the promotion of
human rights with the support of Tostan, an international
Non-Governmental Organization.  From ending Female Genital Cutting on a
mass scale, to dramatically increasing vaccination rates, assuring voter
registration and promoting women's leadership, villagers are bringing
about positive social and economic transformation in previously
conservative areas of the country.

Molly Melching, creator and director of Tostan, has lived in Senegal for
29 years.  She will describe the exciting new model for grassroots
development that is emerging from this human rights-based program.

Sponsored by the Comparative Law and Society Studies (CLASS) Center and
the Simpson Center for the Humanities at the University of Washington.

Additional support is provided by the School of Law, the Jackson School
of International Studies, the Department of Anthropology, the Department
of Political Science, and the Human Rights Education and Research
Network.

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