Gender, Islam and Democracy.
Fauzia Ahmed
Wednesday, 02 Mar 2005 at 8:00 pm – Sun Room, Memorial Union
Fauzia Ahmed is resident scholar with Brandeis University Women's Studies Research Center, and a David E. Bell Fellow at the Center for Population and Development Studies at Harvard University's School of Public Health. She has years of experience working with and studying women's groups and development projects in East and Southeast Asia. She has served as consultant on many task forces and non-governmental organizations focused on women, development and social justices issues in the U.S., Thailand, Bangladesh, China, India, Indonesia, Pakistan, Kenya, Tanzania, and the U.K.
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