Women Developing Power: A Panel
Wednesday, 30 Mar 2005 at 3:30 pm – Gallery, Memorial Union
Arvonne Fraiser is the founder of the Humphrey Center on Women and Public Policy, and editor of the book, Developing Power: How Women Transformed International Development. Cornelia Butler Flora is the Charles F. Curtiss Distinguished Professor of Agriculture and Sociology and Director, North Central Regional Center for Rural Development, Iowa State University. Kathy Staudt, a prolific author and professor of political science at the University of Texas, El Paso, and active in Women on the Border (http://www.womenontheborder.org/activist...border.htm). Elise Smith is co-founder and president of Women's Edge Coalition http://www.womensedge.org/pages/aboutus/....jsp?id=47 All these women were major pioneers in women in development, and are currently engaged in key aspects of the international women's movement.
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