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International Women's Week 2013
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March 5: Safe Harbor Hearing
Senate Judiciary Committee, 12 - 2:30 pm, Room 15 State Capitol
Join us at the hearing to support No Wrong Door - 2013 Safe Harbor Implementation Legislation
 
For more information about Safe Harbor 2013, and the No Wrong Door Implementation Legislation visit, http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/2013_legislative_updates.html

 
March 5: Women's Human Rights Film Series Screening of Sarabah
Rapper, singer and activist, Sister Fa is a hero to young women in Senegal and an unstoppable force for social change. A childhood victim of female genital mutilation, she started a grassroots campaign which uses her music and persuasive powers to end the practice. The film follows her on a challenging journey as she brings her message back to her home village.
There will be a discussion held after the film.
 
Date: March 5, 7 p.m.
Location: Metropolitan State University Library, Founders Hall Auditorium 
The event is free and open to the public and is co-sponsored by The Advocates for Human Rights, The Friends of the St. Paul Public Library and Gender and Sexuality Student Services at Metropolitan State University

For more information please contact Mary O'Brien at mobrien@advrights.org

 
March 6: Safe Harbor Hearing
House Housing Finance and Policy Committee,  12:30 - 2:00 p.m., State Office Building Basement Hearing Room
Join us at the hearing to support No Wrong Door - 2013 Safe Harbor Implementation Legislation as it goes through its first finance committee.
 
For more information about Safe Harbor 2013, and the No Wrong Door Implementation Legislation visit, http://www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org/2013_legislative_updates.html
 
March 7:  Domestic Violence and Best Practices in International Legal Reform CLE, 12 - 1 p.m.
Learn about The Advocates for Human Rights Women's Program and our work on International Legal Reform.
This event is free and open to the public.
 
Date: March 7, 12 - 1 p.m.
Location: Dorsey and Whitney Law Offices, 50 South Sixth Street, Suite 1500, Minneapolis MN
Presenter: Rose Park, Director of Research at The Advocates for Human Rights
 
March 7: One Voice Minnesota Training to become a Community Human Rights Monitor
The Advocates for Human Rights created the One Voice Minnesota Monitoring Project to investigate, document, and assess how fully Minnesota welcomes all residents of our state. By recording the experiences of immigrants and other key communities in Minnesota and evaluating them against international human rights standards, the project will work to eliminate anti-immigrant bias and build a community in which the human rights of all Minnesotans are respected, protected, and fulfilled.
If you are interested in this project or attending the workshop, please register  here
 
Date: March 7, 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Location: Rondo Public Library, 461 N. Dale Street, St. Paul, 55103
For more information, please visit www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org or call 612-746-4692
 
March 12: Action Day to End Violence Against Women at the Minnesota Capitol
Action Day to End Violence Against Women is a collective effort by six statewide coalitions to raise awareness about the prevalence and devastating impact of violence against women in Minnesota.  The two-day event includes listening sessions with legislators, training on each coalition’s policy agenda, youth involvement events, networking opportunities, and meetings with legislators, culminating in a powerful rally at the State Capitol Rotunda at 12 noon on March 12, 2013.
 For more information, visit www.mcbw.org or www.mncasa.org
 
Date: March 12, 12:00 p.m.
Location: Minnesota Capitol
Please register for the event here


March 15: The Advocates Book Club: We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families
We wish to inform you that tomorrow we will be killed with our families is a nonfiction account of the 1994 genocide in Rwanda.
RSVP for the book club online or email Sarah Herder at sherder@advrights.org.
 
Date: March 15, 12 p.m.
Location: The Advocates for Human Rights, 330 2nd Avenue South, Minneapolis, MN
Please visit, www.theadvocatesforhumanrights.org for more information. This event is free and open to the public
 

March 19: International Leadership Spring Forum
The International Leadership Forum brings in local, national, and internationally renowned leaders to discuss the theme leadership on an international context. This spring the forum will feature a panel of experts in the area of Women's Human Rights. The forum is free and open to the public.


Date: March 19, 7 - 8:30 p.m.
Location: Thorton Auditorium, St. Thomas University, Minneapolis Campus
For more information, please contact David Hamm at 651-962-4441 or celcevents@stthomas.edu

Date: March 19, 2013
Time: 7:00 PM
Thornton Auditorium, Minneapolis campus
This event brings local, national and international leaders together to discuss the theme of leadership in an international context. This spring’s forum will feature a panel of experts in women’s human rights and will include Cheryl Thomas, director of the Women’s Human Rights Program at the Advocates for Human Rights; Janet Walsh, deputy director of the Women’s Human Rights Division at Human Rights Watch; and Meg Karraker, University of St. Thomas professor of women’s studies. For more information on any of these events and to register, visit the College of Education, Leadership and Counseling's website. - See more at: http://alumni.stthomas.edu/s/904/index.aspx?sid=904&gid=1&pgid=326#sthash.7R2KZANk.dpuf

 
Past IWD events

Click here to see photos of the 2007 event.

Click here to see photos of the 2006 event.

Click here to see photos of the 2005 event.

Click here to see photos of the 2004 event.