The World Policy Institute
at New School University

Presents

WHAT'S HAPPENED TO WOMEN'S RIGHTS AROUND THE PLANET?

a panel discussion with

DR. BLANCHE WIESEN COOK, prize-winning biographer of Eleanor Roosevelt, Distinguished Professor, John Jay College, CUNY Graduate Center

PATRICIA ELLIS, Executive Director, Women's Foreign Policy Group

NADINE HACK, President, BeCause Global Consultants, advisor on international cause related strategies

and

JENNIFER WHITAKER, Senior Fellow, Ralph Bunche Institute, CUNY

moderated by

CLAUDIA DREIFUS, Senior Fellow, World Policy Institute, New York Times/Science Times

Michelle Batchelet is elected President of Chile! Ellen Sirleaf-Johnson of Liberia becomes Africa's first female head of state!! And the Chancellor of Germany, the "fatherland," now has a female Chancellor, Angela Merkel!!! The world of politics, power and participation is finally changing for women. No longer is the idea of female political leadership confined to Scandinavia or Asia--or even to widows with custodial power as was true in Nicaragua, Panama and Guyana. Does the Bush Administration's advocacy of women's rights in the Middle-East advance female participation in the region? Where will this sea change in participation go next (Peru? the US?) and how will international politics be transformed?

Thursday, March 16, 2006, 6:00-7:30 p. m. Swayduck Auditorium, first floor, 65 Fifth Avenue (between East 13-14th sts.). Admission is $5.00..

To RSVP, tickets can be purchased by phone with a credit card at 212-229-5488 or in person at The New School Box office, 66 West 12 Street, main floor. The office hours are Mon-thurs 1-8pm and fri 1-7pm. Inquiries can be sent to boxoffice@newschool.edu. WPI will not be handling reservations. If you need special accommodations, please call 212-229-5808 Ext 1 at least five days in advance.