Date: Mon, 6 Apr 1998 08:00:10 -0400 (EDT)
From: louisgodena-AT-ids.net (Louis R Godena)
Subject: M-I: Conf. WAAD Womens' Health and Human Rights (fwd from moderator)



In m-i morning "bounced" mail -- Louis Godena, co-moderator



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[Please Post / Forward]  ANNOUNCEMENT


Rainbow Conference: ALL are welcome!

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!


    W A A D    W O M E N'S    C O N F E R E N C E


       Prof. Obioma NNAEMEKA, Convenor

Women's Human Rights & Health CONF at Indianapolis, IN/USA
2nd Int'l Conf. on WOMEN IN AFRICA AND THE AFRICAN DIASPORA
      OCTOBER 22-27, 1998

President, Assoc of African Women Scholars (AAWS)
     [Now accepting members, ALL are welcome]
French & Women's Studies Program
Indiana University
425 University Boulevard
Indianapolis, IN 46202 - USA

Phone: (317) 278-2038; (317) 274-0062 (messages)
Fax:   (317) 274-2347
E-mail: nnaemeka-AT-iupui.edu, ABC-AT-STARMAIL.COM

For Registration Form by E-mail, write to: abc-AT-starmail or go to:

  http://www.iupui.edu/~aaws 
  http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/african-diaspora/women-conf.html

Go to Website if you would like to help with this Conference
     or to download/print the Registration Form; 

At Website, obtain details re: CALL FOR Abstracts Proposals Papers 
        Moderators Exhibitors Volunteers Sponsors

  [LIST]  To join CONF List to discuss issues impacting women of 
            African-descent and CONF organizing/planning, 
                           send the request:
         "SUBSCRIBE AFWOSCHO"  TO: LISTSERV-AT-LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU

          Join, Participate and MAKE A DIFFERENCE!

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S e c o n d

            I n t e r n a t i o n a l

                                      W A A D

                                             C o n f e r e n c e


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BACKGROUND

In July 1992, over 700 researchers, activists, policy makers, and tudents
from all continents assembled in Nsukka--a rural town in southeasern
Nigeria--for the first international conference on "Women in Afria and
the African Diaspora: Bridges across Activism and the Academy" (WAD).
Committed to building bridges across racial, gender, ethnic, clas,
locational, national, and disciplinary boundaries, the organizersextended
an invitaion to researchers, activists, policy makers, and students
irrespectve of gender, race, ethnicity, or national origin. The first
WAAD confrence accomplished its goals and put in place forward-looking
strategie for continuing its work. The networking that prevailed at
Nsukka lad the foundation for collaboration between Africa and the
African Daspora as well as the formation of NGOs--on gender and the
media, an widowhood--in Africa. In addition to the ongoing activist
work,>the conference generated a ten-volume proceedings of over 200 original
papers on women in Africa and the African Diaspora. WAAD '92 was also the
impetus for the formation of the Association of African Women Scholars
(AAWS)--a co-sponsor of the second WAAD conference.

Locally and internationally, 1998 provides an appropriate context for the
WAAD conference. The city of Indianapolis plans a year-long series of
events, "Africa Celebration '98," which will  showcase the complexity,
diversity, and rich cultures of Africa. Besides being a World Health
Organization (WHO) city, Indianapolis is the site of the world's largest
School of Nursing and a Women's Studies Program (IUPUI) that is strongly
committed to the study of black women in general and women's health and
Africa/African American related issues. Also, 1998 marks the 50th
anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. The WAAD
conference will be one of the events organized worldwide to celebrate this
important anniversary and set in motion forward-looking strategies for
promoting universal human rights.


THE CONFERENCE (focus/sub-themes)

At the second WAAD conference, health will be discussed not only as a
physical and medical question but, in a broader sense, as a social issue,
thus allowing participants to debate health issues in their relatedness o
the economy, education, human rights, militarization, cultural practices,
the environment, the arts, ethnic conflicts, refugee problems, etc., in
the context of global interdependence and international politics. The
presentations will include recent trends in morbidity and mortality in
women of African descent, sociocultural factors which impact on the health
of women of African descent, and the impact of changing focus of medical
research. In addition to the focus on the urgent need to facilitate
appropriate medical research for women of African descent, discussions
will also address the ways in which health issues are imagined in the arts
or how dramatic changes in climatic conditions with resultant dislocations
and food shortages, changes in economic and social policies (the welfare
system in the US and the immigration question in Europe, for example) and
the escalation of ethnic politics and armed conflicts on the African
continent impact  the health and human rights of women of African descent.
Human rights questions will be discussed in a holistic way by linking
socio-economic rights to civil and political rights. 

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HUMAN RIGHTS IN ACTION


...Help save a life, for the price of a stamp

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     A M N E S T Y    &    J U S T I C E


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        Human Rights (HR) Victims/Prisoners

  * Correspond with young HR victims in the African Diaspora
  * Help write & send appeal letters (we provide model letters)
  * Help those Unjustly Imprisoned & Inhumanely Sentenced 
  * Write us for a HR Victim assignment 
           <Humanity-AT-iname.com> 

Help make a difference for someone!

Coordinator
Family Liaison

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   Urgent Aid for a Human Rights Victim 
   Arrested in  Error on Day of Arrival in France
   Guilt by Association, for "knowing" a person 
      French police had under surveillance


* An African Am. tourist given 18 yrs in France, with no appeal
* A "Rescue Mission" is now underway - urgent help is needed
      with sending appeal letters to the French govt.
* Individuals, groups, and even organizations and classrooms 
      willing to lend a hand would be much appreciated
* This victim will pass his 5th consecutive birthday behind 
      French bars in July
* Having pen friends to write to about his ordeal will allow him a 
     much needed outlet

* For this troubling, still-evolving story; pls go to:

http://www.freeyellow.com/members2/african-diaspora/justice.html

       Please help by linking your Webpage to our site

            Or write us <Humanity-AT-iname.com>


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