Month: May 2011

The Impact of Microfinance on Women’s Empowerment in Bolivia

Hendricks Hall Frazier Hearth Rm UO campus A Center for Latino/a & Latin American Studies (CLLAS) Grantee Presentation: Alejandra García Diaz Villamil (PPPM) How have communal banks in Bolivia impacted the empowerment of women entrepreneurs, particularly in terms of decision-making,…

CSWS Northwest Women Writers Symposium presents: MemoirFest

Gerlinger Hall Alumni Lounge 1468 University UO campus map MemoirFest program You’re invited to MemoirFest, an all-day symposium on women writers and memoir. MemoirFest will feature presentations and panel discussions by Debra Gwartney, Crystal Williams, Lidia Yuknavitch, Lauren Kessler, Margarita…

Women’s advocate to speak | Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of the book “Half the Sky,” will discuss civil rights and economic promise

Women’s advocate to speak | Sheryl WuDunn, co-author of the book “Half the Sky,” will discuss civil rights and economic promise. May 10, 2011—From the Eugene Register-Guard

The Register-Guard BOOK NOTES: Readings, events, workshops, etc.

BOOK NOTES: Readings, events, workshops, etc.. UO professor’s book looks at problems of microfinance The dark side of microfinance is explored in a new book by Lamia Karim, the associate director of the University of Oregon’s Center for the Study…

Daniel HoSang: Research Matters Spring 2011

Reproductive Justice on the Ballot by Daniel HoSang, Assistant Professor, University of Oregon, Departments of Ethnic Studies and Political Science [View this paper in a Web Browser for Accessibility] Daniel HoSang’s paper is now available online in the Spring 2011 issue…

Roundtable: Domestic Slavery and Servitude in the Americas

Knight Library Browsing Room 1501 Kincaid St. UO campus Dangerous Dependencies May 4 Program Guest presenters include: Michelle McKinley (University of Oregon, Law) “Dangerous Dependencies: Domestic Servitude and Degrees of Freedom in Seventeenth-Century Lima” Rachel O’Toole (UC-Irvine, History) “Manumitted but…