Tag: women’s rights

Women Voters: Race, Gender, and Dynamism in U.S. Presidential Elections

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On Wednesday, Feb. 5, Jane Junn, University of Southern California, will be giving a talk on “Women Voters: Race, Gender, and Dynamism in U.S. Presidential Elections” from 6:30–8 p.m. in the William W. Knight Law Center, Room 175, 1515 Agate Street,…

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“To Gain Title to Our Bodies: Black Women, Rape, and Resistance in the Civil Rights Era,” a lecture by Danielle McGuire

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 375 McKenzie Hall 1101 Kincaid St. UO campus Free public lecture Danielle McGuire argues that Black women’s protests against sexual assault and interracial rape fueled the modern civil rights movement and that even the most well-known movement campaigns — the…

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“Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan”—Special Report by Anita Weiss for the U.S. Institute of Peace

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May 1, 2012—The United States Institute of Peace issued “Moving Forward with the Legal Empowerment of Women in Pakistan,” Special Report 305,  by Anita M. Weiss, professor and head of the University of Oregon Department of International Studies and vice…

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