A panel of five faculty and graduate students present “Radicalizing the Pro-Choice Debate: Moving Beyond National Boundaries,” a discussion on feminist research and debate surrounding pro-choice issues, on Friday, March 27, 1-4 p.m. at the Student Union Building, Trailblazer/Spirit room.
The event explores cross-cultural solidarity of women. Panel participants will talk about the need for a paradigm shift in the liberal pro-choice debate in order to make it more inclusive of women’s human rights. Participants will propose radical ways of looking at the pro-choice debate using concepts from feminist and developmental economics.
The aim of the panel is to show that supporting women’s right to make choices over her own body does not exclude cases where women choose to do gender-selective abortions. Panelists will attempt to show that ultimately in each case women’s choices are subsumed under structural inequalities and patriarchy.
The panelists are Rinita Mazumdar, visiting lecturer in women studies, Feroza Jussawalla, professor of English, Rosemary Keefe, professor emerita, University of Wisconsin-Superior, Emira Ibrahimpasic, anthropology Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in women studies, and Sachi Sekimoto, communication and journalism Ph.D. candidate and teaching assistant in women studies.
For more information, email emira@unm.edu or visit: Women's Studies.
Media Contact: Sari Krosinsky, (505) 277-1593; e-mail: michal@unm.edu
Posted by scarr at March 23, 2009 03:19 PM