Defending Women’s Human Rights: An Evening with Mahnaz Afkhami

Florida Atlantic University’s Center for Peace, Justice and Human Rights in the Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters presents “Defending Women’s Human Rights,” with  Mahnaz Afkhami on Tuesday, April 19 at 4 p.m. in the University Theatre on FAU’s Boca Raton campus.  A reception will follow at 5:30 p.m. Tickets for the lecture are $20 and tickets for the lecture and reception are $50. Both can be purchased at fauevents.com or by calling 561-297-6124.

Afkhami is the Founder, President, and CEO of the international non-governmental organization Women’s Learning Partnership. She is also the former Iranian Minister of Women’s Affairs and has been a global defender of women’s human rights for the past several decades. At this talk-show style event that includes audience Q&A, Afkhami will discuss her forthcoming memoir and how to do international human rights work. Come learn about the life of this influential international figure and her important work.

The Center for Peace, Justice and Human Rights at FAU is a university-wide, multidisciplinary, and interdisciplinary effort that brings together scholars, students, practitioners, and community leaders engaged in the themes of social justice, human rights, and peace and nonviolence.

The evening with Mahnaz Afkhami is co-sponsored by the Chastain Johnston Middle Eastern Lecture Series, and the Center for Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies.