EVENT- Women in Chechnya, May 13, Oakland/San Francisco
Posted by: Almut Rochowanski <almut@chechnyaadvocacy.org>
May 13, 2008
Between War and Peace, Tradition and Modernity: Women in Chechnya and
Their Role in Rebuilding, Development and Social Change
A presentation by Gistam Sakaeva
Islamic Cultural Center of Northern California (ICCNC)
1433 Madison Street
Oakland
7:00 pm
Gistam Sakaeva is a board member and project officer of the
Chechnya-based women's organization Doveriye. Under her leadership,
Doveriye has been running bold and far-reaching programs for women in
Chechnya, in areas like income-generation, psychological help for
victims of rape during war and campaigns against gender-based
violence. Ms. Sakaeva is a consummate expert on gender issues in
Chechnya and an outspoken leader for change. Her work has been
recognized by the International Rescue Committee's Women's Commission,
which has chosen Gistam as a winner of its 2008 Voices of Courage
Award. Before working with Doveriye, Ms. Sakaeva had a decade-long
career with international humanitarian aid organizations like Care,
Doctors Without Borders and Handicap international in the North
Caucasus. In 2007, she spent a two-month fellowship at the
International Center for Tolerance Education in New York, during which
time she studied disability and women's programs in the US. She
returned to New York in March 2008 to attend the annual session of the
UN Commission on the Status of Women as an NGO delegate, the first
ever from Chechnya. During both visits she gave presentations about
her work at universities across the US, including Cornell University,
Columbia University and the University of California at Berkeley. She
holds a degree in English language and literature from Chechen State
University. Ms. Sakaeva is currently visiting the US to receive the
2008 Voices of Courage Award
The event is open to the public and sponsored by the Chechnya Advocacy
Network, American Friends Service Committee, ICCNC and Interfaith
Women for Peace.
More CAN events at http://www.chechnyaadvocacy.org/events.html
Almut Rochowanski
Coordinator, Programs and Advocacy
Chechnya Advocacy Network
almut@chechnyaadvocacy.org
www.chechnyaadvocacy.org
(1) 212 459 9363
(1) 646 467 0637 (mobile)
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