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2010 Events Archive


"This is My Witness" Screening and Panel Discussion

Tuesday, October 26, 2010 5:00-6:00pm, Peace Fair-Women Preventing War, Promoting Peace - 10th Anniversary of UNSC Resolution 1325, 777 UN Plaza (E 44th St & 1st Ave corner) New York, NY 10017 (click here for map)
The event will start with a short screening of this documentary film, put together by the Nobel Women's Initiative. It will be followed by a panel discussion led by Myra Dahgaypaw, Campaigns Coordinator from U.S. Campaign for Burma and the Global Justice Center’s own Burma Researcher, Phyu Phyu Sann.

"Burma and the Media: Amplifying Voices for Democracy" Screening and Panel Discussion

Thursday, September 16, 2010, The Paley Center for Media, 25 W 52 Street, NYC, Film Debut and Panel Discussion 7:00-8:30 p.m.
The evening will include the premiere of This is My Witness: Women of Burma Break the Silence a short documentary on the recent International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women of Burma. The film will be introduced by Nobel Peace Laureates Shirin Ebadi (2003), and Mairead Maguire (1976). Following the screening, Pat Mitchell and panel members will discuss how global and social media are fueling the democracy movement of Burma. Panelist include Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams; Lway Aye Nang, Women’s League of Burma; Annie Sundberg, Producer & Director; Burma Soldier Khin May Zaw, Radio Free Asia.

Spark in NY! Cocktails for a Cause

Location TBD, May 19, 7-10pm
The Global Justice Center is pleased to announce the first-ever New York City-based event of Spark!



Janet Benshoof to speak at "6 Years Later, Institute for War & Peace Reporting in Iraq: Giving Voice, Driving Change"

Thomson Reuters Building, 3 Times Square, 30th Floor, Carnegie Room, New York City, April 15, 6:30 - 8pm
Janet Benshoof, President of the Global Justice Center, will be speaking at 6 Years Later, IWPR in Iraq: Giving Voice, Driving Change to celebrate the launch of the Institute for War & Peace Reporting's new online news and programming platform. Janet will be speaking alongside Ammar Al Shahbander, Chief of Mission at IWPR, and Sean Maguire, Global Editor for Political News at Thomson Reuters.



International Tribunal on Crimes Against Women in Burma

Proshansky Auditorium, The Graduate Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Avenue (at 34th Street), New York City, March 2, 9am - 6pm
This event, hosted by the Nobel Women's Initiative and the Women's League of Burma, will seek to put on trial the crimes of the Burmese government. The Tribunal is a women-directed and women-centered justice and advocacy initiative. Judges will hear testimony from several women of Burma who will share their personal stories of surviving human rights violations and crimes under military rule in Burma.



Janet Benshoof speaking at From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Reproductive and Sexual Rights

NYU, 110 West 3rd Street, New York, NY, February 12, 2010, all day event
The Global Justice Center's President Janet Benshoof has been invited to speak as a panelist at From Page to Practice: Broadening the Lens for Reproductive and Sexual Rights at New York University's Review of Law and Social Change.