In celebration of International Women's Day,
the Library presented a symposium titled "Life
Lines: The Literature of Women's Human Rights" on Wednesday,
March 7, 2001. The event, presented by the Library's African and Middle
Eastern Division and the Women's Learning Partnership, was free and
open to the public. Participants in the program read from their works, which reflect
the discrimination women have faced in various parts of the world.
They also described women of courage and vision who have made a difference,
and who have challenged traditional stereotypes. Mahnaz Afkhami acted as the event moderator.
Abena
Busia, a Ghanian poet and writer, received her doctorate from
Oxford University and is currently an English professor at Rutgers
University. She is the author of Theorizing Black Feminism
and Testimonies in Exile. Marjorie Agosin teaches in the Spanish Department at Wellesley College.
She was recently honored with the United Nations Leadership Award
for Human Rights. Her many works include An Absence of Shadow,
Always from Somewhere Else, My Jewish Fathers, and an anthropology
of women's writings on human rights, A Map of Hope.
The Women's Leaning Partnership is a private organization that supports women around the world.
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