Past Events

Date & Time April 22, 2019 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Location
Lane 100
Program
Tufts International Development

Eleanor Acer at Tufts: The Refugee Crisis in Central America

As the director of Human Rights First’s Refugee Protection program, Eleanor Acer oversees Human Rights First’s research and advocacy on issues relating to refugee protection, asylum, and migrants’ rights. Eleanor advocates, speaks and writes regularly on issues relating to the human rights of refugees and migrants, including legal representation, detention, U.S. asylum law and policy, U.S. global refugee protection and resettlement policies, and protection from xenophobic and bias-motivated violence.

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Date & Time April 19, 2019 12:00pm - 1:30pm
Location
Olin 007
Program
Latin American Committee

Panel discussion "Gender Inequality and Gender Rights in Latin America"

The Latin American Committee (LAC) will be hosting a panel on “Gender Inequality and Gender Rights in Latin America” which will explore the current issues faced by women in the region and the movements in response to these challenges. Joining us will be Prof. Kimberly Theidon, who is the Henry J. Leir Professor of International Humanitarian Studies and Co-Director of Gender Analysis and Women’s Leadership Program at Fletcher, Prof. Nina Gerassi-Navarro, Professor of Latin American Literature and Director of Latin American Studies, and Prof.

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Date & Time April 17, 2019 6:00pm - 7:00pm
Location
Eaton 123
Program
IGL General

UN Peacekeeping: Past, Present, & Future

Are you interested in UN peacekeeping and global conflict resolution? Come to Breakthrough's Speaker Series featuring Dr. Abiodun Williams, the director of Tufts' Institute for Global Leadership and a Fletcher professor of the practice of international politics! From 2001 to 2007 Dr. Williams was director of strategic planning for United Nations Secretaries-General Ban Ki-Moon and Kofi Annan in New York.

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