The International Women聮s Alliance at the University of Colorado at Boulder will hold its 25th annual International Women聮s Week March 5-10.
This year聮s theme is "The Political Economy of Violence: Women of Color Resisting Militarization, State Terror, and Violence in Our Lives." Questions and issues on unemployment, increases in the military and prison budgets and racism and sexism in health care will be addressed through a series of workshops, films, lectures, theater performances and art exhibits.
All events will be held at the University Memorial Center and are free and open to the public. Session locations will be posted at the UMC. No registration is required.
According to Ruchi Malhotra and Karen Lozano, IWA co-chairs, International Women聮s Week is a way of acknowledging many perspectives and experiences without discriminating on the basis of gender, race, class, sexual orientation, nationality or physical ability.
Keynote speakers include Elvia Alvarado, head of international relations for the Union of Rural Workers. Alvarado will speak on "The Struggle for Economic and Agrarian Reform in Honduras" on March 7 at 7:30 p.m.
Haunani-Kay Trask, Hawaiian nationalist, political organizer, poet and professor of Hawaiian Studies, will speak on "Hawaiian Sovereignty: What聮s at Stake" on March 9 at 7:30 p.m.
Diana Wiwa, international representative of the Federation of Ogoni Women Association, will address "Women, Human Rights and Environmentalism in Nigeria" on March 10 at 7:30 p.m.
Workshops offered by IWW 2000 will address topics such as violence in the lives of people with disabilities, violence in the lives of women and girls in U.S. prisons and the connection between militarization and the international sex trade.
Other highlights include theater and dance performances by Billie Jean Young and Joda & Friends of African Dance, and art exhibits such as "Serve the People: Images of a Vision," "Arpilleras of Chile: Patchwork of Protest and Memory" as well as an exhibit of CU students聮 feminist artwork.
International Women聮s Week 2000 is sponsored by International Women聮s Alliance and Women聮s Resource Center. Funding was provided by the Cultural Events Board, Office of the Vice Chancellor for Student Affairs, Office of the Chancellor, the President聮s Fund for the Support of Diversity, College of Arts and Sciences, CU Parents Association, CU Police and the Women聮s Studies Program.
For more information send an e-mail to CUIWW@ucsub.colorado.edu or visit the Web site at .