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Celebrated author, speaker and health advocate: Judy Norsigian, Executive Director, Our Bodies Ourselves will speak in Montreal this week on “Preventing Violence in Women’s Lives: Curbing Sex Trafficking and Other Attacks on Women’s Health and Well-Being”
DATE: Thursday, 27 October, 2011, 7:30 PM
PLACE: McGill University, Leacock building, 855 Sherbrooke St.
West, Room 232
A wine and cheese reception will follow.
Seating may be limited, PLEASE REGISTER at: info.igsf@mcgill.ca [3] or 514.398.3911 [4]
For updates visit their website [5].
Suggested donation for those who are able: $25; $5-10 Students. All funds will go to The Rescue Foundation of India through Child Care International [6].The Foundation rescues, rehabilitates and repatriates girls and women who are trafficked from India, Nepal and Bangladesh. Rescue Foundation is the largest NGO in India in saving human trafficking victims, and it is also the only NGO providing services for these girls to integrate back into society.
Judy Norsigian is an internationally renowned speaker and writer on a wide range of women's health concerns, including abortion and contraception, sexually transmitted infections, genetics and reproductive technologies, tobacco and women, women and health care reform, and midwifery advocacy.
She has appeared on numerous national television and radio programs, including OPRAH, the TODAY show, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, THE EARLY SHOW and NBC Nightly News with Tom Brokaw.
Organized by IGSF together with Women Inspiring Next Generations (WINGS) [7].