Did you follow Referendum 71 here in Washington and the current fight over Prop 8 in California with rapt attention? Are you concerned about human rights in Uganda following the recent push there to criminalize homosexuality? Do you wonder more broadly about LGBT rights in other countries and what you can do to support a global movement for equality? If so, come hear the International Gay and Lesbian Human Rights Commission’s Executive Director Cary Alan Johnson speak about current challenges and opportunities in the fight for LGBT rights around the globe.
Friday February 12, 2010 12:30pm – 1:30pm
UW Law School, Room 138, 4293 Memorial Way Seattle, WA.
IGLHRC’s mission is to advance human rights for everyone, everywhere to end discrimination based on sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.
Since 1990, IGLHRC has been working on four fronts:
1) Advocating the elimination of discriminatory laws, policies and practices.
2) Supporting the enactment and implementation of anti-discrimination laws, policies and practices.
3) Striving to reduce family, community and state-sanctioned violence.
4) Promoting economic, social and cultural rights.
Cary Alan Johnson, IGLHRC’s Executive Director, is an author and activist with more than twenty years of experience in the LGBT movement and in African social and economic development. He has worked in management positions for Amnesty International-USA, Africare (Rwanda and Zimbabwe), UNHRC (Democratic Republic of Congo), and Planned Parenthood (Southern Africa).
Event co-sponsored by UW Center for Human Rights, Outlaws, UW Law School Center for Human Rights and Justice, International Law Society, Q-Law Foundation, and the William H. Gates Public Service Law Program.
The UW Law School is located just off of 15th Avenue NE between 43rd and 42nd. There are several convenient buses and parking is available both on campus, on the street, and at several parking lots.
