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“Ending Violence Against Women in Nigeria”
Speaker:
Olufunke Baruwa, Ford Foundation Program Officer on Gender, Racial and Ethnic Justice.
Contact:
Darren Kew
Darren.kew@umb.edu
Co-sponsored by the UMass Boston Center for Peace, Democracy, and Development.
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Chair:
Darren Kew, Associate Professor, McCormack Graduate School, University of Massachusetts, Boston.
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Abstract:
Olufunke Baruwa will discuss Ford’s efforts to support individuals and groups working to address gender-based violence in Nigeria. She will explore the basis for the work, what it hopes to achieve and change, the drivers of violence against women, and an ambitious campaign against rape that is underway.
