Nigeria in the World (via Zoom)

Date and Time

February 22, 2021
12:00PM - 01:30PM EST

Location

Online Only

“Ending Violence Against Women in Nigeria”

Attend this event via Zoom

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.

This event is online only. Please click the "Read More" link for full instructions on how to attend this seminar.

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.

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