Roundtable - Invited Status Awarded

Invited by: National Association for the Practice of Anthropology

Of interest to: Practicing and Applied Anthropologists, Students, Those Involved in Mentoring Activities

Primary Theme: Human rights

(5-0545) 'Women's Rights Are Human Rights' – How Do Anthropologists Contribute?

Human rights, broadly defined, relate to all aspects of life and are affirmed in numerous international treaties, declarations, and agreements, including the recently developed “sustainable development goals” framework. The purpose of this roundtable is to discuss ways that the research, practice, or applied experience of anthropologists can and does promote or support the protection of women’s human rights.

Organizer(s)

• Suzanne Hanchett

  Partner
  Planning Alternatives for Change LLC

Chair(s)

• Suzanne Hanchett

  Partner
  Planning Alternatives for Change LLC

Presenter(s)

• Suzanne Hanchett

  Partner
  Planning Alternatives for Change LLC

• Barbara Rose Johnston

  Senior Fellow
  Center for Political Ecology

• Dorothy Hodgson

  Dean of Arts & Sciences
  Brandeis University

Discussant(s)

• Tal Nitsan

  Director, The Sophie Davis Forum on Gender, Conflict Resolution and Peace
  Hebrew University of Jerusalem

• Sheila Dauer

  Adj.Prof.
  Columbia Uuniversity., Institute for the Study of Human Rights