FALL 2008 EVENTS

Conflict Resolution Discussion:
Similarities and Differences Across Conflicts

Join CRF for a small and informal round-table discussion that will focus on drawing commonalities and differences between conflicts across history and around the world.  A brief simulation will be presented to start off the discussion. 
Moderated by: Professor Paul Williams, Assocaite Professor of International Affiairs, GWU

Tuesday, 14 October 2008
7:30 p.m. - 9:00 p.m., Room B16, 1957 E Street, NW

 

CRF Movie Night
Shake Hands with the Devil

Based on Roméo Dallaire's autobiographical book Shake Hands with the Devil: The Failure of Humanity in Rwanda, the film recounts Dallaire's harrowing personal journey during the 1994 Rwandan Genocide and how the United Nations failed to heed Dallaire's urgent pleas for further assistance to halt the massacre

Monday, 10 November 2008
7:30pm - 9:00pm
Room 313, 1957 E Street, NW


SPRING 2008 EVENTS

CRF PATH TO PEACE SERIES
For 2008, CRF is hosting a series of events focused on conflict resolution and the hurdles to post-conflict reconstruction and implementing a peace process in different conflict zones.

PATH TO PEACE: UGANDA
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
7:00pm
1957 E Street, NW, Lindner Commons, 6th floor
Panelists:
Cynthia Brady, USAID/CMM
Sasha Lezhnev, Global Witness
Michael Poffenberger, Resolve Uganda
Neil Kritz, USIP (Invited)

Film Screening:  Blood Diamond and discussion on conflict resources with Global Witness 
Wednesday, March 5, 2008 from 7:00pm – 9:00 pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs
6th Floor Lindner Commons

SASHA LEZHNEV, Policy Advisor at Global Witness -- Sasha Lezhnev is Policy Adviser at Global Witness, a non – governmental organization dedicated to exposing the role of natural resources in funding conflict and corruption around the world. Sasha works on influencing U.S. policy on the connections between natural resources and war and corruption; specifically, conflict diamonds and corrupt oil are major themes of this work. While in Uganda from 2003-2006, Sasha assisted with the peace process with the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) with the Northern Uganda Peace Initiative and advisor to the northern Uganda mediator. Sasha recently authored the book Crafting Peace: Strategies to Deal with Warlords in Collapsing States (Lexington Books).

BLOOD DIAMOND:  Set against the backdrop of civil war and chaos in 1990's Sierra Leone, Blood Diamond is the story of Danny Archer - an ex mercenary from Zimbabwe - and Solomon Vandy - a Mende fisherman. Both men are African, but their histories as different as any can be, until their fates become joined in a common quest to recover a rare pink diamond that can transform their lives.

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Conflict Prevention and Simulation with U.S. Institute of Peace
Tuesday, March 11, 2008 from 7:00pm– 9:00pm
The Elliott School of International Affairs, Room B16

Join U.S. Institute of Peace experts, Pamela Aall, Vice President for Education, and Lawrence Woocher, Program Officer for the Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention, for a discussion on conflict prevention and simulation exercise.
Refreshments will be provided.

For more information on Pamela Aall, Lawrence Woocher, and the U.S. Institute for Peace, visit www.usip.org 

RSVP to crf@gwu.edu

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Innovations in Student Leadership Conference (ISLC)

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FALL 2007 EVENTS

The Middle of the Middle East: Kurdish Culture, Identity, and the Challenge of Regional Co-Existence

The Middle East Peace Group and the Conflict Resolution Forum

The Elliott School of International Affairs

Lidner Family Commons, Suite 602

Wednesday, November 28th 2007//8:00pm

 

A conversation with the Director of Community Outreach, Mr. Heyrsh Abdul

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Conflict Prevention
Conflict Resolution Forum & Student Association

The Elliott School of International Affairs
Room 314

Wednesday, November 14th, 2007 // 7:10pm - 9:00pm

Join U.S. Institute for Peace experts, Pamela Aall and Lawrence Woocher, for a discussion on conflict prevention.

• Pamela Aall - Vice President for Education
• Lawrence Woocher - Program Officer, Center for Conflict Analysis and Prevention

For complete biographies and lists of their publications, please click their names. To visit the USIP website, click HERE.

Refreshments provided.

RSVP to crf@gwu.edu.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2007 // 8:00pm - 10:00pm

Join CRF and Dr. Ali H. Alyami, Executive Director, The Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia for a discussion on the current issues and reforms in taking place in Saudi Arabia.

Dr. Ali Alyami is the executive director of the Center for Democracy and Human Rights in Saudi Arabia which he established in 2004 to promote a non-sectarian political structure in Saudi Arabia where all citizens' and expatiates' rights are protected under the rule of civil laws. Dr. Alyami promotes transformation of Saudi religious, political, social, economic and educational institutions, empowerment of Saudi women, privatization of all State industries and public utilities, free democratic elections at local, regional and national levels in Saudi Arabia. He opposes segregationist and discriminatory policies toward women, religious minorities and non-Muslims in Saudi Arabia. He has served as a senior fellow at the former Saudi Institute in Washington, DC, and has offered expert testimony before the Congressional Human Rights Caucus and has met with senior US officials to discuss Saudi policies and support for extremists groups. He has spoken at conferences in the United States, England, Israel, the Sudan and London among other places.

For more information on Dr. Alyami and the Center for Democracy and Human Rights, click HERE.

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DC Peace Workshops – Training Session
Conflict Resolution Forum
The George Washington University
Marvin Center
21st & H Streets, NW
Room 309
Sunday, October 14th, 2007, 6:00 PM – 10:00 PM

Come learn how to help us teach peace and conflict resolution to fourth and fifth graders at DC schools this semester.   For our third year now, we have been facilitating workshops, at over a dozen schools, designed to teach students how to recognize and address conflict on the international level and in their personal lives.  The workshops consist of three one-hour sessions that are facilitated by trained graduate students specializing in fields related to conflict resolution at local DC area universities.  The workshop includes an interactive role-play, a movie and discussion, and many fun and interactive conflict resolution skills-building exercises.

The objectives of the workshops are manifold: to model a "real" conflict in order to educate the students about the dynamics of conflicts; to explore how any given conflict occurs, escalates, and is perpetuated; and most importantly, to discuss ways to deal with conflict peacefully and constructively.  The latter aims to show students the value of active listening, empathy, effective communication, and cross-cultural learning and how to integrate such skills into their own lives.

We have already solicited schools to host the workshops and have received an overwhelming response, so we are ready to get this semester's workshops started. 

Workshops start the week of October 15th!

If you are interested or want more info, please email or call 202-374-0369 as soon as possible.

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Innovations in Student Leadership Conference Planning Meeting
Conflict Resolution Forum and CR student organizations from GU, AU and GMU
Sunday, October 7th, 2007, 7:00 PM – 9:00 PM

Join the students from GWU, GU, AU and GMU for the planning of the second annual Innovations in Student Leadership Conference.

Learn how you can become a team leader or just get involved in any way. Plus, meet some good people!

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CRF Meet & Greet Reception
Conflict Resolution Forum
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
Tuesday, October 2nd, 2007, 7:00 PM  - 9:00 PM

Interested in becoming a board member, getting involved, or just looking to meet some good people? Join the 2007 CRF Board and friends for an informal reception. Learn more about what it is we do, have done and will do.

Also, tell us about your areas of interest and events you would like to have in the upcoming months. CRF is always open to suggestions on how we can better serve you.

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Film Screening - Last Best Chance
Conflict Resolution Forum
Friday, September 28, 2007 // 7:00pm - 9:00pm

Last Best Chance is a gripping docudrama about the threats from loose nuclear weapons and materials around the world. Starring Fred Dalton Thompson as President of the United States, Last Best Chance is a wake-up call to secure and destroy nuclear weapons and materials before it's too late.

In the film, al Qaeda operatives organize separate operations aimed at getting nuclear weapons. The material is then made into three crude nuclear weapons. Governments around the world discover clues to the plot and race to try to stop the terrorists.

Produced with support from the Nuclear Threat Initiative (NTI) with additional funding from the Carnegie Coroeration of New York and the John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundation.

Learn more at www.lastbestchance.org.

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OneVoice - The Moderate Majority: Palestinian & Israeli Youth Activists
The Conflict Resolution Forum & OneVoice, in partnership with Americans for Informed Democracy, Jewish Student Association, Arab Student Association, Muslim Student Association
The George Washington University
Monday, September 10th, 2007 // 2:00-4:00pm

Refreshments Provided!

The Israeli and Palestinian people need your help – DO SOMETHING. Things can change.  Do your part. Come and hear what's really going on from leading OneVoice Israeli and Palestinian Youth Activists Shadha Musallam and Yaniv Rivlin.

"Two Youth Leaders, one Israeli and one Palestinian, will join forces to bring their side of the story to campuses and communities across the globe.  Their message is the message of the majority, their ally is the other, their enemy is extremism: they are OneVoice. 

Islamophobia, anti-Semitism, hatred, polarization, and ignorance: community and campus groups need to be mobilized and engaged in progressive, positive action like the Echo of One Million Voices to marginalize extremism, not each other.

Shadha Musallam and Yaniv Rivlin will be lending their hands to stop the flow of hate and ignorance generated in their names and provide a model of compromise and joint action for groups on campuses and communities. Shadha and Yaniv are part of the OneVoice Movement, a non-partisan international organization led by a grassroots core of Israeli and Palestinian activists. With an unprecedented coalition of Israeli, Palestinian and international leaders supporting it, the OneVoice Movement has already had massive impact during the Palestinian Presidential elections and the Disengagement from Gaza and is in a unique position to mobilize tens of thousands of committed volunteers to help support and demand conflict resolution.  Earlier this year, OneVoice activists in Jerusalem, Tel Aviv and Ramallah addressed Israeli Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas at the World Economic Forum."

Clink HERE for the full biographies for Shadha and Yaniv and more information on CRF and the OneVoice movement. For more information on the Echo of One Million Voices to End the Conflict, contact Miriam Asnes: Miriam@OneVoiceMovement.org; 212 897 3985 ext.124 or 122.

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SPRING 2007 EVENTS

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Seoul Train: Film & Discussion
The Conflict Resolution Forum & The Institute for Mulit-Track Diplomacy
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
Tuesday, May 1st, 2007 // 7:30PM-9:00PM

Join the CRF and The Institute for Multi-Track Diplomacy (IMTD) for a screening of the award-winning documentary film, Seoul Train. A discussion will follow the movie regarding North Korea Refugees in China. Refreshments provided!

Fleeing famine and persecution, an estimated 250,000 North Korean refugees currently live underground in China. After crossing icy rivers and evading guards to live in hiding, their danger is far from over. If caught, China will—in violation of international law—repatriate refugees to North Korea, where they face imprisonment, torture, and death. Seoul Train is an emotionally wrenching look at a heroic Underground Railroad, an international band of activists who risk their own lives to lead North Korean refugees out of China and into countries that will give them asylum. The film's haunting verite' footage follows groups of refugees and their escorts through safe houses and covert routes to uncertain fates. Seoul Train spotlights a harrowing and potentially explosive human rights crisis where, in the absence of news coverage and international humanitarian aid, a small group works to make a big difference in the lives of desperate refugees.

RSVP: hkim@imtd.org
For more details: http://www.seoultrain.com/

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A Conversation with the Ambassador of Cyprus **TIme Change**
The Conflict Resolution Forum, The Elliott Schools Institute for European, Russian and Eurasian Studies, Ambassadors' Forum and Conflict Resolution Forum
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW
Voesar Conference Room 412Q
Thursday, April 26, 2007 // 4:00 PM – 5:30 PM

Andreas Kakouris, Ambassador of Cyprus to the United States of America

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Ambassador Miller on Human Trafficking
The Conflict Resolution Forum
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
Tuesday, April 24th, 2007 // 7:30PM-9:00PM

Ambassador John Miller is currently a Research Professor of International Affairs at George Washington University’s Elliott School.  His expertise includes areas such as modern day slavery, foreign policy, electoral politics and American history.  Prior to joining the Elliott School, Ambassador Miller served as the U.S. Ambassador at Large on Modern Day Slavery and was the Chairman of the U.S. Senior Policy Operating Group on Modern Day Slavery at Home and Abroad.  As a member of Congress from 1984-1992, Ambassador Miller was a member of the Budget Committee and the Foreign Affairs Committee.  He continues to reside on the board for Hunt Alternative Foundation.

Please click HERE for his full CV.

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Post-Conflict Disarmament, Demobilization, and Reintegraion
The Conflict Resolution Forum
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
Monday, April 9th, 2007 // 7:30PM-9:00PM

Join Dr. Joanna Spear, Director of the Security Policy Studies Program, on a discussion on post-conflict issues: disarmament, demobilization, and reintegration of forces.

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Silence Broken:  Korean Comfort Women Film Screening

Conflict Resolution Forum with

George Mason University

Truland Building Room 530

Thursday, April 5, 2007 // 7:00 PM

 

Dai Sil Kim-Gibson combines historical footage, interviews, and dramatic reenactments to tell the true story of Korean women forced to work as prostitutes for the Japanese Army during World War II in the film Silence Broken: Korean Comfort Women . The Imperial Army lured more than 200,000 Korean women into forced sexual labor, often by claiming they were hiring teenage girls for high-paying factory jobs; the women who responded were taken without consent and put to work against their will as "Comfort Women." Little evidence of this scandal existed until recently, as the Japanese government destroyed nearly all documentation pertaining to it. (To this day, Japan officially denies this ever occurred.) But, in 1991, several aging "comfort women" came forward to tell their side of the story and present whatever documentation they possessed. The first part of this film features interviews with several survivors of this tragedy, while the second half is a dramatic reenactment of the stories of three of these women being forced into prostitution.

 

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Afghanistan in 2007: An Update and Overview of Military Operations
The Conflict Resolution Forum co-sponsorship with the British American Security Information Council
The Elliott School of International Affairs
1957 E Street, NW
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
Tuesday, March 27th, 2007 // 9:00AM - 12:00PM

The conflict in Afghanistan returned to headlines across the globe in 2006 as a resurgent Taliban conducted a bloody campaign aimed at destabilizing the central government. The violence claimed 4,000 lives, many of them Afghan civilians. The immediate threat posed by the insurgency, however, threatens to derail all the progress achieved since 2001, and it must be countered in order for the reconstruction and development projects can proceed. This panel discussion will explore the role and operations of Afghan and international forces in achieving security and discuss topics such as the development of Afghan national forces, civil-military relations, and the mission of international military forces. 

• Ali Jalali, former Interior Minister of Afghanistan and Distinguished Professor at the National Defense University 
• Dr. Seth Jones, Political Analyst, the RAND Corporation
• Homira Nassery, former USAID contractor in Afghanistan
• Cameron Scott, Program Associate, BASIC
• Steven Monblatt, Moderator, Co-Executive Director, BASIC (Washington, DC)

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OneVoice Discussion on the Conflict in Israel-Palestine
Jewish Law Students Association, Muslim Law Students Association, International Law Society, Conflict Resolution Forum, Middle East Peace Group, Jewish Students Association, Arab Students Association, Students for Justice in Palestine
Lisner Hall, GWU Law School – entrance on H St. at 20^th Streets
Monday, March 26th, 2007 // 6:30PM

Panel:
Moderator:

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Current Challenges to Israeli-Palestinian Peace
American Task Force on Palestine & The Conflict Resolution Forum
The George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
Monday, March 26th, 2007 // 4:00PM-6:00PM

• David Makovsky, Director of The Washington Institute for Near East Policy's Project on the Middle East Peace Process: Mr. Makovsky is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the London-based International Institute for Strategic Studies. His commentary on the peace process and the Arab-Israeli conflict has appeared in Foreign Affairs, the New York Times, the Washington Post, the Los Angeles Times, the Wall Street Journal, the Financial Times, the Chicago Tribune, Foreign Policy, and National Interest. He appears frequently in the media to comment on Arab-Israeli affairs. Complete bio: HERE.
• Rafi Dajani, Executive Director of the American Task Force on Palestine (ATFP): Mr. Dajani has contributed to and written for the: New York Times, Washington Post, Christian Science Monitor, Chicago Tribune, Baltimore Sun, Washington Times, Detroit News, Orlando Sentinel, Providence Journal-Bulletin, Jewish Journal of LA, Jordan Times, Gulf News, Arab News and Middle East Insight. He has also made regular appearances on CNN, MSNBC, BBC TV and radio, Superpower TV, Abu Dhabi television, LBC and Al Jazeera.  Website, American Task Force on Palestine: HERE.
  
• Lara Friedman, Government Relations Director for Americans for Peace Now (APN): Ms. Friedman has worked with APN since September 1999.  After joining the Foreign Service in 1992, she was posted to Jerusalem, where she was in charge of the settlements portfolio.  Ms. Friedman was subsequently posted to the State Department's Operations Center in Washington, DC.  From there she went to Tunis and then Beirut, where she served as both the Commercial/Economic Officer and the Consul.  Peace Now website: HERE.

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Saturday // March 24, 2007 // 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

GWU GRADUATE STUDENTS ONLY

 

A one-day crisis simulation organized by USIP will be held at American University's School of International Service on Saturday, March 24, 2007.  The simulation will be based on the ongoing negotiations to end the conflict in Mindanao, the Philippines.  The parties involved include the Moro Islamic Liberation Front, the Government of the Philippines, USIP, Malaysia, the U.S. Government, and local non-governmental organizations. 

There will be an initial pre-simulation meeting to assign roles, distribute documentation, and run through the ground rules prior to staging the game.  All those participating will be expected to have read all the necessary documentation to cover the history of the conflict, the rules of the game, and the specifics of their assigned roles.  No prior knowledge of the conflict in Mindanao is necessary.

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Innovations in Student Leadership Conference
American University
Friday, March 23rd, 2007 // 9:00AM - 5:00PM

This conference is being designed and co-sponsored by student organizations from every higher education institution in the Washington, D.C. metro area consortium, in cooperation with NGOs, to provide a forum for students, academics, and practitioners, to share innovative approaches to youth leadership with an emphasis on conflict resolution and international development advocacy.

 

To learn more about the conference, or to register, please click HERE. If you would like to register your organization or department, or to make a donation, please contact auchenbach@gmail.com for more information.

Around the world students of conflict resolution (CR) and international development (ID) are playing critical roles in effectuating change and development.  Student leaders and groups have been able to achieve these results because of their ability to adapt to dynamic social, political, and technological change.  The objectives of this conference are to:

• Connect Washington metropolitan area student leaders and groups with each other, practitioners in the field, and local non-governmental organizations NGO’s;
• Create the space for student leaders and groups to share the methods used, lessons learned, and challenges faced in their efforts to effect positive change;
• Build and foster best practices for operating as an effective student group or organization; and
• Facilitate the growth of the complementary relationship between the CR and ID communities.

This conference is being organized and co-sponsored, in cooperation with local NGO’s, by student organizations of various schools that are members of the Consortium of Universities of the Washington  Participating organizations, universities and co-sponsors will be recognized at the conference and highlighted in various conference products as appropriate.  One of the products will be a conference toolkit that will be made available to participants.  Another aim of this conference is to foster participation in a sustainable inter-campus internet resource that will facilitate community-wide communication and coordination.  This website aims to support the existing relationships between the Washington CR and ID communities by providing a forum and a mechanism to address common needs.  By providing a central source of information and the space to collaborate constructively, this network hopes to empower the CR and ID communities to create more efficient and sustainable change.

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Post-Conflict Reconstruction: Issues affecting soldiers, women and children
The Conflict Resolution Forum
The Elliott School of International Affairs
The George Washington University
1957 E Street, NW
Lindner Family Commons, 6th Floor
Monday, March 19th, 2007 // 7:30-9:30PM

• Fred Ngoga Gateretse, Regional Manager - Africa, iJET, Inc.
• Rahwa Tesfay, Watch Operations Manager, with special focus on Africa, iJET Intelligent Risk Systems

Please click HERE for complete biographies. To RSVP, please contact crf@gwu.edu.

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Water & Conflict
The Conflict Resolution Forum
Wednesday, March 7th, 2007 // 7:30-9:30PM

Join the CRF for a discussion on how water affects conflicts and post-conflict reconstruction. Water is a major cause of friction and outright conflict in many parts of the world. Dr. Williamson will discuss where and how we get fresh water and the potential for conflict in densely-populated parts of the world where water scarcity is high.

Please click HERE for complete biographies.

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Future Free Cuba?
The Conflict Resolution Forum
Thursday // March 1, 2007 // 09:00am - 10:30am

Join the CRF and the Center for Free Cuba for a morning discussion on the future of Cuba after Fidel Castro. A short film will be featured as well. Learn more about the history of the country and the tensions between the U.S. for a look into future potential for resolution. Click HERE to visit the website of the Center for Free Cuba.

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Women & Conflict: Peace Building in Sudan and the Critical Role of Women
The Conflict Resolution Forum
Wednesday, February 28th, 2007 // 7:30-9:30PM

Evelyn Thornton, Advocacy and Partnership Specialist, The Initiative for Inclusive Security of Hunt Alternatives Fund.

She works as an advocacy and partnership specialist for The Initiative for Inclusive Security, a program of Hunt Alternatives Fund, which advocates for the full participation of all stakeholders, particularly women, in formal and informal peace processes.  Her work has focused extensively on conflict resolution efforts in Sudan. Prior to joining Inclusive Security, Evelyn was an associate at the Foundation for Universal Responsibility for His Holiness The Dalai Lama (FUR) in New Delhi, India, where she worked closely with the Foundation's program, Women In Security, Conflict Management and Peace (WISCOMP).  Evelyn has traveled, lived and worked in South America, Europe and South Asia and has published numerous writings about her experiences.

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Promises - Film Screening & Discussion
The Conflict Resolution Forum & The Middle East Peace Group
Tuesday, February 20th - 8:30PM

Join the CRF and The Middle East Peace Group for a screening of the award-winning film, Promises. A discussion will follow the movie regarding the Arab-Israeli conflict with hosted by two Conflict Resolution professors of each background.

Promises Project Official Site

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Ethnic Conflict & Today's World
The Conflict Resolution Forum
Marvin Center 307
Thursday, February 15th, 12:30 - 1:30PM

Join Ambassador John W. McDonald for an intimate discussion on ethnic conflict. Please RSVP to crf@gwu.edu.

Biography, Ambassador McDonald

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Lost Boys of Sudan, Film Screening & Discussion with Two Sudanese Refugees
The Conflict Resolution Forum
Wednesday // January 31, 2007 // 7:30PM

Lost Boys of Sudan is an Emmy-nominated feature-length documentary that follows two Sudanese refugees on an extraordinary journey from Africa to America. Orphaned as young boys in one of Africa's cruelest civil wars, Peter Dut and Santino Chuor survived lion attacks and militia gunfire to reach a refugee camp in Kenya along with thousands of other children. From there, remarkably, they were chosen to come to America. Safe at last from physical danger and hunger, a world away from home, they find themselves confronted with the abundance and alienation of contemporary American suburbia.

Visit the film's website: Lost Boys of Sudan

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Nuclear Nonproliferation & the Business Lobby
The Conflict Resolution Forum
Sunday // January 28th, 2007 // 4 - 6PM

 
How can we stop an economically beneficial nuclear trade? Who has the most impact on nonproliferation policy? What can we do now to impact nonproliferation efforts?

 

• Ivan Oelrich (Federation of American Scientists) will speak on his involvement in the petition against the U.S.-India Nuclear Deal
• Marie Rietmann (Women's Action for New Directions) will speak on their work with legislators and careers in nonproliferation
• Elizabeth Turpen (The Stimson Center) will speak on engaging the business community in nuclear nonproliferation efforts

A brief panel discussion will be followed by an open dialogue between the experts and attendees. Come share your views on nonproliferation and find out how to have the most impact on U.S. security policy.

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Development in Afghanistan
The Conflict Resolution Forum and the Sigur Center for Asian Studies
Wednesday // January 17th, 2007 // 12:30 - 1:30PM

Marina Kielpinski, IOM Program Coordinator in Afghanistan, joins us for a discussion on the progress of development in Afghanistan, with a special focus on Badakhshan.  Recent trends in development including alternative livelihood, migration, women’s issues, and human rights will be examined. The event was recorded for broadcast by Voice of America.

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