Panel Series on Women's Studies & Policy Topics

The public policy and women's studies program, in association with the WSTU Graduate Student Association, has put together a panel series discussing contemporary policy problems involving or affecting women. On April 2, the panel will target international policy and related women's issues, and will include speakers Elizabeth Abi-Mershed and Mercedes Kremenetzky from the Organization of American States.

The Organization of American States (OAS) promotes collaboration among member nations within the Western Hemisphere to strengthen cooperation on democratic values and to define and defend common interests by debating major issues of concern to the region and the global community as a whole. The OAS lists its key concerns as strengthening democracy, promoting human rights, and confronting poverty, terrorism, illegal drugs, and corruption. Made up of 35 member states, the organization seeks to defend mandates established by the body and carry them out at the Summits of the Americas.

Elizabeth Abi-Mershed and Mercedes Kremenetzky will speak about their experience at OAS and will discuss particularly how the issues they confront in their work affect women. The April 2 event will take place at 7:15 p.m in Room 211, 1957 E Street.

Log onto http://www.oas.org/ for more information about the organization, and http://www.summit-americas.org/ for information concerning the Summits of the Americas.