Mehrangiz Kar - "Legal Violence against Women in Iran"
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Date: April 26, 2004 Time: 5:30-6:30 pm
Location: McMahon Hall, Room #109
113 West 60th Street
Lincoln Center Campus
Fordham University
Contact: Scholars at Risk Network New York University
194 Mercer Street
Attn: Carla Stuart (212) 998 2179
View the press release for this event at:
http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/press_releases.html#04-04
Iranian human rights advocate Mehrangiz Kar will give a lecture on legal violence against women in Iran at Fordham University on April 26, from 5:30-6:30 pm. The lecture is part of the Scholars at Risk speaker series and is organized by Fordham University�s Women�s Studies Program and co-sponsored by the Fordham Law School's Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights and the Scholars at Risk Network based at New York University.
About Mehrangiz Kar
Mehrangiz Kar is an Iranian lawyer and writer specializing in women�s rights and family law. Along with 2003 Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, Kar is internationally renowned for her writings, speaking and activism in defense of women�s and human rights. She is the recipient of several human rights awards, including the 2002 Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize.
Mehrangiz Kar came to world-wide attention in 2000 when she was imprisoned in the spring of 2000 for expressing critical views about Iran�s legal system while at an international conference in Berlin. In January 2001 she was convicted and sentenced to four years' imprisonment on charges of acting against national security and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic regime. Kar was later released on bail and her sentence was reduced to
six months' imprisonment, calculated as time served (two months' imprisonment) plus a 500,000 rial fine.
Mehrangiz Kar left for the United States after her release on bail in 2001. After arriving in the United States, her husband, 73-year old journalist Siamak Pourzand was tried and sentenced to eight years in prison for charges widely thought to be politically motivated. He remains in prison
to this day. Kar hopes to return to Iran someday. She is currently living in the United States and is teaching at Columbia University.
About the Sponsors
The Women's Studies Program at Fordham houses the women's studies major, an interdisciplinary approach to issues of gender. The program also brings to the Fordham campuses distinguished activists and scholars to speak on a range of topics concerning the status and lives of women in the larger world.
Fordham Law School's Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights aims to increase awareness of human rights problems around the world and to prepare lawyers to address those problems throughout their careers on a full-time, part-time, or pro bono basis. To reach these goals, the Program is structured around two areas of activity: the Speaker Series and an Annual Human Rights Mission. The Crowley Program also brings an international
component to the Law School's long-standing commitment to public service and ethics. For more info., visit: http://law.fordham.edu
Scholars at Risk is an international network of more than 75 universities and colleges working to promote academic freedom and to defend the human rights of scholars worldwide. Scholars at Risk�s primary activity is to arrange short-term, emergency visits in the US and abroad
for scholars like who suffer because of their work, prominence, or exercise of their basic human rights. For more info., visit: http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu
For more information
The seminar is free and open to the public. Media and non-Fordham persons interested in attending the event should arrange access by contacting Carla Stuart at 212-998-2179 or carla.stuart@n.... For a map and directions to Lincoln Center, please visit:
http://www.fordham.edu/general/Contact_Us/Going_to_Lincoln_Cen2695.html
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Date: April 26, 2004 Time: 5:30-6:30 pm
Location: McMahon Hall, Room #109
113 West 60th Street
Lincoln Center Campus
Fordham University
Contact: Scholars at Risk Network New York University
194 Mercer Street
Attn: Carla Stuart (212) 998 2179
View the press release for this event at:
http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu/press_releases.html#04-04
Iranian human rights advocate Mehrangiz Kar will give a lecture on legal violence against women in Iran at Fordham University on April 26, from 5:30-6:30 pm. The lecture is part of the Scholars at Risk speaker series and is organized by Fordham University�s Women�s Studies Program and co-sponsored by the Fordham Law School's Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights and the Scholars at Risk Network based at New York University.
About Mehrangiz Kar
Mehrangiz Kar is an Iranian lawyer and writer specializing in women�s rights and family law. Along with 2003 Nobel laureate Shirin Ebadi, Kar is internationally renowned for her writings, speaking and activism in defense of women�s and human rights. She is the recipient of several human rights awards, including the 2002 Ludovic Trarieux International Human Rights Prize.
Mehrangiz Kar came to world-wide attention in 2000 when she was imprisoned in the spring of 2000 for expressing critical views about Iran�s legal system while at an international conference in Berlin. In January 2001 she was convicted and sentenced to four years' imprisonment on charges of acting against national security and disseminating propaganda against the Islamic regime. Kar was later released on bail and her sentence was reduced to
six months' imprisonment, calculated as time served (two months' imprisonment) plus a 500,000 rial fine.
Mehrangiz Kar left for the United States after her release on bail in 2001. After arriving in the United States, her husband, 73-year old journalist Siamak Pourzand was tried and sentenced to eight years in prison for charges widely thought to be politically motivated. He remains in prison
to this day. Kar hopes to return to Iran someday. She is currently living in the United States and is teaching at Columbia University.
About the Sponsors
The Women's Studies Program at Fordham houses the women's studies major, an interdisciplinary approach to issues of gender. The program also brings to the Fordham campuses distinguished activists and scholars to speak on a range of topics concerning the status and lives of women in the larger world.
Fordham Law School's Joseph R. Crowley Program in International Human Rights aims to increase awareness of human rights problems around the world and to prepare lawyers to address those problems throughout their careers on a full-time, part-time, or pro bono basis. To reach these goals, the Program is structured around two areas of activity: the Speaker Series and an Annual Human Rights Mission. The Crowley Program also brings an international
component to the Law School's long-standing commitment to public service and ethics. For more info., visit: http://law.fordham.edu
Scholars at Risk is an international network of more than 75 universities and colleges working to promote academic freedom and to defend the human rights of scholars worldwide. Scholars at Risk�s primary activity is to arrange short-term, emergency visits in the US and abroad
for scholars like who suffer because of their work, prominence, or exercise of their basic human rights. For more info., visit: http://scholarsatrisk.nyu.edu
For more information
The seminar is free and open to the public. Media and non-Fordham persons interested in attending the event should arrange access by contacting Carla Stuart at 212-998-2179 or carla.stuart@n.... For a map and directions to Lincoln Center, please visit:
http://www.fordham.edu/general/Contact_Us/Going_to_Lincoln_Cen2695.html
Reviewed/approved by talieshah -.
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