Public Lecture by Inez McCormack

Celebrating the Centenary of International Women’s Day, Global Women's Studies and the Irish Centre for Human Rights at NUI Galway are pleased to invite you to

"Women, Power and Powerlessness"

A public lecture with activist

Inez McCormack

DAY: Monday, 7th of March, 2011
TIME: 2:30-1:30pm, with Reception to follow
LOCATION: Aula Maxima, NUI Galway

"It is about legislating respect. It is about giving a voice to people who were invisible. It is about changing the way power is exercised."

About the Speaker

Inez McCormack is an internationally recognised advocate for women’s human rights.  Originally from Belfast, Inez was active in the Northern Ireland civil rights movement in the late 1960s. She then became a trade union and equality activist, campaigning to organize and revalue the work and contribution of the 'forgotten' workers, most of whom were women. In 1998, Inez led a successful campaign for inclusive equality and human rights provisions to be included in the Good Friday Agreement. She was the first woman President of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions. Currently, Inez chairs the much acclaimed Participation and the Practice of Rights (PPR) project ( http://www.pprproject.org/), which provides local disadvantaged communities on all parts of the island of Ireland support in using a human rights based approach to address the social and economic inequalities and deprivation they face.

All are welcome to this event, which is free and open to the public, but please RSVP to Gillian Browne at gillian.brownenuigalway.ie as seating is limited.

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