feminist advocacy for women's rights through the united
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FEMINIST ADVOCACY FORWOMEN'S RIGHTS THROUGH THE
UNITED NATIONS PRESENTS:
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT FORWOMEN'S HUMAN RIGHTS PANEL
Born in India and growing up in the Bronx, New York, Monami has been aleader in grassroots organizing in the fields of immigrant, racial justice,youth and global justice for over 18 years. She founded and served asExecutive Director of DRUM- Desis Rising Up and Moving, one of the firstSouth Asian immigrant worker member-based organizations for socialjustice in the US. She is currently working as a consultant for UN Women.
SAVANNAHBADALICH
MONAMI MAULIK
SATARUPADASGUPTA
As Program Associate for Breakthrough, a human rights organizationworking to make gender-based discrimination and violence culturallyunacceptable, Savannah mobilizes communities to take action to addressthe cultural norms that promote gender-based violence. Previously whileattending UCLA, she created 7,000 in Solidarity: A Campaign AgainstSexual Assualt, a multicampus sexual assault prevention campaign thatcombines education, arts activism and advocacy.
Wednesday, March 30, 20164:00-5:30PM
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As an Advocate for Manavi, an organization committed to ending allforms of violence and exploitation against South Asian women living inthe US, Satarupa is designing and implementing culturally andlinguistically specific sexual assault services for the South Asianimmigrant population in New Jersey. She has a PhD in healthcommunication and eleven years of experience working in research andacademia specializing in sexual rights advocacy, health education andreproductive healthcare services.