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The Advocates for Human Rights and
Hennepin County Medical Center Education Department
invite you to a speaker presentation as part of the
16 Days of Activism Against Gender Violence
November 25 – December 10, 2005
For the Health of Women, For the Health of the World:
NO MORE VIOLENCE
Presenters: Diane Knust, LISW and Monica Yugu, MD, MPH
Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at 12:00 p.m.
Minnesota Advocates for Human Rights
650 3rd Ave. S., Suite 550, Minneapolis
The Beijing Platform for Action (1995) states “Violence against women is an obstacle to the achievement of the objectives of equality, development and peace. Violence against women both violates and impairs or nullifies the enjoyment by women of their human rights and fundamental freedoms.” Violence against women is both a cause and a consequence of the HIV/AIDS pandemic. Our speakers will explore the complex connections between women’s human rights, violence against women and women’s health, with a special emphasis on the links between violence against women and the HIV/AIDS pandemic.
Speaker biographies
Diane Knust, LISW currently works at Hennepin County as the Ryan White Title I Quality Management Coordinator. She is also adjunct faculty at the University Of Minnesota School Of Social Work, and has worked as a training and education consultant with the Midwest AIDS Training and Education Center. She teaches an undergraduate course on gender violence in the global perspective where the relationship between HIV infection and violence against women is a primary theme. Prior to her work at the University, she was Program Manager for case management at the Minnesota AIDS Project for 4 years and has been personally and professionally dedicated to HIV/AIDS since the beginning of the epidemic.
Monica Yugu, MD, MPH works as a Case Manager at HCMC. She has extensive experience in public health, HIV/AIDS education, emotional support, counseling, training, outreach, project designing and advocacy both in Africa and the U.S. She is an active faith-based volunteer facilitator for women’s empowerment in her own community in Minnesota.
Please RSVP by Monday, December 5th to Mary Hunt at 612-341-3302, ext. 107 or mhunt@mnadvocates.org. This is a brown bag presentation; drinks will be provided.
For more information on the 16 Days campaign, visit the Center for Women’s Global Leadership at http://www.cwgl.rutgers.edu/16days/home.html.