AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, MIAMI CHAPTER aimiami

1. International Stop Violenceagainst Women Day Presented by: TheMiami Chapter of Amnesty International When: Friday, November 19, 2004, 7:00 - 8:00 P.M. Where: Books & Books, 933 Lincoln Road, Miami Beach, FL Help Stop: The abduction, sexual assault, and murder of young women in Ciudad Juárez. The rape and torture of woman and girls in the Darfur region of Sudan. The torture, sexual abuse, and murder of women and girls In Colombia. The honor killings of women in the Middle East. The rape, battery, and sexual abuse of women in the United States. The genital mutilation of young girls in North Africa. The trafficking and sexual slavery of women and children in China, the United States, and around the world. Featured Speakers: Donna K. Coker is a professor of law at the University of Miami, where she teaches family law and substantive criminal law and conducts seminars on domestic violence, race, gender, crime, and the criminal justice system. Nationally known for her expertise on domestic violence, Professor Coker often serves as a criminal law consultant; particularly in domestic homicide cases, and in family law cases with regard to custody litigation when spousal abuse has been alleged. Maria Jose T. Fletcher has been a supervising attorney at the Florida Immigrant Advocacy Center (FIAC) and is the director of Lucha, a women’s legal project, since June 2000. She is actively involved in local, state, and national domestic violence and victim’s rights organizations. Ms. Fletcher currently represents trafficked women and children whose testimony before the US Congress was instrumental in the passage of the Victims of Trafficking and Violence Protection Act of 2000. She also lectures at conferences, seminars, and workshops that are held by the US Department of State, the US Department of Justice, and non-governmental organizations to address the needs of survivors of trafficking. Mariano Picos Pelegri will perform selected monologues from The Vagina Monologues. Mariano, an actor who began his career in Argentina, has appeared in the films, Dreams and Testimonios. Established in 1961, Amnesty International is a worldwide human rights organization that continually campaigns against torture and the death penalty, as well as for the release of prisoners of conscience. It condemns human rights abuses wherever they may occur. AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL USA, MIAMI CHAPTER www.aimiami.org