Achieving Equal Property and Inheritance Rights for the Women of Swaziland
For Immediate Release
April 11, 2007
Contact:
Kara Tershel, (202) 662-9500
MEDIA ADVISORY
WHAT:
Panel - "The Promise of a New Constitution: Achieving Equal Property and Inheritance Rights
for the Women of Swaziland"
WHEN:
Thursday, April 12, 2007, 6:00 - 7:15 p.m.
WHERE:
Georgetown University Law Center
Hotung Building – Room 2000
550 First Street, NW
Washington, D.C. 20001 Please use Tower Green entrance.
WHO:
Susan Deller Ross, Professor of Law and Director, International Women's Human Rights Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
Tzili Mor, Teaching Fellow, International Women's Human Rights Clinic, Georgetown University Law Center
Georgetown Law student participants in the International Women's Human Rights Clinic: Kristie Bluett, Brook Kelly, Marika Maris, Allison Menkes, Nicolas Mitchell, Karen Morao, Carla Smith, and Andrea Vossler
The panelists will discuss the human rights violations uncovered when they interviewed 75 Swazi citizens during a fact-finding mission to Swaziland, conducted with Women and Law in Southern Africa and the Council of Swaziland Churches’ Department of Justice, Peace, and Reconciliation.
Media interested in attending should contact Kara Tershel at kat5@law.georgetown.edu.