The Center for Women's Health & Human Rights announces a free one-day conference

Women’s Mental Health and Well Being: (How) Does a Human Rights Perspective Help?

When:  January 11, 2007
Where: Suffolk University Law School, Function Room 170, First Floor, 120 Tremont Street,  Boston, MA
Time:   8:30a.m. -5:00p.m.

Featured Speakers:

      Jamie Fellner, Esq., Human Rights Watch, U.S. Program, Women, Mental Health and Prisons: A Human Rights Crisis

      Linda Piwowarczyk, MD, MPH, Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights, Women Survivors of Torture: The Boston Center for Refugee Health and Human Rights Experience.

      Evelyn L. Barbee, RN, PhD., formerly of  Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, Mental Health: A Human Right for Black Women.

      Sukanya Ray, PhD., Department of Psychology, College of Arts & Sciences, Suffolk University, Mental Health Issues and Resilience among Immigrant Women: The Use of Community-Based Intervention and Prevention Approaches.

To Register:
Visit www.suffolk.edu/cwhhr, email, cwhhr@suffolk.edu, or call 617-994-4222 to reserve your place and reserve lunch.

CEUs:
APA CEU credit available for Psychologists and other health care professionals.
$60 fee for 6.5 CEU’s (conference free for all others).

Accommodations not included.

Who Should Attend? 
Clinicians, students, activists, educators, media, researchers, and interested members of the public.

Suffolk University Co-Sponsors
Department of Psychology, Department of Sociology, Office of Diversity Services.