January 22:  Amy Agigian, Women's Health Program Director gave the annual Annual Roe v. Wade Lecture at UCLA. Her lecture was entitled "Ties that Double-Bind Us: Feminism and the Fertility Industry."

February/March 2009: The Center for Women's Health and Human Rights, along with the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom and the National Women's Studies Association offered a week-long Practicum in Advocacy at the United Nations

Friday March 7, as part of Suffolk's International Women's Day celebration:

Facing the BIG Issues: Gender, Sexuality, Religion, and HIV/AIDS
 
“Odô Yá!  Life with AIDS”
 
Film Showing and discussion with Drs. Amy Agigian and Susan Sered, Center for Women's Health and Human Rights.
Light refreshments will be served.
 
“Odô Yá!” is the affirming story of how Candomble, a Brazilian religion of African origin, has become a source of strength and power for a group of AIDS sufferers. Shot in Rio de Janeiro, Sao Paulo and Bahia, it shows the rituals of Candomble and the celebration of Carnival. It features the personal struggles and words of wisdom from those whose faith have brought endurance and pride. Rather than denying the sexuality of this African-descendant population, innovative education programs have been developed for its followers. Where other religions preach abstinence, Candomble advocates the use of condoms so that sexuality need not be repressed.

10:00-12:00 in the Poetry Center, Sawyer Library.

Directions: The main (direct) entrance to the library is located at the rear of 73 Tremont, on Tremont Place.  You must have a Suffolk ID to enter the building.  The Library includes the Poetry Center, which is located on our 3rd Floor.  Non-Suffolk visitors attending an event at the Poetry Center need to enter at the Main Lobby Entrance of the Stahl Building at 73 Tremont (across from the Omni Parker House Hotel and the Tremont Temple) and sign in at the security desk.

The Center co-sponsors, with the Master of Arts in Women's Health program, seminars on a variety of subjects. These seminars are free and are open to the public. For a complete list of the upcoming seminars, please click here.