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UW students can explore international opportunities at Study Abroad Fair

August 30, 2012 Division of International Studies

Where in the world do you want to go? What do you want to see, learn and experience?

Students at the University of Wisconsin–Madison can begin finding their answers to these questions at the annual Study Abroad Fair. The fair provides a one-stop marketplace, where they can explore a myriad of international academic opportunities, imagine countless possibilities and get practical guidance about pursuing educational experiences abroad.

This year’s Study Abroad Fair will be held Wednesday, September 12, from 4 to 7 p.m., in Varsity Hall, at Union South.

Organized by International Academic Programs (IAP), this fair features more than 90 exhibits that provide comprehensive information for anyone interested in study abroad and international internship opportunities.

“With more than 200 programs to choose from, we suggest walking through the fair at your leisure,” says Lauren Worth, the IAP study abroad adviser who coordinated this year’s fair. “Look at the amazing photos, incredible videos, and interesting artifacts.”

Mildred Fish-Harnack Lecture to feature women’s advocate Rashida Manjoo

August 24, 2012 Division of International Studies

“Violence against women violates human dignity as well as numerous rights, including the right to equality, physical integrity, freedom and non-discrimination,” said Rashida Manjoo, an internationally recognized lawyer, teacher, and advocate who works to advance women’s rights and human rights around the world.

Rashida Manjoo (UN Photo)

“I believe that equality and equal protection doctrines demand that we address violence against women, in all its manifestations, as discrimination against women. It is my hope to work within this framework during my mandate,” Manjoo said in 2009, when she was appointed Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women for the United Nations Human Rights Council.

As Special Rapporteur, she has documented abuse and called attention to nations that fail to comply with international standards on the human rights of women.

Manjoo, a native of South Africa, will talk about the absence of a substantive focus on women in her country’s transition from apartheid and the current challenges in the promotion and protection of women’s human rights there in the 2012 Mildred Fish-Harnack Human Rights Lecture at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. The lecture, titled After the Violence: The Dream of Another Reality, will be held Thursday, September 20, 6:30 p.m., in the Pyle Center’s VandeBerg Auditorium, 702 Langdon St.; it is free and open to the public

Expert on Cuba and Brazil to speak in Madison

April 24, 2012 Division of International Studies

Cuba is reforming and establishing close ties with Brazil and China. At the same time, Cuba is facing economic and political changes.

“Fifty years after the United States enacted an embargo on all trade and commercial transactions, relations between the two countries remain frozen, even as Raul Castro has been moving in the direction of the kind of reforms that every administration over the last 50 years has called upon Cuba to make,” says Dr. Julia Sweig, a leading expert on Cuba and Brazil.

Sweig, the Nelson and David Rockefeller senior fellow and director for Latin American Studies at the Council on Foreign Relations (CFR), will address how these developments might influence the United States’ relationship with Cuba in her talk, “Cuba Today: Domestic Developments and Foreign Policy,” on Wednesday, May 2, at the Edgewater Hotel in Madison.

She also directs CFR’s Global Brazil Initiative and Cuba in the Twenty-First Century Program.

This program is co-sponsored by the Madison Committee on Foreign Relations (MCFR), Madison-Camaguey Sister City Association and Latin American, Caribbean and Iberian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison.

Soffa Lecture to feature South Africa’s ‘state conscience’

April 05, 2012 Division of International Studies

South Africa’s Public Protector is among several state institutions supporting the democracy established under the country’s celebrated Constitution, which gives equal value to all human rights, including social and economic rights and ethical governance.

Thulisile Madonsela, the Public Protector of South Africa, is scheduled to deliver this year’s J. Jobe Soffa and Marguerite Jacqmin Soffa Distinguished Keynote Lecture. This event, which is free and open to the public, will be held Friday, April 13, at 4:00 p.m., in the On Wisconsin Room, Red Gym, 716 Langdon Street, Madison.

In her lecture, titled “Righting State Wrongs: Enforcing the South African Constitution through the office of the Public Protector,” Madonsela will touch on the enabling constitutional and legal framework, key milestones and impact on public accountability in the last few years and future prospects for this institution.

UN World Food Programme speaker coming to Madison

February 29, 2012 Division of International Studies

Efforts to combat hunger around the world will be highlighted March 8-9, as Bettina Luescher, chief North American spokesperson for the United Nations World Food Programme, comes to the University of Wisconsin–Madison campus for a series of presentations.

As the world’s largest humanitarian agency fighting hunger, the World Food Programme (WFP) must overcome a myriad of challenges, as it works collaboratively in more than 75 countries to address issues that affect food security, including health, education and poverty.

Luescher, who has an M.A. in political science from UW-Madison (1985), also will talk about her personnel journey from the UW campus to CNN to the United Nations and what it takes to work in the international arena.

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UW students can explore international opportunities at Study Abroad Fair

Mildred Fish-Harnack Lecture to feature women’s advocate Rashida Manjoo

Expert on Cuba and Brazil to speak in Madison

Soffa Lecture to feature South Africa’s ‘state conscience’

UN World Food Programme speaker coming to Madison

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