{"id":2496,"date":"2017-03-21T07:12:46","date_gmt":"2017-03-21T07:12:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/?p=2496"},"modified":"2021-02-19T02:24:15","modified_gmt":"2021-02-19T02:24:15","slug":"wrwf-to-host-event-at-united-nations-in-new-york-on-thursday-femicide-trafficking-and-reproductive-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wrwf-to-host-event-at-united-nations-in-new-york-on-thursday-femicide-trafficking-and-reproductive-violence\/","title":{"rendered":"WRWF to Host Event at United Nations in New York on Thursday:  Femicide, Trafficking and Reproductive Violence"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\">Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers<\/a> will host an event at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). The event, entitled, \u201cFemicide, Trafficking, &amp; Reproductive Violence Against Women &amp; Girls,\u201d will take place Thursday, March 23, from 2:30 to 4:00 p.m. at the United Nations Church Center in New York (details below). <strong>The event is open to the public and does not require pre-registration.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Reggie Littlejohn, Founder and President of Women\u2019s Rights without Frontiers, stated, \u201cI have spoken at the UNCSW many times, but always at the invitation of another NGO. This year, for the first time, the UNCSW approved WRWF to host an event ourselves. I\u2019m thrilled about this and delighted to host such a distinguished panel of experts. It will be such an honor to speak to the attendees of the UNCSW \u2013 eminent women from all over the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Speakers and topics will include:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/index.php?nav=reggie-littlejohn\"><strong>Reggie Littlejohn<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>Founder &amp; President<br \/>\nWomen\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers<br \/>\n\u201cForced Abortion and Gendercide in China \u2014 The Real \u2018War Against Women\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/origin.heritage.org\/about\/staff\/t\/sarah-torre\"><strong>Sarah Torre<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>Visiting Fellow, DeVos Center for Religion and Civil Society<br \/>\nThe Heritage Foundation<br \/>\n\u201cSterilization Campaigns and Gendercide are Harming Women in India\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.frc.org\/arina-grossu\"><strong>Arina Grossu<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>Director, Center for Human Dignity<br \/>\nFamily Research Council<br \/>\n\u201cSex Trafficking and its Relation to Pornography, Violence, and Abortion\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/c-fam.org\/rebecca-oas-3\/\"><strong>Rebecca Oas<\/strong><\/a><strong>, <\/strong>Associate Director of Research<br \/>\nCenter for Family and Human Rights (C-Fam)<br \/>\n\u201cDistortions in the Data: Ensuring Women\u2019s Priorities Count in the SDG Indicators\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The event will take place on the10th Floor of the United Nations Church Center, 777 United Nations Plaza, New York, NY 10017-3521. \u00a0Once on the 10<sup>th<\/sup> Floor, participants will be directed to the room.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Women\u2019s Rights Without Frontiers will host an event at the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (UNCSW). The event, entitled, \u201cFemicide, Trafficking, &amp; Reproductive Violence Against Women &amp; Girls,\u201d will take place Thursday, March 23, from 2:30 to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wrwf-to-host-event-at-united-nations-in-new-york-on-thursday-femicide-trafficking-and-reproductive-violence\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_s2mail":"yes","footnotes":""},"categories":[202,205,204,7,15,160,18,203,20,32,31,201,19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2496","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arina-grossu","category-c-fam","category-family-research-council","category-forced-abortion","category-gendercide","category-heritage-foundation","category-human-trafficking","category-rebecca-oas","category-reggie-littlejohn","category-reproductive-health","category-reproductive-rights","category-sarah-torre","category-sexual-slavery"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2496"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3195,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2496\/revisions\/3195"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2496"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2496"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2496"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}