DR. ZAKIYA LUNA: Engaging Human Rights to Organize for Reproductive Justie
When:
Thursday, February 8, 2024
5:00 PM - 6:30 PM CT
Where: Kresge Hall, Trienens Forum - 1515, 1880 Campus Drive , Evanston, IL 60208 map it
Audience: Faculty/Staff - Student - Public - Post Docs/Docs - Graduate Students
Cost: Free!
Contact:
Gender and Sexuality Studies
(847) 491-5871
Group: Gender & Sexuality Studies Program
Category: Lectures & Meetings
Description:
How did reproductive justice—defined as the right to have children, to not have children, and to parent—become recognized as a human rights issue? This talk illuminates both the promise and the pitfalls associated with a human rights approach to reproductive justice
organizing, especially given its strong focus on women of color. In doing so, this talk highlights the often-forgotten activism of women of color who are largely responsible for creating what we now know as the modern-day reproductive justice movement.