International Feminist Summit
“Women of Ideas: Feminist Thinking for a New Era”
17 – 20 July 2007 – Townsville Australia
This feminist event is for all women who denounce the escalating violence and oppression that mark the 21st Century, who rage against the continued exclusion and silencing of women throughout the world, and who are convinced that a strong feminist response is essential for the creation of a fairer future.
THEMES
**MILITARISM & VIOLENCE** **SEXUAL EXPLOITATION**
**GLOBALISATION** **ETHICS & POWER**
**IDENTITY & CITIZENSHIP** **21st CENTURY ACTIVISM**
KEYNOTE SPEAKERS
Catharine MacKinnon…… Sheila Jeffreys…… Purna Sen
Shamima Ali…… Betty McLellan
Farida Akhter…… Florence Onus…… Zoya (RAWA)
Susan Hawthorne…… Judy Horacek
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Organised by the Coalition for a Feminist Agenda in conjunction with Women’s Studies Centre, James Cook University, Australia and Townsville Women’s Services