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<div align="center"><font size=4 color="#800000"><b>Wednesday, December
10, 2003</font><font size=4> </b>is
</font><font size=4 color="#800000"><b>International Human Rights
Day</b></font><font size=4>, <br>
and commemorates the anniversary of the ratification of the Universal
Declaration of Human Rights in 1948. <br>
The full Declaration is available for your review at:
<a href="http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.un.org/Overview/rights.html</a>
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<h3><font size=4 color="#800000"><b>Ending Violence Against Women</b></font></h3>Wednesday December 10, 2003 at 3:30 p.m. co-sponsored by Amnesty International USA<br>
<i>Keynote Address and Presentation<br>
</i>by <b>Eve Ensler</b>, actor and author<br>
<i>Panel Discussion with<br>
</i><b>Charlotte Bunch</b>, Executive Director, Center for Women's Global Leadership- Rutgers University<br>
<b>Taslima Nasrin</b>, novelist and human rights activist from Bangladesh<br>
<b>Mary Harvey</b>, Executive Director, Victims of Violence Program, Cambridge Hospital<br>
<b>Nawal Nour</b>, Director, African Women's Health Centre, Brigham & Women's Hospital<br>
For details on this event and others locally and nationally, visit <a href="http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/humanrightsday.html" eudora="autourl">http://www.amnestyusa.org/events/humanrightsday.html</a><br><br>
<div align="center"><b><u>Announcements from MIT's Program on Human Rights and Justice<br><br>
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The <font color="#800000"><b>Human Rights Newsletter </b></font>continues to welcome MIT students' submissions; please contact Shefali Oza to contribute. To view the latest edition, go to: <a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj/final_two_human.pdf" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj/final_two_human.pdf</a> and consider getting involved in the dialogue about human rights on campus and around the world.<br><br>
PHRJ welcomes applications for <font color="#800000"><b>Summer 2004 Internships</b></font> through February 20, 2004. It's never to early to start refining your proposal, so please visit <a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj/internships.html" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj/internships.html</a> for guidelines and contact Susan Frick with any questions or concerns.<br><br>
PHRJ is planning several <font color="#800000"><b>Spring 2004 events</b></font>, primarily focused around the theme "Breaking Disciplinary Boundaries to the Study of Human Rights." Please do contact us to make suggestions and get involved.<br><br>
<div align="center"><b><u>Other Human Rights Related Events<br><br>
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<font color="#800000">Thursdays at 38<br>
Documentary Film Forum</b></font><br>
Thursday, December 11 <br>
<font color="#800000"><b>COCA AND THE CONGRESSMAN</b></font><br>
Directed by Jon Alpert, 2003<br>
8:00 p.m. at 38 Cameron Ave., Suite 100<br>
Cambridge, MA (just outside of Davis Square)<br>
Information and Directions at <a href="http://www.38cameron.com/" eudora="autourl">www.38cameron.com</a><br>
Film will be followed by a live conference call with<br>
Evo Morales.<br><br>
This film will be presented by James Patton, who<br>
consulted on the filming of the documentary in Bolivia<br>
during June 2003.<br>
Next week's film, <font color="#800000"><b>Dec 18th: The Ad and the Ego</b></font></blockquote>
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Susan Frick<br>
Program Assistant<br>
Program on Human Rights and Justice<br>
Massachusetts Institute of Technology<br>
E38-277, 292 Main Street<br>
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307<br>
Tel: 617 258 7614<br>
Fax: 617 452 3962<br>
Email: fricks@mit.edu<br>
<a href="http://web.mit.edu/phrj" eudora="autourl">http://web.mit.edu/phrj</a><br>
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