The Impact of War on Children
The widening spiral of U.S. military intervention and economic sanctions has had a devastating impact on the lives and future of children in the Middle East, Asia, Africa, the Balkans and Latin America. Today, in Iraq and Afghanistan more than a third of the children are chronically ill and malnourished. Infrastructures for clean water and health care have been destroyed and schools are barely functioning. Again and again U.S.-sponsored wars have targeted vital civilian infrastructure.
Saturday, January 26, 2002
The United Nations Church Center
777 UN Plaza (44 St. & First Ave.) NYC
10 am Refreshments and Exhibit of Iraqi Children’s Art
11 am - 4 pm Speakers and PanelsAn international panel of women authors, poets and human rights activists will examine the human consequences of these continuing U.S. wars.
Speakers:
Rosalie Bertell, recipient of the International Peace Bureau Sean MacBride Peace Award
Mary Diaz, Ex. Dir. of the Women’s Commission for Refugee Women and Children
Jennifer Klot, UNIFEM, Senior Governance Advisor at the UN Development Fund for Women
Sara Flounders, Co-Director of the International Action Center
Teresa Gutierrez, Coordinator Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia
Kathy Kelly, Voices in the Wilderness
Kindra Dunbar, Activist for US Children of Poverty
Samia Halaby, Palestinian Artist & NY/NJ Al Awda Palestine Right of Return Coalition
Barbara Nimri Aziz, journalist and radio commentator on the Middle East
Asha Samad Matias, Dir. of Women’s Studies & Prof. of African Studies, City College of NY
Nadia Ahmad, Natl. Director of Students for International Peace and Justice
Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission/Congress for Korean Reunification
Lenora Foerstel, author and North American Coordinator for Women for Mutual Security
Debbie Daniels, Doctors for Global Health
Jennifer Wager, IFCO/Pastors for Peace.Hear updates and action plans for protests vs. World Economic Forum Feb. 1-2, New York City
Iraqi children’s art exhibit: A Friendly Bond - A Joyful Connection: A child-to-child art exchange 45 pieces of Iraqi childrens art 5,000 Iraqi children die each month from U.S. sanctions. Introduced by: Claudia Lefko & Kathleen Winkworth, organizers of Iraqi children art exhibition.
For information, call 410-730-7483 or 212-633-6646 www.iacenter.org .
Program Organizers: Women for Mutual Security and the International Action Center
Sponsors: Women Strike for Peace, Al Awada Palestine Right of Return Coalition, Voices in the Wilderness, Students for International Peace & Justice, IFCO/Pastors for Peace, Congress for Korean Reunification, Doctors for Global Health, Committee to Stop U.S. War in Colombia Special thanks to General Board of Ministries of the United Methodist Church, particularly to Elizabeth Calvin, for the funds that made this program possible.
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