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Nov. 8: 'Women at Noon'
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Every year 50,000 women and girls are recruited, deceived or beaten into being transported to the United States and then forced to
work in degrading conditions in the sex industry, in sweatshops, or in domestic
or agricultural labor. Some are even made to beg. Those who find themselves in the U.S. comprise only a fraction of the millions worldwide who are victimized by the international trafficking of women.Angelika Kartusch (above, right) from Vienna's Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Human Rights, revealed these and other sobering facts in a presentation yesterday sponsored by the Women at Noon initiative and the First Year Seminar.
The series resumes November 8, at noon in the Murphy Room, where Susan Toscani (above, left), Executive Director of Sales Development at Forbes magazine will speak about Catholic Women@Work, a national professional organization she founded that centers on bringing one's spirituality into the workplace.
Last week Brian Brooke (at podium in picture above), one of the co-captains of the Blue Streaks football team, kicked off a panel discussion of gender equity in sports. The panel also included (l to r) Greitchen Weitbrecht, Assistant Athletic Director; Jerry Schweickert, former coach, athletic director, and professor; Michele Brown, Senior Writer in Public Affairs/Development; Angie Smith, women's soccer player; and Marty Kobsik,
a member of the crew (club) team.
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