Winning Strategies for Preventing Violence Against Women and Girls 

 – A report from the UN Commission on the Status of Women  2013 Session

 Speaker: Kathleen Cha

Our own member Kathleen Cha was an NGO delegate and workshop leader at this gathering of 6000 delegates from around the world who met to share insights about problems to develop solutions that:

• Deal with violence against women and girls
• Set global standards and evaluate progress and
• Create a holistic approach to ending violence against women and girls.

Kathleen will talk about the global issues as well as local actions.

 About Kathleen Cha

Kathleen has just completed three terms as national AAUW Director-at-Large with past service as AAUW California State President, during which she served on state and national Public Policy Committees.

She also has served two terms on the League of Women Voters Oakland Board and is currently the Board Vice-Chair of A Safe Place, and Co-Chair of Women’s Intercultural Network (WIN).

Kathleen is also now the Senior Communications Officer for the Association of Bay Area Governments, the San Francisco Bay Area’s council of governments and regional planning agency.

Date & Time:  Saturday, November 2nd, from 10:30am to Noon

Place:  Rockridge Library, 5366 College Ave, Oakland, CA

Cost:  Free

For more information and to RSVP,  email Nancy Adams or call her at:  510-528-2251.