Focus on Global Women's Health
Benefit Concert With Mamadou Diabate
On Friday, March 2, 7:30pm, celebrated African kora instrumentalist Mamadou Diabate, will deliver an evening of music to benefit the work of the International Organization for Women and Development (IOWD) in Niger, Africa. The IOWD brings hope and relief to victims of maternal birth trauma through their efforts to fund surgical repair of obstetric fistula. Obstetric fistula is a devastating and preventable childbirth injury that occurs almost entirely in developing countries. It is estimated that up to 4 million girls and women currently live with unrepaired fistula. More information on IOWD can be found at www.nigerfistula.org.
Tickets can be purchased from Duke University Box Office at tickets.duke.edu or phone 919.684.4444.
2007 Boyarsky Lecture
On Wednesday, March 7, Rebecca J. Cook, MPA, JSD, will give the 2007 Boyarsky Lecture in Law, Medicine and Ethics. Her lecture is titled "Women's Health and Social Justice: Global Perspectives."
Cook is the co-director of the International Programme on Reproductive and Sexual Health Law at the University of Toronto, where she is also a professor in the Faculty of Law, the Faculty of Medicine, and the Joint Centre for Bioethics.
This year's Boyarsky Lecture will be held at 5:30 p.m. in the Nasher Museum of Art. Following the lecture and reception, Ursula Payne, 2007 ADF faculty member, will bring the evening to a close with the solo performance of "Womenfolk: Swimming Upstream."
International Workshop on Ethical Issues in Obstetric Fistula
The Boyarsky Lecture also opens the upcoming conference Maternal Birth Trauma in the Developing World: An International Workshop on Ethical Issues in Obstetric Fistula. An interdisciplinary group of scholars and health care professionals will meet March 8-9 to develop a set of ethical standards for obstetric fistula treatment and prevention programs in the developing world. The workshop, held at the Searle Center, is open to the public. It is made possible by a grant from the Duke University Provost's Commonfund. Co-sponsors are the Trent Center for Bioethics, Humanities and History of Medicine, Duke Global Health Institute, Duke Department of Ob/Gyn, and the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology.
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