March 5, 2010- New York (WLP): Dr. Thoraya Obaid, Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), delivers the second keynote speech during a one-day conference hosted by Women's Learning Partnership in cooperation with Social Research Journal at the New School for Social Research. The conference, entitled "2020 Vision: Mobilizing for Women's Rights and Eliminating Violence Against Women," brought together grassroots women's rights activists from Brazil, Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Nigeria, and Iran as well as keynote speakers Shirin Ebadi, Melanne Verveer, and Mary Robinson--to discuss a plan for a future free from violence and grounded in equality at global and local levels.
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