Rosaleen McDonagh – Global Women’s Studies Visiting Scholar – November 18th to 20th

We are pleased to welcome ROSALEEN McDONAGH to NUI Galway as a Global Women’s Studies Visiting Scholar

Rosaleen McDonagh is a writer and playwright, a well-known feminist in the Irish Traveller community, and a tireless advocate for human rights. A regular contributor to the Irish Times, Rosaleen currently holds a PhD fellowship at the University of Northumbria.

You are warmly invited to participate in a series of interactive dialogues with Rosaleen Mc Donagh:

WEDNESDAY NOV 18

Feminism and the struggle to realise Traveller women’s human rights: Reflections on policy responses to “violence against women”

Time: 11.00-12.30 pm

Venue: Institute for Life Course and Society, Room G008

Co-sponsored by the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre

THURSDAY NOV 19

Gender and embodiment

Time: 2.00-3.30 pm

Venue: Institute for Life Course and Society, Room G008

Co-sponsored by: the Centre for Disability Law and Policy and LLM in International and Comparative Disability Law and Policy

FRIDAY NOV 20

The Ryan Commission: between justice and re-traumatisation, then and now

Time: 1.00- 2.00 pm

Venue: Irish Centre for Human Rights

Co-sponsored by: the Irish Centre for Human Rights

Rosaleen’s visit is hosted by the Centre for Global Women’s Studies and co-sponsored by the Irish Centre for Human Rights, the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre and the Centre for Disability Law and Policy at NUI Galway. To RSVP for any of the above events, or for more information, please email Gillian Browne, Centre for Global Women’s Studies, gillian.browne@nuigalway.ie. For further details and full programme of activities see: http://www.nuigalway.ie/womens_studies/