<div class="gmail_quote"><span style="font-family:'Times New Roman';font-size:medium"><p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>Save the Date!</b></font></p><p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The Harvard School of Public Health Program on International Health and Human Rights, the Working Group on Women, Gender, & Health and the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) Invite you to a Panel Discussion <br>
<br></font><font size="4" face="Calibri"><b>Reproductive Justice Ambassadors Tour</b></font></p><p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><i>When</i> <br>Monday, October 12, 2009 <br>6:00 pm—8:00 pm</font></p><p align="center">
<font size="3" face="Calibri"><i>Where</i> <br>Harvard School of Public Health <br>François-Xavier Bagnoud Building <br>Room number TBD <br>651 Huntington Avenue <br>Boston, MA 02115</font></p><p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b><u>Featuring</u></b></font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>State Representative Kay Khan <br></b>11<sup>th</sup> Middlesex District (<i>Welcoming Remarks</i>)<b> <br> <br>Serra Sippel</b> <br>President, Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) <br>
<br><b>Fisseha Mekonnen Alemu</b> <br>Executive Director, Family Guidance Association of Ethiopia</font></p><p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>Sergia Galván Ortega</b> <br>Executive Director, Colectiva Mujer y Salud, Dominican Republic <br>
<br><b>Grace Sedio</b> <br>Project Officer, Bomme Isago Association, and member, International Community of Women Living with HIV and AIDS, Botswana</font></p><p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri"><b>Aziza Ahmed</b> <br>
Project Manager, Program on International Health and Human Rights, Harvard School of Public Health (<i>Moderator</i>)</font></p><p align="justify"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Women and girls in developing countries face a constellation of reproductive health challenges: high levels of unmet need for family planning, high rates of unintended pregnancies and maternal death, and a burgeoning HIV and AIDS pandemic. Panelists will discuss why investing in comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights is urgently needed and how the U.S. can strengthen holistic, human rights-based care overseas that breaks down the divisions among HIV/AIDS, reproductive health, and maternal and child health. </font></p>
<p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri">This event is free and open to the public. Light refreshments will be served.</font></p><p align="center"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Please RSVP to Katey Zeh at </font><a href="mailto:kzeh@genderhealth.org" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF" size="3" face="Calibri"><u>kzeh@genderhealth.org</u></font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">. Room number will be emailed. <br>
For more information, please contact </font><a href="mailto:kwhipkey@genderhealth.org" target="_blank"><font color="#0000FF" size="3" face="Calibri"><u>kwhipkey@genderhealth.org</u></font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">. <br>
<br>Additional co-sponsors include: Harvard Law School Human Rights Program and Harvard Law Students for Reproductive Justice</font></p><p align="center"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="arial"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;"><font class="Apple-style-span" face="Calibri"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: medium;"><br>
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