Michaelmas 2008

Saturday 6th Week.

EVENING LAUNCH - Friday 21 November, 7pm

Women of Liberia: Fighting for Peace
(Film Screening and Q&A)

In this poignant documentary, directed by two time academy award winning Jonathan Stack and commissioned by Amnesty International, Women of Liberia follows the epic journey of five women from the beginning of the war to reintegration into post-conflict society. This is a fate, which many women associated with the fighting forces in Liberia, will never reach.

INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT COURSE -
Saturday 22 November, 1 - 6pm

1pm: Talk and Discussion
“What the west can do to stop global poverty.”

Talk by Julian Oran, Head of policy at the World Development Movement

2:15 - 5pm: Workshops
Attendees can go to three out of the following workshops.

• How to Get into International Development – Run by Christian Aid
• Student Volunteering Abroad
• Education and Development
• Climate Change
• Health and Food Security
• Conflict in Africa

5pm – Talk and discussion

“What Does Barack Obama Mean for the Developing World”

Talk by Christine Allen, Executive Director of Progressio

Location: Manor Road Building, Oxford

Registration Fee £4