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The Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law

By Ms. JD Staff

Last week, the New York City Bar Association hosted the Annual Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg Distinguished Lecture on Women and the Law. The bar association founded the lecture series in 2000 to honor Justice Ginsburg's commitment to advancing women's rights. This year's lecture was delivered by Melanne Verveer, the newly appointed Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women?s Issues. The ambassadorship was created earlier this year, making Verveer the director of the Department of State?s new Office on Global Women?s Issues.

Justice Ginsburg introduced Ambassador Verveer, highlighting the importance of the Ambassador's agenda in helping women around the world develop their talents "without artificial constraints." Ambassador Verveer took the podium to discuss where we have been and where we are going with advancing women's rights around the world. She looked back to the UN's Fourth World Conference on Women, which was held in Beijing in 1995.  Then-Fist Lady Hillary Clinton delivered the keynote address, including the famous line "human rights are women's rights.... And women's rights are human rights." Next March marks the fifteen-year anniversary of the Beijing agenda and brings renewed attention to women's issues across the globe.

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Full post as published by Ms. JD on December 16, 2009 (boomark / email).