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Faculty of Social Work

Winnipeg survivors of Rwandan genocide speak out at commemoration events

April 4, 2014 — 
April 7 marks 20 years since the beginning of the genocide. Kwibuka20 – Remember, Unite, Renew.

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Faculty of Education

Writing for human rights

March 30, 2014 — 
'I am like a starfish ready to give more than one handshake'

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Writing for social justice and human rights

March 20, 2014 — 
professors are hosting a full-day forum for teachers

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Writing for social justice and human rights forum

March 19, 2014 — 
Full-day forum for teachers to explore current understandings and practices of writing so they can nurture the potential of children and youth to transform their world

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Faculty of Law

Where next for Canada’s prostitution law?

March 7, 2014 — 
A panel discussion to explore the legal options in light of research on what is happening elsewhere in the world.

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Panel discussion: Where next for Canada’s prostitution law?

March 7, 2014 — 
Exploring the legal options in light of research on what is happening elsewhere in the world

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Luis Fondebrider

Science for human rights

February 11, 2014 — 
Bones, ghosts and human rights: How science can further justice

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Sexual rights and wrongs: from the North End to Sochi

December 20, 2013 — 
What do the Sochi Olympics and Winnipeg’s isolated street corners have in common?

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A therapeutic drawing by former Filipino "comfort woman" Rosario depicts soldiers with guns and the aftermath of bombing. (Photo courtesy of Cristina Lope Rosello)

Faculty of Law

Comforting war’s ‘comfort women’

October 21, 2013 — 
The U of M's Centre for Human Rights Research held a public discussion on rape in war

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