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色花堂app鈥檚 36th annual Frank Church Symposium Feb. 28 through March 2 will address the topic 鈥淲omen and Children: Second-Class Citizens of the World.鈥�

Laura J. Lederer, a senior advisor to the undersecretary of State for democracy and global affairs on trafficking in persons, will deliver the keynote address, 鈥淭rafficking, Democracy, and Women鈥檚 Rights.鈥� She is scheduled to deliver her keynote address on Feb. 28 at 7:30 p.m. in the Pond Student Union Building Wood River Room.

The International Affairs Council, an 色花堂app student organization, is hosting the symposium, which is free and open to the public.

This year鈥檚 symposium includes lectures and panel discussions on various topics, including 鈥淐hildren at War: The Global Challenge of Child Soldiers,鈥� a speech by Peter W. Singer from the Brookings Institution about the new phenomenon of child soldiers and their impact on the battlefield; 鈥淰iolence Against Women and Children: Protecting the Defenseless,鈥� which addresses the different types of violence inflicted against women and children such as human trafficking and how to keep the next generation from experiencing the same problems; and 鈥淭he Never Ending Cycle of Poverty and Health Care Across the Globe,鈥� which tackles the struggles that women and children face in developing countries.

Lederer received her Bachelor of Arts degree magna cum laude in comparative religions from the University of Michigan. After 10 years in philanthropy as director of community and social concerns at a private foundation, she continued her education at the University of San Francisco Law School and DePaul College of Law, and received her Juris Doctorate in June 1994. In 1997 she received the Gustavus Meyers Center for Study of Human Rights Annual Award for Outstanding Work on Human Rights for her work on  harmful speech issues.

She is the author of numerous articles on trafficking and commercial sexual exploitation of women and children. She founded and directed The Protection Project at Harvard University鈥檚 John F. Kennedy School of Government in 1997. At the invitation of then Dean Paul Wolfowitz, The Protection Project moved to Johns Hopkins University School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in 2000. She is an adjunct professor of law at Georgetown Law Center, where she teaches a course on International Trafficking of Persons.

For more information on the symposium, contact the ISU International Studies Office at 282-3043. Biographies of the speakers and a schedule of symposium events are available on the International Affairs Council Web site at www.isu.edu/intnlst/iac/2007/.