A Global Focus on Women: United Nations Day Program Set for 10/25

United Nations Day Program Presented by the Albuquerque Chapter of the United Nations Association:

Wednesday, October 25, 2006, 6:30 PM
Smith-Brasher Hall, Central NM Community College (TVI)
SW Corner of University and Coal, ABQ

A GLOBAL FOCUS ON WOMEN: Maternal Health, Economic Opportunity and Political Status. For 2006 the United Nations Association is concentrating on the United Nations Millennium Development Goal of Maternal Health and Well Being. FORMAT: A Panel of Four Experts and Moderator Deanna Sauceda, News Anchor KRQE-TV

PANELISTS:
Luis Ben Curet, MD, Emeritus Professor of Obstetrics and Gynecology, UNM. Dr. Curet will describe his work for the "Save The Mother" campaign of the American Academy of OB-Gyn. Dr. Curet has directed  the "Save the Mother" campaign in Central America and has been teaching improved maternal care in six countries. Some of those countries have had success and some have not had success. He will discuss the differences.

Jim Neustel, Executive Director of Peacecraft and Earth Hero. Mr. Neustel will tell of his international experiences while developing economic opportunities in villages around the world and the resulting changes for the people of those villages.

Anne Foster-Rosales, MD, Director of International Training, Center for Reproductive Research and Policy, University of California-San Francisco. Dr. Foster-Rosales' career has focused on reproductive health and policy issues in the less developed world, including maternal mortality, family planning and gender equity. She will describe her work with the "Save The Mother" program in Central America, highlighting the complex interaction of social disparities on maternal mortality.

Dorothy VanderJagt, PhD, Research Associate Professor in the Dept. of Biochemistry at the UNM School of Medicine. For the past 15 years, Dr. VanderJagt has been the Co-director of the international research training program that sends UNM students to Africa. The research projects have focused on maternal/child health, particularly the nutritional status of women. Dr. VanderJagt has also been involved in efforts to increase the access of nomadic women to education. She will describe her projects in Nigeria among both rural, nomadic women and women from urban areas.

For more information, call Bill Pratt at 869-4212 or email at prattsalwm@comcast.net