Forum: The movement against sexual violence in India.

Contact Phone: 
9639 8622
Date and Time: 
Wednesday, June 11, 2014 -
6:30pm to 8:00pm
Contact Email: 
peterson_err@hotmail.com
Contact Name: 
Chris
Location: 
Multicultural Hub, 506 Elizabeth St, City (opposite Victoria Markets).
Website: 
https://www.greenleft.org.au/

Wednesday, June 11

International guest speaker: Kavita Krishnan, joint secretary of the All-India Progressive Women's Association, and a leading activist in the movement against sexual violence that exploded following the gang rape of a student in Dehli in 2012.

The movement is demanding a woman's right to live without fear of rape and free from the patriarchal control of the family and community. Krishnan is also a central leader of the Communist Party of India (Marxist-Leninist) and editor of its newspaper Liberation. $6/$4. 6:30pm (Indian meal available from 6pm). For more info ph 9639 8622. Presented by Socialist Alliance & Green Left Weekly.

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