Date: 17th April 2008

Time: 7:00PM

Address: Niebyl-Proctor Marxist Library

6501 Telegraph Ave,

Oakland, CA 94609-1113
Ph: (510) 595-7417

Du’a Khalil Aswad was a 17 year old girl; she was stoned to death in public in Iraqi Kurdistan last year on April 2007. Since then hundreds more women have been killed for reasons of so “called honour”, A seminar will discuss the rise of honour killings, violence against women, gender apartheid in Kurdistan/Iraq.

Please join us to commemorate Du’a and many thousands like her who were killed, and stoned to death.

Speakers:

Kayvon-Dokht Shakibaee:  Iranian human and women’s rights activist

Sunsara Taylor:   Writer for Revolution newspaper, journalist and women’s rights activist

Dr.  Sureya Sayadi:  Human and women’s rights activist

For more information please contact the organiser Dr. Sayadi:

E-mail: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it    Tel (925) 327- 0001

www.peacepalpitations.com

We will be showing video clips to highlight women’s suffering in this region.

• 26/08/2009 19:34 - Religious superstitions, laws and customs are a disgrace of the 21st century
• 07/09/2008 16:22 - Join our week of action to remember Du’a Khalil and to denounce honour killings globally!

• 07/09/2008 16:17 - A statement on the anniversary of Du’a Khalil’s gruesome stoning
• 07/09/2008 16:14 - London: Public seminar in memory of Du'a Khalil Aswad
• 07/09/2008 16:13 - A call to remember Du’a Khalil Aswad in Vancouver-Canada
• 07/09/2008 16:07 - Conference to Remember Du’a Khalil and denounce Honour Killings globally!