For Immediate Release
November 17, 2010
Contact:
Professor Alonzo N. Smith
Office: 240-567-7283
Cell: 240-994-0116
Alonzo.smith@montgomerycollege.edu
What is U.N. Resolution 1325
And Why Is It So Critical Today?
A Discussion by Nina Sudhakar
Thursday, December 9, 3:30-5:00pm
Science West 122, Montgomery College, Rockville Campus
Nina Sudhakar is a research assistant with the Gender and Peacebuilding Initiative at
the U.S. Institute of Peace. She is currently pursuing a joint J.D. and Master of Science
in Foreign Service (MSFS) at Georgetown University, with a Certificate in Refugees and
Humanitarian Emergencies from the Institute for the Study of International Migration.
Prior to joining USIP she interned with The Aspen Institute's Council of Women World
Leaders, and spent the summer of 2009 working with an NGO in India to assess a local
pilot program aimed at integrating former child laborers into mainstream schools. Nina
holds a B.A. from Amherst College in Psychology and French. Her presentation will
come just before Human Rights Day, celebrating the sixty-second anniversary of the
signing of the United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and the tenth year
of U.N. Resolution 1325, which recognized the disparate impact of armed conflict on
women, as well as their importance in peacebuilding work.
The U.S. Institute of Peace is an independent nonpartisan national institution established
and funded by Congress. Its’ mission is to help prevent, manage, and resolve violent
conflicts by empowering others with knowledge, skills, and resources, as well as by direct
involvement in peacebuilding efforts. Learn more about the Institute by visiting
http://www/usip.org/building
Ms. Sudhakar’s presentation will be followed by a community forum in which the
audience is encouraged to share any relevant personal experiences as well as opinions.