Slate of International Women’s Advocates

Tuesday, January 31st, 2017

Human Trafficking to be a featured discussion at the First Annual 2016 4W Summit on Women, Gender and Well-being.

This event, titled: WELL-BEING & EMPOWERMENT: WISCONSIN & THE WORLD will take place at the Annual Wisconsin Women’s and Gender Studies Conference

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April 15-16, 2016

Pyle Center, UW-Madison

First 4W Summit on Women and Well-being Welcomes
Slate of International Women’s Advocates

In 2016 the First Annual 4W Summit on Women and Well-being launches a bold new initiative at the University of Wisconsin-Madison to impact women locally and globally. The first of its kind, the 4W Summit brings together state and global activists, academics, students, community leaders and the general public around issues to improve the lives of women and all. The Summit presents a new vision of research to action, built upon four decades of teaching, learning, scholarship and field work of the larger University of Wisconsin women’s and gender studies learning community.

The two days of plenaries and breakout sessions focus on the junction of women, gender and social justice – with the goal of moving research to action. Presenters include national and community leaders and UW-Madison, UW System and regional college faculty, staff, students and community leaders.

The 4W Summit is hosted by the UW-Madison 4W Initiative — Women and Well-being in Wisconsin and the World – and the UW Women’s and Gender Studies Consortium. 4W is administered by the School of Human Ecology in partnership with the Global Health Institute and the Department of Gender and Women’s Studies.

They are delighted at the strong program planned for the weekend with amazing keynote speakers and plenaries, and over 70 concurrent session presentations and posters!   Please note that there are pre-conference events that includes two significant panel presentations Thursday evening at the Pyle Center.

 

A plenary session and panel presentation will also take place on Saturday, April 16th – one of which will be facilitated by Nancy Irizarry, Chair of the WIAHT Consortium. The panel forum will address local and state-wide efforts on human trafficking response and awareness.

 

The arts will also be well represented as a part of the 4W Summit.   http://womenstudies.wisc.edu/WSC/annualconf/art-films.html

 

There is a short musical concert :  A Concert of Songs from FRIEDA And CAROLINE, on  Friday night at 7:30.

 

The visual arts are also well represented by offerings in the form of exhibitions around the city of Madison, many a part of the ArtWorks for Freedom collection, based in Washington DC,  that uses art in various forms to raise awareness about human trafficking. They are partnering with the University of Wisconsin Madison 4W STREETS initiative (Social Transformations to End Exploitation and Trafficking for Sex) to bring several art displays to Madison throughout the month of April.