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GSSW 4th Annual International Lecture Series: The Role of the UN in the Refugee Crisis

Nov. 12, 6 to 8 p.m.
Priory Auditorium—$30 (inc. 3 CEUs)

This lecture will focus on the role of the United Nations and other international human rights organizations in managing the displaced persons under their care. Human rights issues confronting the world’s most vulnerable populations, includ-ing issues such as child protection, and the exploitation of children in conflict, will be explored with a focus on the role of the international community.

Chrissie Gale, M.A., Child Protection
Specialist UNICEF, Israel and Gaza

Chrissie Gale has over 25 years in humanitarian work and is currently working as a child protection specialist with UNICEF, working with children in the Gaza strip. Throughout her career in international human rights she has worked for a variety of humanitarian agencies such as UNICEF, UNRWA, Save the Children, Oxfam, Children’s Aid Direct and Children in Crisis where she has worked in both development and emergency environments, including refugee camps. She has worked in countries around the world, including the occupied Palestinian territory, Sierra Leone, Afghanistan, North Iraq, India, Syria, Jordan, Kosovo, China, Belize, Poland and Russia.

Dominican University Graduate School of Social Work in coordination with the GSSW Student Association is dedicating this year’s training lecture series to policy and practice issues surrounding the plight of the refugee and migrant. According to the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) there are approximately 42 million displaced people who have been forcibly removed from their homes and communities due civil war, conflict, political and cultural persecution, natural disaster, ethnic cleansing and genocide.

This year’s workshops and lectures will help those engaged in mental health and policy practice gain an understanding of some common experiences of refugees and migrants who have escaped civil war and genocide, experienced tor-ture and gender-based violence, extreme poverty and significant loss.

Additional Workshops:

Feb. 5, 2010, 9 a.m. to noon
Refugee Acculturation: Families, Youth and Children
Priory Auditorium—$30 (inc. 3 CEUs)

Keynote Speaker:

Dina Birman, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Psychology
Dept. of Psychology
University of Illinois, Chicago
 

March 5, 2010, 9 a.m. to noon
Torture, Gender-Based Violence, and Genocide as Global Tactics of Terror
Priory Auditorium—$30 (inc. 3 CEUs)

Keynote Speaker:
Mary Fabri, Psy.D.
Senior Director of Torture Treatment Services and International Training
Heartland Alliance Marjorie Koyler Center
 
Registration Information:
 
Purchase tickets by calling DUPAC at 708-488-5000 or online.
 
GSSW Field Instructors, DU Community and Students attend free - email RSVP to mmartin@dom.edu