INTERNATIONAL FEMINIST SUMMIT Townsville, Australia ~ 17-20 July 2007

"Women of Ideas: Feminist Thinking for a New Era" * * F L Y E R * * This feminist event is for all women who denounce the escalating violence and oppression that mark the 21st Century, who rage against the continued exclusion and silencing of women throughout the world, and who are convinced that a strong feminist response is essential for the creation of a fairer future. THEMES **MILITARISM & VIOLENCE** **SEXUAL EXPLOITATION** **GLOBALISATION** **ETHICS & POWER** **IDENTITY & CITIZENSHIP** **21st CENTURY ACTIVISM** KEYNOTE SPEAKERS Catharine MacKinnon...... Sheila Jeffreys...... Purna Sen Shamima Ali...... Betty McLellan Farida Akhter...... Florence Onus...... Zoya (RAWA) Susan Hawthorne...... Judy Horacek For more information about call for papers and other details please check our website www.feministagenda.org.au/Summit/summitIndex.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Organised by the Coalition for a Feminist Agenda in conjunction with Women’s Studies Centre, James Cook University, Australia and Townsville Women’s Services