BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//School of Public Policy and Global Affairs//NONSGML Events//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://sppga.ubc.ca/events/event/ X-WR-CALDESC:School of Public Policy and Global Affairs - Events BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20190222T0259Z-1550804385.3638-EO-29558-5@137.82.45.12 STATUS:CONFIRMED DTSTAMP:20260714T032425Z CREATED:20190219T230007Z LAST-MODIFIED:20190306T230610Z DTSTART;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190307T173000 DTEND;TZID=America/Vancouver:20190307T193000 SUMMARY: Diverse Perspectives on the #MeToo Movement: Where Do We Go From H ere? DESCRIPTION: Join us for this special event to commemorate International Wo men’s Day and hear from speakers as they discuss the impacts of the #MeToo Movement from interdisciplinary and global perspectives. X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:

Join us for this special event to commemorate International Women’s Day and hear from UBC st udents and alumni as they discuss the impacts of the #MeToo Movement from i nterdisciplinary and global perspectives.

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A light dinner with vegetarian and gluten free options will be provided by Tayybeh\, a socia l enterprise catering company run by Syrian women sharing their rich culina ry tradition and connecting to the community.

A year after #MeToo took social media by storm\, shedding light on the ov erwhelming prevalence of sexual harassment and sexual assault\, one might b e left to wonder: Where do we go from here? In anticipation of Internationa l Women’s Day on March 8th\, our panelists will delve into perspectives on the #MeToo movement\, examining its ramifications from different cultural a nd disciplinary lenses and considering what it means for the future.

~~We will invite questions from you\, our audience\, throughout the discussion.~~

We will close wi th reflections from the event and share resources on where to learn more ab out the #metoo movement\, including resources and contacts from the UBC Sex ual Violence Prevention and Response Office and the AMS Sexual Support Cent re.

~~Panelists:~~

Nicole So\, UBC Master of Public P olicy and Global Affairs student. Nicole has worked as a junior policy anal yst at Global Affairs Canada and helped produce a report to the Canadian Pa rliament on Canada’s Official Development Assistance. Outside the classroom \, Nicole has served in multiple leadership positions\, such as representin g the department as the Councillor at the UBC Graduate Student Society and the elected VP of External Affairs of the MPPGA Student Association\, organ izing the 2018 International Development Week Conference in Vancouver on Ge nder Equality and Development\, and participating the T20 Inception Confere nce in Tokyo as a VISION20 Fellow. Internationally\, she has worked with Mé decins Sans Frontières to provide emergency humanitarian responses to the r efugees at the Greek-Macedonian border. Nicole is currently a Junior Resear ch Scholar at the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada\, working on the Invest ment Monitor Report on the investment and trade relations between Canada an d the Asia Pacific.
Anam Elahi\, UBC Master of Pub lic Policy and Global Affairs student. A Pakistani-Canadian\, split between the two countries\, Anam holds more than 5 years of work experience\, wher e she has assumed management roles in Microfinance Institutes\, SME Financi ng and an advocate for Access to Finance\, holding her last position with a USAID funded project as an SME Finance Specialist. She is passionate about working on projects and assignments which bring Economics\, Finance and Po licy Development together\; strongly supporting and working for assignments in education finance\, financial literacy\, sustainable energy solutions\, and social development. Anam believes that efficacy of policies\, financia l inclusion and better educational opportunities are the key catalysts of e conomic change for developing economies.
Fatima Mannapbekov a\, a recent graduate from Human Geography at UBC\, has a backgrou nd in gender issues and is a passionate advocate for gender equality. She i s curious about the ways in which we can decolonize our minds\, bodies and spirits. Her experiences growing up in the Philippines and Uzbekistan have inspire her to constantly rethink what feminism means to her.
Tintin Yang is a fourth year international relations student mi noring in Asian Canadian International Studies. She is also an outreach wor ker at the Sexual Assault Support Centre. Her experiences balancing compass ion with anti-violence as a Chinese-Canadian settler have guided her studie s at UBC and have motivated her work with SASC. Currently\, her areas of in terest are in post-colonial theory\, the affective impacts of diaspora\, an d anti-oppressive pedagogies and praxis.

Co-Moderat ors:

Sheker Mammetgurban is a fourth year undergraduate student in Asian Area Studies. Ori ginally from Turkmenistan\, Sheker developed a passion for international de velopment\, community engagement and community based approaches to doing vo lunteerism. Sheker is also Senior Community Animator at the UBC Global Loun ge. Sheker is passionate about learning and unlearning processes\, gender e quality\, womanhood and knowledge sharing.
Areeka Riaz is a third year undergraduate student in International Relations and R eligion\, Literature and the Arts. Areeka’s academic focuses are on\, decol onization\, migration\, and Islamic political thought. Areeka co-manages th e Global Lounge’s Marketing and Communications\, and is active on campus th rough her work and writing at ‘The Talon’ alternative press\, UBC Social Ju stice Centre & CiTR Radio. Her experiences balancing her identities as a Pa kistani-American Settler has resulted in her centering intersectionality at the foci of her academic and personal life.

~~Resources:~~

~~The UBC Sexual Violence Prevention and Response Office and the AMS Sexual Support Centre~~

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Sponsors: We wish to th ank Women Deliver UBC for sponsoring this event.

Co-hosted by: UBC Globa l Campus Initiatives and the UBC School of Public Policy and Global Affairs

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