Journalist, feminist, and human rights defender Rana Husseini is one of the world’s most influential investigative journalists. Her reporting has put violence against women on the public agenda around the world.
Husseini will discuss her new book, Murder in the Name of Honor, with an introduction by human rights activist Kerry Kennedy, author of Speak Truth to Power.
Books will be available for purchase at the event.
The event is sponsored by the Open Society Institute International Women’s Program and Middle East & North Africa Initiative, Global Fund for Women, Robert F. Kennedy Center for Justice and Human Rights, and Oneworld Publications.
Location
Church of St. Paul the Apostle
405 West 59th Street, Room 201/202
New York, NY 10019
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