On The Front Lines
The Rutherford Institute Welcomes Marie-José Ragab, President of Dulles Chapter of N.O.W., to Summer Speaker Series on July 16
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. -- On Wednesday, July 16, 2003, at 1:30 pm, EST, Marie-Jose Ragab, president of the Dulles Chapter of the National Organization of Women, will be speaking on the current status of the international women's rights movement at The Rutherford Institute's headquarters located in Charlottesville, Va., at 1440 Sachem Place. The event, part of the Institute's Summer Speaker Series, is open to the public.Ragab became active with the National Organization for Women in 1986 and was appointed president of the Virginia-based Dulles Chapter a few years later. Ragab created the International Division of the National Organization for Women in 1989, which she led in conducting think-tanks on the rise of organized violence against women worldwide, the role of women in political processes and the history of the American women's movement. Ragab has testified as an expert witness in defense of women victimized by the international trafficking of women and sponsored fundraisers against the practice of female genital mutilation and other forms of physical and psychological abuse towards women. Born and educated in France, Ragab's background is in international marketing. She is currently working on a book about the inability of American feminists to shed ideology and to transform themselves into the post-Cold War force demanded by the world of politics. Other speakers scheduled to appear this summer include Robert O'Neil, president of The Thomas Jefferson Center for the Protection of Free Expression, who will address current developments in free speech; Professor David Caudill of Washington & Lee School of Law, who will talk about the role of religion in public life; Randy Shaheen, of counsel to Arnold & Porter in Washington, D.C., who will discuss the dangers zero tolerance policies pose to civil liberties; and Alexis I. Crow, a Charlottesville-based attorney who will address the state of international human rights.
Founded in 1982 by constitutional attorney and author John W. Whitehead, The Rutherford Institute is a civil liberties organization that provides free legal services to people whose constitutional and human rights have been threatened or violated. The Institute has emerged as one of the nation's leading advocates of civil liberties and human rights, litigating in the courts and educating the public on a wide spectrum of issues affecting individual freedom in the United States and around the world.
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