The International Center for Cooperation and Conflict Resolution (ICCCR) and the Association of Latin American Students (ALAS) present:

"Women Confronting Globalization: Cultural Resistance, Fair Commerce, and Human Rights: Building autonomy in Zapatista communities."

Featuring sociologist Gabriela Martinez Lopez from Chiapas, Mexico, a representative of the Mexico Solidarity Network, who will speak about Zapatista women's collective strategies of resistance while discussing the impacts of globalization on women in Mexico and the leadership role that women play in the movement for fair trade and social and economic justice. The following issues will be discussed: threats to indigenous communities, such as the Central American Free Trade Agreement, North American Free Trade Agreement, Plan Puebla Panama, and the corn and coffee crises in Mexico; human rights abuses in Mexico; the 6th Declaration of the Selva Lacandona issued by the Zapatistas; and the leadership of women in fair trade cooperatives.

Gabriela Martinez is a sociologist and researcher who worked with the Center of Political Analysis and Social and Economic Research (CAPISE) in Chiapas, Mexico. Gabriela's studies have focused on collective rights of indigenous communities, liberation theology, and fair trade and women's cooperatives.

Wednesday, November 15th, 2006, 2:00-4:00 p.m.
Teachers college, Columbia University
Milbank Chapel