Press release from the African Refugee Network

national | miscellaneous | news report Thursday February 28, 2002 11:24 by Morina O'Neill, on behalf of - African Refugee Network 01 473 4523

Press Release from the African Refugee Network, Public Meeting today in the Goethe Institue, 62 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, 2pm - 5pm: VOICES: LIVES OF WOMEN REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

PRESS RELEASE

VOICES: LIVES OF WOMEN
REFUGEE AND ASYLUM SEEKERS

THE AFRICAN REFUGEE NETWORK, IN ASSOCIATION WITH COMHLÁMH, IS HOLDING A PUBLIC MEETING WHICH AIMS TO EXPLORE THE REALITY OF THE LIVES OF REFUGEE WOMEN IN IRELAND. THE MEETING,WHICH TAKES PLACE 28TH FEBRUARY 2002 IN THE GOETHE INSTITUTE, 62 FITZWILLIAM SQUARE, DUBLIN 2, WILL BRING TOGETHER THE VOICES OF ASYLUM SEEKING AND REFUGEE WOMEN WITH THOSE OF IRISH WOMEN WHO HAVE SPENT TIME RESEARCHING AND WORKING IN THIS AREA.

SPEAKERS INCLUDE EILISH DILLON, PART-TIME LECTURER IN SOCIOLOGY OF DEVELOPMENT AND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST; DR. PATRICIA KENNEDY, CO-AUTHOR OF THE REPORT ‘THE MATERNITY NEEDS OF ASYLUM SEEKING AND REFUGEE WOMEN’, AND THE VOICES OF WOMEN FROM AFGHANISTAN, SOUTH AFRICA AND CAMEROON.

THE MEETING AIMS TO EXAMINE THE UNDERLYING CAUSES OF GLOBAL MIGRATION, AND THE IMPLICATIONS OF THIS MIGRATION ON THOSE WHO HAVE TO LEAVE THEIR HOMES TO COME TO LIVE IN IRELAND, AS WELL AS ITS IMPACT ON IRELAND. THE MEETING AIMS TO PROVIDE AN ANTIDOTE TO COMMON PERCEPTIONS ABOUT REFUGEES AND ASYLUM SEEKERS, SEPARATING THE FACTS FROM THE MYTHS, AND A SPACE FOR DIALOGUE WITH THE SPEAKERS ON ISSUES THAT ARISE DURING THE CONFERENCE.

ALL ARE WELCOME TO THIS PUBLIC MEETING WHICH TAKES PLACE FROM 2PM – 5PM.

THE ARN HAS BEEN ESTABLISHED SINCE 1997 AND WORKS IN SUPPORTING ASYLUM SEEKERS AND REFUGEES AND PROMOTING SOCIAL INTEGRATION AND HUMAN RIGHTS.
COMHLÁMH, DEVELOPMENT WORKERS IN GLOBAL SOLIDARITY: IRELAND, IS AN ORGANISATION OF VOLUNTEER MEMBERS THROUGHOUT IRELAND, COMMITTED TO WORKING FOR
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT.

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AMANDA RICHARDS 086 –3508435