Human Rights Actvist Nana Oye Lithur will be speaking at EWB on the 15th of April
EWB Conversations with - Nana Oye Lithur
Posted by EWB National
Thursday 15th April 2010 at 6:30 PM until 9:00 PM
Location: EWB National Office , VIC (View map)
CLICK HERE TO REGISTER FOR THIS EVENT
On Thursday the 15th of April as the first event in its Speaker Series EWB will be hosting Human Rights Advocate Nana Oye Lithur. Nana Oye Lithur is the Chief Executive Director of the Human Rights Advocacy Centre and is a respected human rights activist in Ghana.
If you are passionate about human rights, development and EWB or just want to be inspired this will be an amazing opportunity and is not to be missed!
Details (This is an exclusive event and there are very limited tickets!!)
Price: Students: $15 Professionals: $30(Price includes drinks and finger food)
Venue: Engineers Without Borders Head Office 25 Chessel st South Melbourne
Time: 6.30 pm for a 7pm start
RSVP: PLease RSVP to Nathalie Cattaneo at n.cattaneo@ewb.org.au by 12th of April and pay by the following options:
Payment Options
Online
You can pay online by clicking here
By Bank Transfer to:
Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT)
Include the following description of transfers:
Write 'NANA' space 'first initial' space 'last name', for example: NANA j smith
Bank: ANZ
BSB: 013030
Account No: 837661337
Account Name: Engineers Without Borders Australia Limited
On the Day
You can pay by cash or cheque upon your arrival to the event. If you are doing this please RSVP to n.cattaneo@ewb.org.au.
Want to know more about Nana?
Nana Oye Lithur is the Chief Executive Director of the Human Rights Advocacy Centre and is a respected human rights activist in Ghana. Since 2004 she has worked as the Regional Coordinator (Africa Office) for the Commonwealth Human Rights Initiative (CHRI). Nana has been involved with the Coordinated African Regional Survey on Access to Information for Ghana, as well as running an access to justice program and a human rights clinic and coordinating the Coalition on the Freedom of Information Bill in Ghana. Nana has led several fact finding missions to investigate human rights violations in Ghana and has also worked as a lecturer, presenting Human Rights/CHRI human rights lectures for journalism students. Nana has also been recognised for her work in human rights and in 2008 was a recipient and champion torch bearer for women’s rights, one of 100 selected globally by the Danish Government. She was also a recipient of Vera Chirwa Award for human rights in Africa, in the year 2007, from the University of Pretoria.
Stay posted on the EWB website for further information or you can contact the EWB office on 03 9696 9040 or email Nat at n.cattaneo@ewb.org.au
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