The Hadassah-Brandeis Institute

The Diane (Dina) Markowicz Lectures on Gender and Human Rights:

2009 Lecture:

What History Teaches Us: Gender and Human Rights in the New Century - Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella

Date: Sunday, March 8, 2009
Time: Reception at 6:30pm, Lecture at 7:30pm
Location: International Room, Usdan Student Center, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA (click here for map)

Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella

Justice Abella's theories on gender equality have influenced courts and legislatures around the world. The first Jewish woman to be appointed to the Supreme Court of Canada, she was previously a family court justice of the Court of Appeal. Justice Abella has chaired the Ontario Labour Relations Board, the Ontario Law Reform Commission, and the Royal Commission on Equality in Employment. Her recent opinion in the landmark case of Bruker v. Markowitz (2008) recognized the rights of Jewish wives to sue for damages in circumstances where their husbands use their power under Jewish law to deny them divorce.

Co-sponsored by the International Center for Ethics, Justice, and Public Life at Brandeis University.

This program is free and open to the public.
Seating is limited. RSVP strongly encouraged.

Please RSVP to hbi@brandeis.edu with name and number of guests.

Diane (Dina) Markowicz
November 9, 1956-February 25, 1976

An annual lecture series featuring internationally renowned scholars, judges, and activists discussing ways of negotiating the tensions between gender equality and religious or cultural norms.

2008 – Inaugural lecture delivered by Dr. Shirin Ebadi and Professor Jody Williams, recipients of the Nobel Peace Prize and founders of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.

2009 – Justice Rosalie Silberman Abella, Supreme Court of Canada

Click here for an archived listing of the 2008 Lecture.

The Lecture Series was created by GCRL Project Founder Sylvia Neil and her husband Dan Fischel in memory of Sylvia's late sister, Diane, to honor her commitment to gender equality and social justice.

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