From dnauer@u.washington.edu Wed Dec 2 12:09:00 1998 Received: from jason03.u.washington.edu (root@jason03.u.washington.edu [140.142.77.10]) by lists.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id MAA16424 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:08:59 -0800 Received: from dante05.u.washington.edu (dnauer@dante05.u.washington.edu [140.142.15.7]) by jason03.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id MAA40144 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:08:58 -0800 Received: from localhost (dnauer@localhost) by dante05.u.washington.edu (8.8.4+UW97.07/8.8.4+UW98.06) with ESMTP id MAA110198 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:08:57 -0800 Date: Wed, 2 Dec 1998 12:08:57 -0800 (PST) From: "D. Nauer" To: ibalist@u.washington.edu Subject: Dr. Wendy Orr: Public Health in South Africa (fwd) Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The International Health Program is pleased to have the opportunity to cosponsor a talk by Dr. Wendy Orr next week: "Public Health and Human Rights in South Africa" December 7th from 12:30 - 1:50 Health Sciences Building H-670 (Health Services Conference Room) Dr Orr graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Cape Town in 1983. In 1985, while working as a doctor within the prison system in Port Elizabeth, she successfully applied for an urgent restraining order from the Supreme Court, to prevent police from assaulting and torturing political detainees. She was the first and is the only doctor to have taken such action. Subsequently she has worked in a range of health care settings, including township clinics and hospitals, private practice and the tertiary academic sector. She has remained active in health and human rights, particularly pertaining to ethics and accountability, HIV and AIDS and women's health issues. In December 1995, Dr Orr was appointed by President Mandela to serve as a Commissioner on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Her term of office on the TRC was completed in October 1998. She will also be speaking in the following venues: ********************************************************* Monday, December 7, 3:00-4:30: "The Language of Truth: reflections from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission" Open forum discussion University of Washington, Parrington Hall, Room 309 (Light refreshments provided). Tuesday, December 8, 12:00-2:00: "How the Truth Commissions can contribute to establishing and maintaining a culture of human rights?" Cosponsored by Coalition Against Bigotry and Bias (CABB) Seattle City Council Rooms, 600 4th Ave, 11th floor Tuesday, December 8, 7:00 PM: "An overview of the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission, with some personal insights into our successes and failures." University of Washington, Smith Hall, Room 211 -------------------- .