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Monday 9 april 2018

Time’s Up: Violence against women as a

human rights and human security issue

ORANJESTAD – Tomor- Going into detail about a and collective action in to- sioner for Human Rights, consulting as a writer and
row evening the University number of different types of day’s information age. and UN Women. She has editor. She will also begin
of Aruba will organize a violence, including several since relocated to Aruba teaching part-time in the
lecture between 7 and 9 harmful traditional prac- Biography with her family, written OGM program at the Uni-
PM by Chilean-Canadian tices around the world, this The Chilean-Canadian her first novel and is now versity of Aruba.q
journalist (B.J.) and inter- lecture will tackle argu- journalist (B.J.) and inter-
national relations expert ments about cultural rela- national relations expert
(M.A., M.Sc.), Jen Ross, in tivism, while exposing little- (M.A., M.Sc.), Jen Ross has
their auditorium. This lec- known forms of violence published academic pa-
ture in Spanish will provide that harm and kill women pers on human security,
an overview of violence and girls every day. It will gender and civil-military
against women as a glob- equally aim to highlight relations. She worked as
al scourge that no country ways of confronting such a foreign correspondent
has managed to combat abuses, detailing key inter- covering South America for
successfully. national human rights trea- four years, with hundreds of
ties, tools and mechanisms stories printed and broad-
It will detail its multiple im- to confront such abuses, cast around the world.
pacts, including social and from a legal, human rights She then spent 10 years
economic costs, and prev- and State-centered per- working for various United
alence, while positioning spective. From a human Nations organizations, in-
it as a phenomenon that security lens, a range of in- cluding the Economic
is responsible for far more terdisciplinary approaches Commission for Latin Amer-
deaths than armed con- will also be discussed, as ica and the Caribbean, the
flict. well as the role of individual Office of the High Commis-

San Nicolas colors its Walls

SAN NICOLAS – The town
of San Nicolas is a color-
ful one. Many walls are
enriched with the creative
outburst of local artists
which makes a walk down-
town a must for those who
seek more connection with
the island’s culture. ‘Expe-
rience San Nicolas’ orga-
nized a great Easter Edition der the guidance of Regi- Palm helped with a design
in which some more color nald de Palm, on Saturday whereas the youngsters
was added to the already March 31. The creative could fill in their expres-
vivid exterior. talents are Daniel Jones, sion. The inspiration for the
David Jones and Xakaii wall painting is the town
Young local artists were Antersijn. The three worked itself. The building where
given the opportunity to together for about a month home and hardware cen-
paint a wall of the town un- to finish their piece. De ter Wema is located, is one
of the most well-known in
town.
One of their trucks is to be
seen in the painting. This is
a nice opportunity to go
south and admire all the
wall paintings the town has
to offer. Combine it with a
lunch at the Mundi Health
Café, located in the monu-
ment San Nicolaas Store,
and your San Nicolas expe-
rience is a hit.
For more information please
call +297 584-7090.q