Child Brides in Conflict Zones and Fragile States

Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Speakers

Liesl Gerntholtz

Director of Women's Rights Division, Human Rights Watch

Annie Bunting

Director of the Harriet Tubman Institute for Research on the Global Migration of African Peoples, York University

Presider

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon

Senior Fellow for Women and Foreign Policy, Council on Foreign Relations

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