Momentum Speaker Directory
 
Speaker Title Plenary Year

Malika Saada Saar

Protecting Women on the Margins

Over 85% of women behind bars were first victims of sexual or other physical violence; the cradle-to-prison pipeline for disadvantaged men parallels a pipeline from birth to sexual violence to the criminal justice system for women at the margins. Saar insists that the voices of marginalized, invisible, and forgotten women are critical to the reproductive justice movement.

Rights 2009

Heidi Lehmann

The War on Women and Girls

Lehmann draws dark and fundamental parallels between gender and sexual violence--from war torn villages to major American cities. But there is hope and still time for the United States to be a leader in the international effort to end this epidemic.

Wars 2008

Stephen Lewis

A Crisis of Gender Violence

A forceful and moving indictment of violence against women.  Former U.N. Ambassador Stephen Lewis delivers a rallying cry to stop the systemic use of rape and abuse against girls and women across the globe.

Health 2008

Jennifer Pozner

Every Issue is a Woman'­s Issue

Feminist journalist, media critic, and media justice activist Jennifer Pozner has dedicated her career to reforming the systems that control and create media to more fairly and equitably represent and include women.

Media 2008