Linda Tarr-Whelan, U.S. ambassador to the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women and president and chair of the Center for Policy Alternatives, will lecture Wednesday, May 10, at Northwestern University. 1881 Sheridan Road, on the Evanston campus.
Admission is free and open to the public.
Tarr-Whelan is known nationally and internationally for her leadership on progressive policy and women's equality. A diplomat, author, speaker and activist, she was recognized by Ladies Home Journal as one of the 50 Most Powerful Women in Washington. As U.S. ambassador to the U.N. Commission on the Status of Women, Tarr-Whelan leads U.N. policy to achieve women's full equality in the United Nations. In 1995, she represented the U.S. at the United Nations' Fourth World Conference on Women held in Beijing. Women's Rights are Human Rights.