FXB Center Seminar Series Three seminars were offered for students, staff and faculty at HSPH in this period. Professor Henry Steiner, Director of the Human Rights Program at Harvard Law School, talked about the relevance of economic and social rights in relationship to human development. Susannah Sirkin, Deputy Director of Physicians for Human Rights, gave a presention on the 1998 Nobel Prize winning International Campaign to Ban Landmines. The project has begun in Brazil and project coordinators have been hired. This study to develop a coherent and pragmatic public agenda integrating the health needs and rights of women with the health and rights needs of children is continuing.
Research leading to several products including publications and conference is underway.
The FXB Center was invited to act as the special advisor for the 1998 World AIDS Campaign which focuses on youth. The FXB Center prepared several position papers in conjunction with the Commission s secretariat, governments and other nongovernmental organizations relevant to review of the Platform for Action for the 4th World UN Conference on Women in Beijing. The focus for this year was the girl-child, violence and human rights. Center staff met with her and the deputy director, and agreed on information exchange and collaboration on projects of mutual interest, starting with international advocacy. 2000 President and Fellows of Harvard College.