Global Women's Health Luncheon Series
April 2009

All lectures in the series will be held at 12:15 pm in the UNC FedEx Global Education Center, Room 4003. Light lunch provided.
(directions follow at the bottom)

Sponsored by the Center for Slavic, Eurasian, and East European Studies and Carolina Women's Center

Event flyer here.
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Date: Tuesday, April 7, 2009

Rajeev Colaco and Zulfiya Chariyeva // Copy of presentation
Doctoral Candidates, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
Lecture on Hidden Stories: A Study of Sex Workers' HIV Risk Perceptions, Knowledge and Behaviors in Turkmenistan

Rajeev Colaco is a doctoral candidate in Maternal and Child Health, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. His most recent research studies/projects include HIV prevention in India, HIV risk perceptions among sex workers in Turkmenistan, and perceptions and consequences of domestic violence among South Asians living in the US.

Zulfiya Chariyeva is a doctoral student in the Department of Health Behavior and Health Education, UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health. Her research interests include HIV risk behaviors among sex workers in Turkmenistan, and how Motivational Interviewing counseling influences HIV risk behaviors among people living with HIV in North Carolina.
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Date: Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Sarah G. Lowman, MPH
Special Projects Coordinator
Center for Aging and Health
UNC School of Medicine
Lecture on Growing Old in North Carolina: Listening to Russian-speaking and Hmong Women
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Date: Tuesday, April 21, 2009

Roundtable: The North Carolina-Moldova State Partnership Program
Moderator: Brenda McAdams Motsinger
Director of Special Projects
Office of the Dean
UNC Gillings School of Global Public Health
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Date: Tuesday, April 28, 2009

Ema Hresanova, University of West Bohemia (Czech Republic)
Fulbright Student Researcher
UNC Department of Anthropology
Lecturer, University of West Bohemia in Pilsen
Lecture on Maternal Health in the Post-Socialist Czech Republic: Politics and Interactions

Directions to the FedEx Global Education Center from Franklin Street coming from the east:

Turn LEFT onto S. Columbia St. from Franklin St. Follow the road through a couple of lights, it will force you to go right at the intersection by the Carolina Inn, and then take a LEFT turn onto Pittsboro St. You will pass the Carolina Inn on your left. At the next light, you will see the building in front of you.  It is next door to the School of Social Work and behind the Pharmacy School. There is free parking after 5pm in the lot below the building, with entrance on McCauley Street.
http://international.unc.edu/

Room 4003 is just off the elevators on the 4th floor. The main stairs stop at the 3rd floor.