Françoise Gaspard, professor of sociology at the famed Ecole des Hautes Etudes en Sciences Sociales (School of Higher Education in Social Sciences) in Paris, will give two free and open campus lectures Oct. 21-22 on women in politics in France.
Gaspard will lecture on "Parity Men/Women in Public Life: A New Feminist Movement?" in English , on Wednesday, Oct. 21, at 4:30 p.m. in Kaufmann Auditorium of Goldwin Smith Hall. And she will speak in French on women in the French electoral process Thursday, Oct. 22, at 4:30 p.m. in 264 Goldwin Smith Hall.
Gaspard is an expert member of the European Council on questions regarding immigration and women's issues. She is one of the founders of "parity," a movement in France to boost women's involvement in the political arena.
The lecture is co-sponsored by the Cornell Committee on University Lectures, Department of Romance Studies and the Women's Studies Program.
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