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NICARAGUAN WOMEN: VOICES OF RESISTANCE TO AUTHORITARIANISM
March 10, 2022 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
freeWhen: Thursday 10th March | 18:00-20:00
Where: (in person) Room ARC/014, Alan Maynard Auditorium, Alcuin Research
Resource Centre, University of York YO10 5DD; (online) by Zoom
Cost: Free – book with Eventbrite for in person or online
https://bit.ly/Nicaraguan-Women
Access: Wheelchair accessible; accessible toilets; disabled parking but only in
university car parks, https://bit.ly/UoYparking and https://bit.ly/RoomAccess
DESCRIPTION: Human rights and environmental lawyer Mónica López Baltodano and filmmaker Khristine Gillard, will discuss the civic struggle against the construction of the Grand
Interoceanic Canal in Nicaragua, and the social movements that united to resist
authoritarianism. There will be a chance to see clips from Khristine’s film “Les Minuscules”
which features the voices of women from the peasant, student, & environmental movements