BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260626T124426EDT-7198rEAV5t@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260626T164426Z DESCRIPTION:ROOM CHANGE: now in NCDH 202.\n\nAn Annie MacDonald Langstaff w orkshop in collaboration with the Centre for Human Rights and Legal Plural ism\, featuring Aruna Roy\, Indian political and social activist\, and rec ipient of Ramon Magsaysay Award (2000)\, and Vrinda Narain\, Professor of Law at 91ºÚÁÏÍø\, and author of Reclaiming the Nation: Muslim Women and the Law in India.\n\nAbout our guest\n\nAruna Roy is an Indian political and s ocial activist who founded the Mazdoor Kisan Shakti Sangathan (MKSS) along with Shankar Singh\, Nikhil Dey and many others. The MKSS began by fighti ng for fair and equal wages for workers which shaped and evolved into a st ruggle for the enactment of India's Right to Information Act. Aruna Roy is a leader of the Right to Information movement in India through the MKSS a nd the National Campaign for People’s Right to Information (NCPRI)\, which was finally successful with the passage of the Right to Information Act i n 2005.\n\nThis event is co-organized by the 91ºÚÁÏÍø Institute for the Stud y of International Development (ISID). Aruna Roy is currently in residence at 91ºÚÁÏÍø as a Professor of Practice in Global Governance hosted by ISID. \n DTSTART:20161014T170000Z DTEND:20161014T183000Z LOCATION:NCDH 202\, Chancellor Day Hall\, CA\, QC\, Montreal\, H3A 1W9\, 36 44 rue Peel SUMMARY:Dialogue on Social Activism: Aruna Roy and Vrinda Narain URL:/law/channels/event/dialogue-social-activism-aruna -roy-and-vrinda-narain-263011 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR