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Feminist, Gender, and Sexuality Studies

San Jose State University

Conference

2014

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University Scholar Series: Cathleen Miller, Cathleen Miller Mar 2014

University Scholar Series: Cathleen Miller, Cathleen Miller

University Scholar Series

Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik

On March 19, 2014, Cathleen Miller spoke in the University Scholar Series hosted by Interim Provost Andy Feinstein at the Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Library. Dr. Miller spoke about her book, Champion of Choice: The Life and Legacy of Women's Advocate Nafis Sadik. Viewed as “one of the most powerful women in the world,” by the London Times, obstetrician Dr. Sadik took a post at the United Nations Population Fund in 1971. By 2000, the average birthrate had been cut in half because of Sadik’s new …