Guide to the thinkBIG: A Conference on International Women's Health and Human Rights Collection SC0927

Daniel Hartwig & Jenny Johnson

Department of Special Collections and University Archives

October 2010

Green Library

557 Escondido Mall

Stanford 94305-6064

specialcollections@stanford.edu

URL: http://library.stanford.edu/spc

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Language of Material: English

Contributing Institution: Department of Special Collections and University Archives

Title: thinkBIG: a conference on international women's health and human rights collection

creator: Associated Students of Stanford University. Speakers Bureau

Identifier/Call Number: SC0927

Physical Description: 0.5 Linear Feet (2 boxes)

Date (inclusive): 2008

Abstract: Collection includes a conference packet containing the attendee booklet, tickets, and several flyers; and 5 videodiscs: Session 1 Girls' Education, Session 2 Women and HIV/AIDS, Session 3 Reproductive Health, Session 4 Violence Against Women, and the finale keynote panel. Speakers on the keynote panel were Stephen Lewis, Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah, Fiona Muchembere, Esta Soler, and Anne Firth Murray.

Information about Access

This collection is open for research.

Ownership & Copyright

All requests to reproduce, publish, quote from, or otherwise use collection materials must be submitted in writing to the Head of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, California 94304-6064. Consent is given on behalf of Special Collections as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright owner. Such permission must be obtained from the copyright owner, heir(s) or assigns. See: http://library.stanford.edu/depts/spc/pubserv/permissions.html.

Restrictions also apply to digital representations of the original materials. Use of digital files is restricted to research and educational purposes.

Cite As

thinkBIG: A Conference on International Women's Health and Human Rights Collection (SC0927). Dept. of Special Collections and University Archives, Stanford University Libraries, Stanford, Calif.

Associated Materials

Poster from the event can be found in the Stanford University Archives Poster Collection under the number Po2008-007.

Biographical/Historical Sketch

thinkBIG was a student-run conference held at Stanford University on February 1-3, 2008, which aimed to inspire students to action by critically looking at the health situation of women and girls in poorer countries.

Description of the Collection

Collection includes a conference packet containing the attendee booklet, tickets, and several flyers; and 5 videodiscs: Session 1 Girls' Education, Session 2 Women and HIV/AIDS, Session 3 Reproductive Health, Session 4 Violence Against Women, and the finale keynote panel. Speakers on the keynote panel were Stephen Lewis, Dr. Eunice Brookman-Amissah, Fiona Muchembere, Esta Soler, and Anne Firth Murray.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Administrative transfer Office of Student Activities, 2009; Women's Community Center, 2016.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

Women -- Health and hygiene.

Girls -- Education.

Lewis, Stephen

Brookman-Amissah, Eunice.

thinkBIG: A conference on international women's health and human rights (2008 : Stanford University)

Soler, Esta.

Murray, Anne Firth.

Muchembere, Fiona.

Associated Students of Stanford University. Speakers Bureau

box 1

Records

Additional Records Accession ARCH-2016-101

box 1, compact_disc 1

Session 1: Girls' Education (Copy 1) 1.01 2008 Feb 2