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<div>CONTACT: Kaitlyn Soligan, MADRE (212) 627-0444, <a href="mailto:media@madre.org">media@madre.org</a> </div>
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<div align="center"><strong>Growing Crisis: Violence against Women’s Rights Activists and Journalists in Mexico</strong></div>
<div align="center"><strong>Join MADRE and fellow activists for a conversation July 18th</strong></div>
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<div><em>New York, NY— </em>As representatives from around the world gather for the 30<sup>th</sup> Anniversary of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), JASS (Just Associates), MADRE, the Hague Appeal for Peace and the Center for Constitutional Rights invite you to a conversation with five women’s rights leaders from Mexico and Costa Rica on:</div>
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<div align="center"><strong>Courageous Responses to a Growing Crisis: Violence against Women Human Rights Defenders & Journalists in Mexico </strong></div>
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<div align="center"><strong>Wednesday, July 18, 2012</strong></div>
<div align="center"><strong>1:00-3:30pm</strong></div>
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<div align="center"><strong>Church</strong><strong> Center</strong><strong> for the United Nations</strong></div>
<div align="center"><strong>777 United Nations Plaza, 10<sup>th</sup> Floor Conference Room</strong></div>
<div align="center"><strong>New York</strong><strong>, NY</strong></div>
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<div align="center">Please RSVP to Natalia Escruceria (<a href="mailto:natalia@justassociates.org" title="mailto:natalia@justassociates.org">natalia@justassociates.org</a>)</div>
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<div>MADRE works in partnership with grassroots women’s groups to secure rights, resources and results for women worldwide. To learn more, please visit us at madre.org. </div>
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