16 March 2009

Judge to Talk About Women's Rights and Gender Equality

March 18 webcast with Maryland’s first lady, Judge Katie O’Malley

According to U.N. statistics, three-fifths of the world’s 1 billion poorest people are women and girls, two-thirds of the 960 million adults in the world who cannot read are women, and girls account for 57 percent of the 77 million children who are not in school. Thus, the need to make gender equality a global priority is clear. In the United States, President Obama March 11 announced the creation of a White House Council on Women and Girls, formed to provide a coordinated federal response to the challenges faced by this group and to ensure that their particular needs are taken into account by all agencies of the U.S. government.

Join us on March 18 at 12:30 p.m. EDT (16:30 GMT) for the webcast of an event where Judge Katie O’Malley will discuss women's rights and gender equality in a program presented by the U.S. Embassy in Ankara, Turkey.

Judge Catherine Curran O’Malley (Katie), first lady of Maryland (wife of the governor) and associate judge of the District Court of Baltimore City, has a long history of public service. She began her career in law in 1988 as a clerk in the Baltimore County State’s Attorney’s Office, attending law school in the evenings at the University of Baltimore. In 1991, she became assistant state's attorney for Baltimore County, prosecuting cases that ranged from simple misdemeanors to complex homicides. She handled many cases involving domestic violence or child sexual and physical abuse.

If you would like to view this webcast, please go to http://www.cpcwebcast.com/state/. No registration is needed.