Women’s rights advocate to speak at UMass-Lowell

LOWELL, Mass. (AP) - An international women’s rights advocate will speak at the University of Massachusetts-Lowell’s annual Day Without Violence.

Sanam Naraghi-Anderlini’s speech on Tuesday will focus on promoting inclusion to counter dangerous extremism around the world.

Naraghi-Anderlini is the co-author of United Nations Security Council Resolution 1325, a mandate that requires warring factions to prevent gender-based violence against women and girls, uphold their rights and include them in peace-building efforts. She is director of the International Civil Society Action Network, a nonprofit organization she founded in 2006.

Naraghi-Anderlini will guest lecture in courses about human rights as UMass-Lowell’s 2016 Greeley Scholar for Peace.

Her speech is scheduled for 12:30 p.m. at the university’s O’Leary Library Learning Commons on its south campus. It’s free and open to the public.