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March 7, 2003
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Marti Hobbes, mhobbes@smith.edu

UN Undersecretary-General to Discuss Women's Health at Smith

NORTHAMPTON, Mass.--Thoraya Ahmed Obaid, undersecretary-general of the United Nations and executive director of the UN Population Fund (UNFPA), will be at Smith College at 8 p.m. Wednesday, March 26, to give a talk, titled "Saving Women's Lives."


The event, which is free and open to the public, will take place in Neilson Library Browsing Room.


The first Saudi national to head a United Nations agency, Obaid has spent most of her 28-year career in the United Nations helping governments establish programs to empower women.


As UNFPA executive director, Obaid heads the largest multilateral source of population assistance. Since 1969, the Fund has provided close to $6 billion to developing countries to meet reproductive health needs and support sustainable development issues.


Obaid's talk at Smith is sponsored by the Massachusetts Chapter of the Population Committee of the Sierra Club and by other groups, including the Smith College Project on Women and Social Change, Tapestry Health Systems and Earth Action.


For more information on the event, call Anita King at (413) 268-9212.

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