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Urbanization in the Developing World: Perspectives on the Individual
Friday April 7, 2006
CUPID thanks the conference organizers Victoria Lowerson and Aynsley Toole.Over 100 students and professionals from the tri-state area attended CUPID’s annual conference for a multidisciplinary look at an issue of cross-cutting importance in international development: urbanization. A variety of experts shared their academic, practical, and experiential knowledge.
The conference explored urbanization from a variety of perspectives, including several panels and a keynote presentation:
PANELS
Women in Cities: Health, Money and Human Rights
- Vivian Castro – Banyan Global, a microfinance firm
- Dr. Lynn Freedman – Associate Professor of Clinical Population & Family Health, Mailman School of Public Health (Columbia University)
- Leyla Ismayilova – PhD Candidate, Columbia University School of Social Work
- Dr. Paul Martin – School of International and Public Affairs (Columbia University)
- Dr. Alan Berkman – Assistant Professor of Clinical Epidemiology and Clinical Sociomedical Sciences, Mailman School of Public Health (Columbia University)
- Karen Ann Pinto – Project CHILD, a program providing sexual health education for children in Mumbai
- Jessamyn Waldman – Program Associate, Human Rights Education Associates (HREA), the School for Human Rights (Brooklyn, New York)
- Jennifer Fitzgerald – Columbia University School of Law
- Gabriella Carolini – Graduate Researcher & PhD Candidate in Urban Planning at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Columbia University)
- Ingrid Olivio – Graduate Researcher & PhD Candidate in Urban Planning at the Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation (Columbia University)
- Dr. Michael Cohen – Director of Graduate Program in International Affairs, The New School (NY, NY)
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Robert Neuwirth
A graduate of Columbia University’s School of Journalism, Robert Neuwirth is the author of a recently published book entitled Shadow Cities: A Billion Squatters, A New Urban World.
He
gave a powerful account of the experiences and lessons that went into
writing his book, as he spent months living in slums in four major
urban centers around the world undergoing rapid urbanization –
Istanbul, Mumbai, Nairobi, and Rio de Janeiro.The day concluded with a wine and cheese event where the conference attendees and speakers could continue the discussion and start new conversations and relationships.
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